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Nonprofit · EIN 74-2044647

NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH

Tax-exempt · DENVER, CO 80206

Financials

$348.5M$370.1M2022$401.1M$399.1M2023$375.4M$383.1M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$375,353,154$383,108,771-$7,755,617$390,669,000$136,429,000$254,240,000
June 30, 2024990$401,084,397$399,121,001$1,963,396$414,028,000$145,977,000$268,051,000
June 30, 2023990$348,531,726$370,065,540-$21,533,814$417,131,000$152,800,000$264,331,000
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$107,173,193
of which government grants
$68,765,376
Program service revenue
$253,324,980
Investment income
$13,513,886
Royalties
$332,015
Net rental income
$115,567
Net gain from sales of assets
$8,149,251
Net income from fundraising events
-$2,006,747
Other revenue
$1,341,095

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$8,074,184
Other salaries and wages
$157,688,883
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$193,782,539
Professional fundraising fees
$355,800
Legal fees
$1,131,470
Accounting fees
$229,873
Occupancy
$7,693,465
Travel
$1,328,736
Depreciation
$13,824,569
Program services (functional)
$339,288,323
Management and general (functional)
$32,359,895
Fundraising (functional)
$11,460,553

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$414,028,000
Total assets, end of year
$390,669,000
Total liabilities, end of year
$136,429,000
Net assets, end of year
$254,240,000
Land, buildings and equipment
$76,689,000
Publicly traded securities
$107,287,000
Net assets without donor restrictions
$107,954,000
Net assets with donor restrictions
$146,286,000
Gross unrelated business income
$6,570,785
Gross receipts
$389,467,667
Employees
2,099
Volunteers
4
Year formed
1978
State of legal domicile
CO

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Michael S Salem MDPresident and CEO, BOD Member
Trustee or director, Officer
50$2,402,798
Gregory Downey MDEVP Academic Affairs & Provost
Key employee
50$873,074
Rao Mushtaq MDAssistant Professor, Division of Oncology
Highest-paid employee
50$732,911
Jeffrey King MDChief, Division of Gastroenterology
Highest-paid employee
50$670,958
Christine K ForknerEVP Corproate Affairs and CFO, Ass't Treasurer
Officer
50$659,027
Pranav Periyalwar MDAssistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology
Highest-paid employee
50$639,617
Stephen Frankel MDEVP Clincial Affairs & CCO
Key employee
50$631,757
Kevin K Brown MDChair, Department of Medicine
Key employee
50$590,087
Raphael Sung MDAssociate Professor, Division of Cardiology
Highest-paid employee
50$572,592
Glenn Hirsch MDChief, Division of Cardiology
Highest-paid employee
50$532,407
Pamela L Zeitlin MD PhDChair, Department of Pediatrics
Key employee
50$501,154
Lisa TadiriVice President Development
Key employee
50$494,203
Seth Kligerman MDChair, Department of Radiology
Key employee
50$386,893
Kristi MeltonVP Clinical Business Operations
Key employee
50$383,412
Stephen W ArentLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
43 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Richard N BaerMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Geoff H BarkerMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
James B BerenbaumMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Norman BrownsteinLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Robin D ChotinVice Chair and Secretary, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Ross S ChotinMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Warren P CohenMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Steven C DembyMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
R Stanton DodgeMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
David EnglebergLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Brad C FarberMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Daniel J FeinerMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Michael A FeinerMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Thomas A GartMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Lawrence P GelfondLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Roger A GibsonMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Charles GwirtsmanMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Robin S HickenlooperMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
A Barry HirschfeldLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Kristen HoltzmanMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Lewis M KlingMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Steven D KrisMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Bradley A LevinMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Bonnie MandarichMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Connie G McArthurMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Scott MitchellMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Marvin I MoskowitzMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Brian J ParksMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Samuel RascoffMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Blair E RichardsonMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Edward A RobinsonLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Meyer M SaltzmanLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
John SampsonMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Richard A SchierburgLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Michael K SchonbrunMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Martin SempleLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Jim SheetsMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Stephen B SiegelMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Wendy M SiegelMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Donald A SilversmithMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Marc D SteronMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Debra M TuchmanMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Evan H ZuckerMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 62 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Michael S Salem MDPresident and CEO, BOD Member
Trustee or director, Officer
50$2,347,443
Gregory Downey MDEVP Academic Affairs & Provost
Key employee
50$857,892
Rao Mushtaq MDAssistant Professor, Division of Oncology
Highest-paid employee
50$773,020
Jeffrey King MDChief, Division of Gastroenterology
Highest-paid employee
50$723,116
Pranav Periyalwar MDAssistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology
Highest-paid employee
50$665,897
Christine K ForknerEVP Corproate Affairs and CFO, Ass't Treasurer
Officer
50$639,822
Stephen Frankel MDEVP Clincial Affairs & CCO
Key employee
50$612,085
Glenn Hirsch MDChief, Division of Cardiology
Highest-paid employee
50$568,430
Kevin K Brown MDChair, Department of Medicine
Key employee
50$547,997
Raphael Sung MDAssociate Professor, Division of Cardiology
Highest-paid employee
50$506,051
Pamela L Zeitlin MD PhDChair, Department of Pediatrics
Key employee
50$485,182
Lisa TadiriVice President Development
Key employee
50$453,910
Irina Petrache MDChief, Division Pulmonology
Former
50$433,600
Carrie A Horn MDChief Medical Officer
Former
50$402,426
Kristi MeltonVP Clinical Business Operations
Key employee
50$368,542
Seth Kligerman MDChair, Department of Radiology
Key employee
50$366,061
Philippa Marrack PhDChair, Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine
Former
50$257,418
Debra Dyer MDProfessor, Department of Radiology
Former
50$219,567
Stephen W ArentLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Richard N BaerMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Geoff H BarkerMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
James B BerenbaumMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Norman BrownsteinLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Robin D ChotinVice Chair and Secretary, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Ross S ChotinMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Warren P CohenMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Steven C DembyMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Christopher DinsdaleMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
R Stanton DodgeMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
David EnglebergLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Brad C FarberMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Daniel J FeinerMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Michael A FeinerMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Thomas A GartMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Lawrence P GelfondLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Roger A GibsonMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Charles GwirtsmanMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Robin S HickenlooperMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
A Barry HirschfeldLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Lewis M KlingMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Steven D KrisMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Bradley A LevinMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Bonnie MandarichMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Connie G McArthurMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Marvin I MoskowitzMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Brian J ParksMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Blair E RichardsonMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Edward A RobinsonLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Meyer M SaltzmanLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Richard A SchierburgLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Michael K SchonbrunMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Martin SempleLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Stephen B SiegelMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Wendy M SiegelMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Donald A SilversmithMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Marc D SteronMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Debra M TuchmanMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Daniel W YohannesMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Evan H ZuckerMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Kristen HoltzmanMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Scott MitchellMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Samuel RascoffMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 64 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Michael S Salem MDPresident and CEO, BOD Member
Trustee or director, Officer
50$2,524,315
Gregory Downey MDEVP Academic Affairs & Provost
Key employee
50$899,528
Rao Mushtaq MDAssistant Professor, Division of Oncology
Highest-paid employee
50$691,654
Christine K ForknerEVP Corproate Affairs and CFO, Ass't Treasurer
Officer
50$664,250
Stephen Frankel MDEVP Clincial Affairs & CCO
Key employee
50$630,246
Jeffrey King MDChief, Divison of Gastroenterology
Highest-paid employee
50$608,204
Kevin K Brown MDChair, Department of Medicine
Key employee
50$587,092
Glenn Hirsch MDChief, Division of Cardiology
Highest-paid employee
50$558,804
Mohammed Salhab MDAssistant Professor, Division of Oncology
Highest-paid employee
50$525,902
Luciano Lemos-Filho MDAssistant Professor, Divison of Pulmonology
Highest-paid employee
50$520,542
Pamela L Zeitlin MD PhDChair, Department of Pediatrics
Key employee
50$511,915
Lisa TadiriVice President Development
Key employee
50$469,149
Carrie A Horn MDChief Medical Officer
Former
50$445,361
Debra Dyer MDChair, Department of Radiology
Former
50$443,343
Irina Petrache MDChief, Division Pulmonology
Former
50$438,700
Kristi MeltonVP Clinical Business Operations
Key employee
50$373,729
Philippa Marrack PhDChair, Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine
Former
50$274,786
Jandel T Allen-Davis MDMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Margaret Sue AllonMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Stephen W ArentLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Richard N BaerMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Geoff H BarkerMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
James B BerenbaumMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Norman BrownsteinLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Robin D ChotinVice Chair and Secretary, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Ross S ChotinMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Warren P CohenMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Steven C DembyMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Christopher DinsdaleMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
R Stanton DodgeMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
David EnglebergLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Brad C FarberMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Daniel J FeinerMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Michael A FeinerMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Thomas A GartMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Lawrence P GelfondLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Roger A GibsonMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
S Jerry GlauserMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Charles GwirtsmanMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Robin S HickenlooperMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
A Barry HirschfeldLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Lydia W JumonvilleMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Lewis M KlingMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Steven D KrisMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Bradley A LevinMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Bonnie MandarichMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Connie G McArthurMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Marvin I MoskowitzMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Brian J ParksMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Kathryn A PaulMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
John J Reilly Jr MDMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Blair E RichardsonMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Edward A RobinsonLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Meyer M SaltzmanLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Richard A SchierburgLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Michael K SchonbrunMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Martin SempleLifetime Member, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Stephen B SiegelMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Wendy M SiegelMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Donald A SilversmithMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Marc D SteronMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Debra M TuchmanMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Daniel W YohannesMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0
Evan H ZuckerMember, BOD
Trustee or director
2$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1400 JACKSON ST, DENVER, CO 80206-2761
In care of
% CHRISTINE FORKNER
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Christine Forkner, 1400 Jackson St, Denver, CO 80206
Signed the 990
Christine Forkner, EVP Corp Affairs and CFO
Phone
(303) 388-4461

Mission

National Jewish Health's mission since 1899 is to heal, discover and educate as a preeminent healthcare institution. We serve by providing the best integrated and innovative care for patients and their families; by understanding and finding cures for the diseases we research; and, by educating and training the next generation of healthcare professionals to be leaders in medicine and science.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • National Jewish Health is a nationally recognized, academic medical center with specialized expertise in the evaluation and management of respiratory, cardiac, allergic and immunologic diseases. National Jewish Health serves as a referral center for patients across the United States, particularly for those patients with diseases that are exceptionally difficult to diagnose and/or treat. National Jewish Health provides care to adult and pediatric patients on both an inpatient and outpatient basis and offers a comprehensive spectrum of clinical services. Clinical services include but are not limited to: pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine, allergy /immunology, occupational and environmental health sciences, cardiology, pulmonary, hypertension, rheumatology, gastroenterology, infectious disease and mycobacterial infections, cystic fibrosis, neurology, neuromuscular medicine and ALS, thoracic surgery, immediate care, otolaryngology and oncology. In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, National Jewish Health provided over 120,285 outpatient visits. Additionally, our physicians provided over 6,011 inpatient encounters, primarily critical care services, pulmonary consultative service and hospitalist services, at multiple facilities across metropolitan Denver, including the National Jewish Health main campus. Our patients come from virtually every state across the United States, with residents from our Colorado community constituting the largest single group. National Jewish Health was founded under the motto, "None may enter who can pay; None can pay who enter." While today, National Jewish Health accepts paying patients, a significant amount of charity care is provided and all appointments are offered on a first come, first serve basis regardless of the ability to pay. National Jewish Health continues to adapt its clinical programs to meet the unique needs of the changing healthcare landscape, like providing Chronic Care ManagementTM, multi-disciplinary clinics for patients suffering and recovering from long COVID, and an Immediate Care clinic for adults and kids with unexpected illnesses and minor injuries. National Jewish Health has collaborated with local hospitals to provide a combined state of the art outpatient clinic and inpatient care setting.
    Expenses $243,412,228 · revenue $233,308,135
  • National Jewish Health receives various types of grants. In addition to the above, National Jewish Health received $56,915,359 of funding through grants which are included in Part VIII (revenues), lines 1e and 1f. National Jewish Health conducts extensive basic, translational and clinical biomedical research. In addition to translational research programs in its areas of clinical specialties, National Jewish Health conducts research in basic immunology, genetics, proteomics, cell biology, signal transduction, structural biology, cancer biology, and oxidant biology. Research activities have resulted in a number of scientific discoveries that have improved care for patients worldwide. National Jewish received a federal contract renewal to continue funding our COPDGene research and network. Funds for National Jewish Health's research are provided by grants from private and governmental agencies which include the National Institute of Health (NIH), the Department of Defense (DOD), National Science Foundation (NSF) and charitable contributions from private industry.
    Expenses $69,042,170 · revenue $5,091,866
  • National Jewish Health is the nations' largest nonprofit provider of telephonic and technology-based commercial tobacco cessation services, delivering evidence-based, personalized telephone and online coaching programs in 23 states and a variety of health plans, employer groups and wellness companies. The state grant contract revenue of $17,140,017 is included in Part VIII, line 1e, while the rest of the revenue is reported in section 4c above. Since the development of our Quitline program in 2002, National Jewish Health has assisted more than 2.5 million people with their quit attempts. In FY25, we launched a new mobile application to support My Life, My Quit 2.0, enhancing access and engagement for youth participants seeking cessation support. In tandem, we introduced a refreshed QuitLogix(R) 3.0 platform to strengthen the participant experience, streamline navigation, and expand functionality across all participating states. The Quitline program follows the best practices and industry standards published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC). National Jewish Health's protocols are research- and evidence-based. The Quitline is staffed by more than 80 professionals who are devoted to commercial tobacco use prevention and cessation. The Tobacco Cessation Coaches undergo rigorous training that enables them to tailor their coaching services based on participant needs using our proven-successful coaching model. For each person who reaches out to the Quitline for help, the coaches immediately engage them in their quit journey to foster success, and our results demonstrate our proven track record. Our surveys, conducted by an independent third party, show that individuals who receive our evidence-based coaching services and use cessation medications have a 37% long-term quit rate, one of the best quit rates in the nation. nation.
    Expenses $14,339,028 · revenue $332,322
  • National Jewish Health provides other programs and services such as professional education for medical professionals, specialized physician and provider services to local hospitals, and expert testing and analytical services to other healthcare providers, non-profits and academic medical centers.
    Expenses $12,494,897 · revenue $14,592,657

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
74-2044647
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Hospital or medical research organization
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1979
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Health care (E240)
Assets (IRS master file)
$390,669,000
Income (IRS master file)
$389,467,667

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$375,353,154$383,108,771$390,669,000IRS
990-TJune 2025–––IRS
990June 2024$401,084,397$399,121,001$414,028,000IRS
990-TJune 2024–––IRS
990June 2023$348,531,726$370,065,540$417,131,000XML
990-TJune 2023–––IRS
990June 2022$358,276,772$346,514,824$438,155,000IRS
990-TJune 2022–––IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990-TJune 2021–––IRS
990June 2020–––IRS
990June 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 74-2044647).

Questions about NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH

What is the EIN of NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH?
The employer identification number (EIN) of NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH is 74-2044647.
Is NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1979.
Are donations to NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
Who is the principal officer of NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Christine Forkner.
Who are the officers and directors of NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 58 people; 14 received compensation from the organization, the highest $2,402,798 (Michael S Salem MD, President and CEO, BOD Member).
How much revenue does NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $375,353,154, expenses of $383,108,771 and total assets of $390,669,000 at year end.

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