Vista Plains Health

Analysis

Vista Plains Health is a registered charity in United States, based in Harlowton, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2015, 11 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, Vista Plains Health reported income of $12.0m and spending of $11.4m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $8.0m to $12.0m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Vista Plains Health sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CHS of Waltham Inc ($12.0m), Community Health & Emergency Services Inc ($12.1m) and Integrated Living Inc ($12.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.8% and program service revenue 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $3.5m. At year end it held assets of $11.6m against liabilities of $1.7m, net assets of $9.8m. It reported 89 employees.