Union General Hospital

Analysis

Union General Hospital is a registered charity in United States, based in Farmerville, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 June 2023, Union General Hospital reported income of $21.7m and spending of $19.0m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $15.0m to $21.7m (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Union General Hospital 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 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc ($21.6m), Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Incorporated ($21.7m) and The Global Orphan Project Inc ($21.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.1% and program service revenue 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $869k (4.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.0m. At year end it held assets of $28.2m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $27.2m. It reported 175 employees.