Notice: Page current as of January 14, 2025.

Data sources

The primary data source for the Community Benefit Insight tool is IRS Form 990. Additional data sources are used to confirm nonprofit hospital status and provide contextual information about each hospital or health system. This supplemental information also allows for hospital comparisons. Data sources include:

Data acquisition and matching

The steps for acquiring and matching relevant hospital data are as follows:

Data Availability

Tax Year # Tax Reporting Entities
2010 2,327
2011 2,306
2012 2,304
2013 2,285
2014 2,229
2015 2,206
2016 2,164
2017 2,174
2018 2,127
2019 2,071
2020 2,115
2021 2,103
2022 2,082