Southwest Louisiana Hospital Association Inc

Analysis

Southwest Louisiana Hospital Association Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lake Charles, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1954, 72 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a hospital or medical research organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Southwest Louisiana Hospital Association Inc reported income of $502.3m and spending of $388.0m, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $371.0m to $502.3m (+35%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Southwest Louisiana Hospital Association Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile, and in the 100th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dubois Regional Medical Center ($498.3m), Alegent Creighton Clinic ($502.5m) and Highland Hospital of Rochester ($497.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.1% and program service revenue 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $8.1m (2.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $121.2m. At year end it held assets of $361.2m against liabilities of $191.2m, net assets of $169.9m. It reported 3,230 employees.