Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1936.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
35 people listed on the 990; $13.4M paid to officers and key staff.
Charles Barbera MD’s $990K as Pres & CEO is at the 53rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1747 $100M+ health care nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Matthews | — | $269,231 | $1,397,087 | $2,418,853 | $1,853,435 | $1,980,329 |
| Therese Sucher | — | $766,755 | $1,818,975 | $1,197,331 | $1,081,662 | $1,131,410 |
| Gary F Conner | — | — | $131,206 | $1,026,036 | $1,369,454 | — |
| Dan Ahern | — | — | — | $1,129,933 | $855,506 | $841,489 |
| Russell H Showers | — | — | $1,003,461 | $710,375 | $504,340 | — |
| William Jennings | — | — | — | $851,695 | $995,458 | $997,940 |
| Charles Barbera MD | $990,066 | $888,650 | $863,437 | $638,498 | $590,046 | — |
| Gary Conner | — | — | — | — | — | $982,640 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Reading Hospital executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Provides compassionate, high-quality healthcare services, promotes community wellness, trains healthcare professionals, conducts clinical research, and offers specialized cancer treatment and support.
Questions for Reading Hospital
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Inpatient Care
203,050 patient days reading hospital provides 725 beds for provision of comprehensive inpatient, outpatient, and emergent care. Inpatient care is provided in 2 critical care units, 2 intermediate care units, 3 acute rehabilitation units, and 13 medical surgical units with sub-specialties that include oncology, neurology, cardiology…
Operating Room
17,935 total surgeries reading hospital operates in a market served by nearly 20 specialty, investor-owned facilities, which carve out the best paying insurance plans, the highest margin procedures, and the least complicated patients to serve.
Mcglinn cancer institute 28,786 procedures the mcglinn cancer institute, located within the reading hospital, is primarily an out-patient facility which houses the sections of radiation oncology, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, and gynecological oncology. The annual total of patients who are diagnosed AND/OR treated here approximates 1600.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
Plus 10 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 10 smaller programs.
The auditor reported 1 finding: a material weakness in money controls, questioned costs.
Plus 10 smaller programs.
The auditor reported: a weakness in money controls.
Plus 5 smaller programs.
The auditor reported: a weakness in money controls.
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $551K | $289K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $810.6M | $687.8M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.18B | $1.06B |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.04B | $990.8M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $139.8M | $65.4M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $6.5M | $259K | $6.2M | |
| Pay of disqualified personsLn 6 | $8.1M | $8.1M | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $388.8M | $374.1M | $14.7M | |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $11.3M | $10.6M | $756K | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $58.3M | $54.4M | $3.9M | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $29.2M | $27.1M | $2.0M | |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $10.6M | $10.6M | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $1.3M | $1.3M | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $420K | $420K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $118.2M | $56.7M | $61.5M | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $3.4M | $3.4M | ||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $53.5M | $53.5M | ||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $17.8M | $16.3M | $1.4M | |
| TravelLn 17 | $262K | $207K | $55K | |
| InterestLn 20 | $30.0M | $30.0M | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $61.6M | $61.6M | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $11.0M | $11.0M | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $230.5M | $230.0M | $532K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $35.9M | $21.3M | $14.6M | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.08B | $947.1M | $129.5M | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 15, 2026 | $1.6B | $1.4B | $221.6M | −$530.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 14, 2025 | $1.5B | $1.3B | $263.4M | −$570.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 14, 2024 | $1.4B | $1.2B | $173.5M | −$622.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $1.3B | $1.1B | $184.6M | −$322.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 13, 2022 | $1.3B | $1.1B | $187.3M | $65.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 12, 2021 | $1.0B | $971.5M | $63.5M | $139.8M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,263,841,038 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 7 of 15 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,263,841,038 across 10 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,076,570,863 across 19 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,056,250,681 assets, 14 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $65,413,009 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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