General Health system's (ghs) primary exempt purpose is to provide efficient Health care services by providing centralized management, governance and administrative services to related tax-exempt healthcare provider organizations.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$5.7M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $10.8M a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$5.7M
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
21 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 20.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$115.6M
45% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 45% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 18 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$106.1M
-13% vs prior year
Spent
$96.6M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$144.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$106.1M
FY2021▼ -13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$121.9M
FY2021$106.1M
FY2022$115.9M
FY2023$136.5M
FY2024$138.2M
FY2025$139.9M
Expenses
$96.6M
FY2021▼ -16%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$115.2M
FY2021$96.6M
FY2022$104.1M
FY2023$120.8M
FY2024$129.7M
FY2025$127.2M
Net assets
$144.0M
FY2021▲ +16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$123.6M
FY2021$144.0M
FY2022$142.1M
FY2023$156.9M
FY2024$177.3M
FY2025$196.9M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending September 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1984.

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Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $77.5M Management & general 20% · $19.1M

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

33 people listed on the 990; $5.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Pres & Chief Executive Officer
$1,114,545Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Pres & Chief Financial Officer
$719,062Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Pres & Chief Operating Officer
$581,856Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Pres-Human Resources & Strategy
$565,533Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Pres & Chief Nursing Officer
$471,528Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Pres-Info Services
$402,845Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Pres-Facilities Mgt
$394,572Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Pres-Revenue Cycle
$363,427Pt VII · Sec A

Edgardo Tenreiro’s $1.7M as Pres & Chief Executive Off is at the 78th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Edgardo Tenreiro$1,719,816$1,514,067$1,383,279$1,186,419$1,114,545$1,025,632
Kendall Johnson$951,766$844,786$737,604———
Stephen Mumford$802,198$739,290$664,460$632,410$581,856$414,583
Kendall Johnson CPA———$741,802$719,062$647,107
Paul Douglas$660,264$608,853$488,823$549,814$565,533$439,000
Jeffrey Littleton MD$603,828$634,292————
Jeffrey Littleton——$632,822———
W Keith Kellum MD$626,318$582,818————

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.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • 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 centralized management, administrative, and financial services to support affiliated nonprofit and healthcare provider organizations, including the Baton Rouge General Medical Center.

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3 programs · $77.5M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

General health system provides centralized management services including, but not limited to, banking, accounts payable and accounts RECEIVABLE/BILLING, payroll, ACCOUNTING/TAX, internal audit and compliance, human resource, risk management, insurance and legal services to its not-for-profit affiliates (baton rouge general medical center…

$29.7Mprogram expense
02

General health system provides centralized information technology services to all GHS affiliates. Software and hardware support as well as well-trained support personnel are provided to, but not limited to baton rouge general medical center (BRGMC). BRGMC is a 588 bed, 3 campus hospital system and is an irc sec.

$24.5Mprogram expense
03

General health system also provides all human resources services and recruiting services and administers all employees' benefits programs for all of its affiliates in an efficient, cost effective manner.

$23.3Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 41 grants · $2.1M · 2019–2024
Baton Rouge Health DistrictLA · FY2024$150,000
Fore Kids Foundation INCLA · FY2024$50,000
Beat the StreetsLA · FY2024$10,000
Baton Rouge Area FoundationLA · FY2024$5,000
Baton Rouge Health DistrictLA · FY2023$150,000
Fore Kids Foundation INCLA · FY2023$50,000
Baton Rouge Area FoundationLA · FY2023$5,000
Baton Rouge Area FoundationLA · FY2023$2,500
Baton Rouge Health DistrictLA · FY2022$165,000
Town of LivingstonFY2022$15,000
American Cancer Society INCGA · FY2022$11,500
Fore Kids Foundation INCLA · FY2022$10,000
Big Buddy ProgramLA · FY2022$10,000
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$106.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$98.9M
Other incomeLn 4–11$4.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.6M
Money outPt IX
$96.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$77.5M
Managementcol C$19.1M
Owns and owesPt X
$144.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$166.1M
Total assetsLn 16$259.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$115.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
33
listed · VII A
PaidVII A13
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$98.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$4.6M
Gains on assetsLn 7$141K
Total revenueLn 12$106.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$8.2M
SavingsLn 2$157.9M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$166.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$9.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$53.6M
Other assetsLn 15$3.5M
Total assetsLn 16$259.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$115.6M
Net assetsLn 32$144.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53,078
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$170.6M$166.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6.9M$9.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$55.7M$53.6M
Total assetsLn 16$264.2M$259.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$140.7M$115.6M
Net assetsLn 32$123.6M$144.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$870K$870K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$4.2M$3.4M$838K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$11.7M$9.4M$2.3M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$4.4M$3.5M$874K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$24.7M$19.8M$4.9M
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.0M$832K$186K
Legal feesLn 11b$208K$166K$42K
Accounting feesLn 11c$189K$152K$38K
Investment management feesLn 11f$739K$591K$148K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.9M$2.4M$589K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2.9M$2.3M$583K
Office expensesLn 13$1.1M$879K$220K
Information technologyLn 14$30.6M$24.5M$6.1M
OccupancyLn 16$728K$582K$146K
TravelLn 17$32K$25K$6K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$2K$548
InterestLn 20$805K$644K$161K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2.4M$1.9M$481K
InsuranceLn 23$5.1M$4.1M$1.0M
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.8M$1.4M$361K
All other expensesLn 24e$119K$111K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$96.6M$77.5M$19.1M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $139.9M$127.2M$12.7M$196.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 $138.2M$129.7M$8.6M$177.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $136.5M$120.8M$15.7M$156.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $115.9M$104.1M$11.8M$142.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $106.1M$96.6M$9.5M$144.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $121.9M$115.2M$6.7M$123.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $106,144,251 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $46,896$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $117,356,857$98,937,935
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $428,436$2,624,729
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $4,080,087$4,581,587
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $121,912,276$106,144,251
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $393,850$870,250
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $38,771,877$46,010,160
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $76,067,440$49,735,507
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $115,233,167$96,615,917
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $6,679,109$9,528,334
Part VI · Governance 13 of 18 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members13
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $106,144,251 across 5 lines filed
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $95,737,920 · Unrelated business $3,200,015$98,937,935
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,484,108$2,484,108
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $4,581,587$4,581,587
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $140,621$140,621
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $100,319,507 · Unrelated business $3,200,015 · Excluded from tax $2,624,729$106,144,251
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $96,615,917 across 21 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $870,250$870,250
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $3,353,535 · Management $838,384$4,191,919
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $9,380,858 · Management $2,345,215$11,726,073
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,494,642 · Management $873,661$4,368,303
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $19,764,344 · Management $4,941,086$24,705,430
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $832,447 · Management $185,988$1,018,435
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $166,267 · Management $41,567$207,834
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $151,503 · Management $37,876$189,379
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $591,048 · Management $147,762$738,810
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,356,047 · Management $589,012$2,945,059
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,331,359 · Management $582,840$2,914,199
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $879,147 · Management $219,786$1,098,933
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $24,507,153 · Management $6,126,788$30,633,941
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $582,321 · Management $145,580$727,901
IX-17 TravelPrograms $25,256 · Management $6,314$31,570
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,192 · Management $548$2,740
IX-20 InterestPrograms $644,094 · Management $161,024$805,118
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,923,427 · Management $480,857$2,404,284
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,089,160 · Management $1,022,290$5,111,450
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,444,622 · Management $361,154$1,805,776
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $110,619 · Management $7,894$118,513
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $77,500,291 · Management $19,115,626 · Fundraising $0$96,615,917
Part X · Balance sheet $259,516,746 assets, 16 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $21,171,309; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $9,542,439$8,162,161
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $161,052,988$157,945,925
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $2$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,766,323$5,416,063
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $55,739,727$53,629,768
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $6,854,469$9,657,944
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,023,976$3,533,576
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $264,239,166$259,516,746
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $40,873,342$39,158,018
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $988,181$969,732
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $25,648,456$23,717,957
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $69,605,287$48,880,916
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $140,662,684$115,559,313
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $123,576,482$143,957,433
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $123,576,482$143,957,433
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $264,239,166$259,516,746
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $143,957,433 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$106,144,251
XI-2 Total expenses$96,615,917
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$9,528,334
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$123,576,482
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$10,852,617
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$143,957,433

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