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BENEFIS HOSPITALS INC

EIN 81-0232122 GREAT FALLS, MT

Revenue 2024
$626,298,828
Expenses 2024
$647,147,579

Program services were 75.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E220
Classification
1200
Street
500 15TH AVE S

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).

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.

  • GREGORY TIERNEY MD

    DIRECTOR & EVP SYSTEM CLINICAL OPS

    Total calculated
    $1,441,865
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,387,376
    Other
    $54,489
    Hours/week
    19 + 41 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $621,421 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $139,026 related
    Other
    $0 + $626,929 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $24,150 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,339 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,441,865 related

  • RAYN GINNATY

    DIRECTOR/PRES. OF HOSPITALS & SENIOR SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $569,676
    From this org
    $498,837
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,839
    Hours/week
    30 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $397,935
    Bonus
    $62,241
    Other
    $38,661
    Deferred
    $59,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,139
    Filer's total
    $569,676

  • JEFFREY BAKER MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $564,051
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $522,851
    Other
    $41,200
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $454,173 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $66,797 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,881 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,700 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,500 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $564,051 related

  • GLENN WINSLOW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $441,201
    From this org
    $12,000
    From related orgs
    $407,326
    Other
    $21,875
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $12,000 + $301,060 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $105,466 related
    Other
    $0 + $800 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,055 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,820 related
    Filer's total
    $12,000 + $429,201 related

  • MELCHISEDEK MARGARIS MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $310,651
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $263,746
    Other
    $46,905
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $253,746 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $10,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,585 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $33,320 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $310,651 related

  • JUDY BORLAND MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $156,742
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $143,451
    Other
    $13,291
    Hours/week
    2 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $133,451 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $10,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,759 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $4,532 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $156,742 related

  • DAVE RICHARDS

    DIRECTOR & SYSTEM BOARD LIAISON

    Total calculated
    $250
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $250
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 6 related

  • BILL FERRIN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRIAN LOUCKS

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SENATOR LLEW JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TAMMY LACEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • FORREST EHLINGER

    CRO & EVP (THRU 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $1,120,999
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,087,402
    Other
    $33,597
    Hours/week
    27 + 33 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $435,904 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $131,450 related
    Other
    $0 + $520,048 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,250 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,347 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,120,999 related

  • BRUCE HOULIHAN

    SVP & SYSTEM CFO

    Total calculated
    $535,264
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $448,754
    Other
    $86,510
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $333,485 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $66,690 related
    Other
    $0 + $48,579 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $54,251 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $32,259 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $535,264 related

  • KATHY HILL

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $369,025
    From this org
    $319,015
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,010
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,845
    Bonus
    $57,313
    Other
    $71,857
    Deferred
    $19,709
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,301
    Filer's total
    $369,025

  • LYNZE CANNON

    ACUTE CARE CHIEF NURSING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $223,962
    From this org
    $176,921
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,041
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,123
    Bonus
    $18,798
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,354
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,687
    Filer's total
    $223,962

  • DYLAN RICHARDSON

    PATIENT FLOW SPECIALIST

    Total calculated
    $283,603
    From this org
    $259,396
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,207
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $256,527
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,869
    Deferred
    $13,084
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,123
    Filer's total
    $283,603

  • JAMIE LEONARD

    DIRECTOR OF PHARMACY

    Total calculated
    $270,541
    From this org
    $234,637
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,904
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,220
    Bonus
    $37,417
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,311
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,593
    Filer's total
    $270,541

  • ADAM ELLIOT

    MEDICAL PHYSICIST

    Total calculated
    $271,353
    From this org
    $220,363
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,990
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,363
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,027
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,963
    Filer's total
    $271,353

  • TOM CINKO

    FACILITIES DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $237,099
    From this org
    $205,122
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,977
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,528
    Bonus
    $28,594
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,455
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,522
    Filer's total
    $237,099

  • SANDRA SOWA

    REGISTERED NURSE

    Total calculated
    $237,762
    From this org
    $208,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,687
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,335
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,740
    Deferred
    $11,161
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,526
    Filer's total
    $237,762

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 — 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
    $626,298,828
    Expenses
    $647,147,579
    Contributions
    $228,636
    Grants paid
    $68,979
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $570,130,957
    Expenses
    $556,303,213
    Contributions
    $10,991,591
    Grants paid
    $313,196
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $541,054,630
    Expenses
    $529,298,770
    Contributions
    $13,255,555
    Grants paid
    $12,750

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

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

  • 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

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. 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.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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

Listed as of 10 September 2026, under deductibility PC.

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.