UofL Health

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843178470
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Louisville, KY, US
Phone
502-587-4939
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,319,553,081
Expenses
$1,342,372,306
Assets
$902,602,460
Liabilities
$947,627,507

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THOMAS D MILLER (CEO, UOFL HEALTH)
  • MELISA ADKINS (CEO, MARY & ELIZABETH)
  • JOHN WALSH (CEO, JEWISH HOSPITAL)
  • DANIEL HUDSON (CEO-FRAZIER REHAB)

Highest reported compensation

  • THOMAS D MILLER (CEO, UOFL HEALTH): $1,506,278 total reported compensation
  • ARTHUR MALKANI MD (MEMBER/ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON (JEWISH)): $1,217,258 total reported compensation
  • SOHAIL CONTRACTOR (RADIOLOGIST (JEWISH)/UOFL PROFESSOR): $984,305 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To operate and maintain hospitals affiliated with the university of louisville school of medicine and to provide care for the people who are in need of those, or related, medical services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Uofl health louisville, inc. Operates five hospitals in the louisville metropolitan area, each offering unique and vital services to corporation's community of jefferson county, Kentucky. Uofl health jewish hospital ("jewish hospital") operates a 462-licensed bed hospital that is known for its many groundbreaking services, which include being the site of the nation's first four hand transplants. Uofl health peace hospital ("peace hospital") is a 220-licensed bed behavioral health care hospital that offers a full continuum of behavioral health and substance use services, as well as specialty programs for both children and adults who have complex treatment needs. Uofl health mary & elizabeth hospital ("mary & elizabeth hospital") is a 298-bed primary care hospital that offers advance treatment in orthopedics, cardiology, medical imaging, surgical and emergency services, and is the home of the region's only weight loss management program (bariatric care) utilizing the lap-band system. Uofl health south hospital ("south hospital) is a 40-licensed bed hospital established in 2024 that offers a full-service inpatient and emergency capabilities in bullitt county. Uofl health frazier rehabilitation institute operates a 135-bed rehabilitation hospital in downtown louisville ("frazier rehab hospital", and, together with jewish hospital, peace hospital, south hospital, and mary & elizabeth hospital, "corporation hospitals"). Uofl health louisville, inc. Offers 24/7 emergency care at jewish hospital and mary & elizabeth hospital, as well as at three medical centers: medical center east, medical center south, and medical center southwest. Corporation's facilities participate in the medicare and medicaid programs. In addition to the above-mentioned noteworthy services that are provided at the hospitals, uofl health louisville, inc. Provides a wide range of other inpatient and outpatient hospital services that include organ transplant procedures; diabetes and nutrition care; neurology care; podiatry care; comprehensive cardiovascular care; numerous rehabilitative and physical therapy services; advanced treatment in orthopedics; cardiology; medical imaging; surgical and emergency services; diagnostics and medical imaging; digital mammography and breast mri; outpatient surgical services (endoscopy, podiatry, ophthalmology, and comprehensive dentistry); cancer care; and orthopedic care, among numerous other services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.6%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 95.9%; rating input score 96; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.7%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.05; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.8%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 83.6% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1B in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.5M · 30 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $60.8M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 35 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 20 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.