Piedmont Healthcare

Overview

Mission

Piedmont is empowering Georgians by transforming health care. We continue to fuel Georgia’s growth through safe, high-quality care close to home through an integrated healthcare system that provides a hassle-free, unified experience. We are a private, not-for-profit organization with more than 12,000 donors annually that for centuries has sought to make a positive difference in every life we touch in the communities we serve. Across our **2,171** physical locations, we care for more than **4.5** million patients and serve communities that comprise 85% of Georgia’s population. This includes **28** hospitals, **122** immediate care locations, **1,875** Piedmont Clinic physician practices and n.

Operating model

Revenue model

Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.

Distribution model

Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 83
• Transparency & Controls: 77
• Accountability: 86
• Sustainability: 42
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 96.9% of revenue deployed · 86.7% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 13 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $333.5M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $4.4M · 29 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $268.8M reported
• Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
• Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
• Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 31 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 50 filed related-organization links
• Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
• People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

• High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
• Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.
• High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.