Community Benefits
What is a community benefit? It's offering free screenings at fairs. It's helping patients in financial crisis. It's providing car seats to families who need them. It's offering training and education programs to our medical staff. It's covering the cost of medical care for those who cannot pay. It's all this and more.
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Community benefits promote health and healing, and help us fulfill our mission to be the best community partner possible and remain an asset to the neighborhoods we serve.
Swedish is a leader in the area of charity and uncompensated care among private, non-tax-supported institutions in the community. Most of these dollars come from Swedish's operating budget.
Community Benefit
In 2010, Swedish's devoted more than $112 million to charity and uncompensated care, health research and community-health education.
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Health-related research |
$7,911,000 |
| Community health activities and non-billed services | $4,354,000 |
| Charity care | $25,418,000 |
| Medical education | $8,045,000 |
| Medicaid subsidy | $66,515,000 |
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Total Community Benefit |
$112,243,000 |
Tax Analysis
As a nonprofit, Swedish is excluded from some federal, state and local taxes, with the understanding that we are a charitable organization that is committed to providing sufficient community benefits. Even with our tax-exempt status, Swedish pays a number of taxes, including sales, business and occupation, and property taxes.
2010 Taxes Paid: $114,048,000
