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ST BERNARDS HEALTHCARE

EIN 71-0853900 JONESBORO, AR

Revenue 2024
$41,415,645
Expenses 2024
$41,415,644

Program services were 83.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1700
Street
225 E WASHINGTON AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE (EIN 53-0196617). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE CHRIST-LIKE HEALING TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION, TREATMENT AND HEALTH SERVICES. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SINCE 1900, ST BERNARDS HAS SERVED AS OUR COMMUNITY'S TRUSTED PROVIDER OF COMPREHENSIVE, COMPASSIONATE HEALTHCARE. WITH OUR DEDICATED AND (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ESTABLISH A CONTINUUM OF CARE TO PROVIDE CHRIST-LIKE HEALING TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION, TREATMENT, AND HEALTH SERVICES.

  • ST. BERNARDS HEALTHCARE, INC. PROVIDES MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR ENTITIES WITHIN ITS SYSTEM. ST. BERNARDS HEALTHCARE INC. ALSO COORDINATES CURRENT AND PLANNED HEALTH RELATED ACTIVITIES. IN THE COMMUNITY, ST. BERNARDS HEALTHCARE INC. IS OPERATED FOR THE BENEFIT OF AND TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSE OF ST BERNARDS MEDICAL CENTER.

    Expenses $34,525,249 · Grants $100 · Revenue $36,412,188

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • MOTHER MARY CLARE BEZNER

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related

  • SISTER MARY BETH HACKLEY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • BARRY LEDBETTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • BRAD EDWARDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • CHARLES FRIERSON

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 7/14/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DR BEN OWENS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $865,950
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $860,275
    Other
    $5,675
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $821,244 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $38,635 related
    Other
    $0 + $396 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $5,675 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $865,950 related

  • GUY PATTESON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • HL WIGGINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIENNE PENTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NEIL CROWSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICK ROREX

    CONVENER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SISTER CECILA NGUYEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • SISTER GLOREA KNAGGS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • SISTER MARIA CHRISTI CAVANAUGH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • BENJAMIN BARYLSKE

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $533,393
    From this org
    $509,721
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,672
    Hours/week
    40 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $500,877
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $8,844
    Deferred
    $13,791
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,881
    Filer's total
    $533,393

  • CHRIS BARBER

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,001,859
    From this org
    $955,960
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,899
    Hours/week
    40 + 9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $908,787
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $47,173
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,399
    Filer's total
    $1,001,859

  • JOHN LIEBLONG

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $393,456
    From this org
    $359,663
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,793
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $329,604
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $30,059
    Deferred
    $15,194
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,599
    Filer's total
    $393,456

  • GARY SPARKS

    VICE-PRESIDENT (UNTIL 10/31/24)

    Total calculated
    $210,858
    From this org
    $210,685
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $173
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,978
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,707
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $173
    Filer's total
    $210,858

  • KEVIN HODGES

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $445,326
    From this org
    $436,463
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,863
    Hours/week
    40 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $430,601
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,862
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,863
    Filer's total
    $445,326

  • LAURA PICKENS

    VP-MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $241,048
    From this org
    $222,449
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,599
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,609
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $12,840
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,599
    Filer's total
    $241,048

  • LORI SMITH

    VP-HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $345,952
    From this org
    $314,180
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,772
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $307,069
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $7,111
    Deferred
    $13,173
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,599
    Filer's total
    $345,952

  • MATT PARKER

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $374,833
    From this org
    $362,552
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,281
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $350,877
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $11,675
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,281
    Filer's total
    $374,833

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $41,415,645
    Expenses
    $41,415,644
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $100
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $35,836,265
    Expenses
    $35,836,270
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $100
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $32,650,069
    Expenses
    $32,650,069
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $100

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,247,088
    Expenses
    $30,247,088
    Assets (EOY)
    $371,767,756

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,639,089
    Expenses
    $24,639,089
    Assets (EOY)
    $335,856,047

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,164,416
    Expenses
    $23,164,416
    Assets (EOY)
    $299,959,511

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,307,388
    Expenses
    $23,307,388
    Assets (EOY)
    $270,828,525

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,252,122
    Expenses
    $21,252,122
    Assets (EOY)
    $235,586,835

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,535,395
    Expenses
    $20,535,395
    Assets (EOY)
    $208,350,603

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.