Top-Rated Nonprofits in Pennsylvania 2026
Pennsylvania has 61 nonprofits with $43.0B in combined revenue. The top-rated organization is Lehigh Valley Hospital with an Efficiency Score of 84/100.
Pennsylvania has 61 nonprofits in the IRS Form 990 dataset ranked here by efficiency score. The NonprofitTruth nonprofit efficiency rubric combines financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and officer compensation relative to revenue (25%) into a 0-100 composite.
Reading the ranking: top of the list typically combines healthy operating reserves (the highest-weighted factor) with stable multi-year revenue and reasonable officer compensation. Large hospital and university systems often appear near the top in any state — their scale gives them deep balance sheets and steady revenue. Each nonprofit links to its full Form 990 profile. For donors trying to choose between organizations, the efficiency grade is a useful triage — but the underlying reserve position, the multi-year revenue trend, and the officer-comp ratio matter more than the composite letter on any individual decision.
Top 20 of 61 Nonprofits in Pennsylvania
| # | Organization | Category | Revenue | CEO Pay | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lehigh Valley Hospital | Health | $3.2B | $10.6M | A (84) |
| 2 | Miltons S Hershey Medical Center | Health | $2.6B | $4.3M | A (83) |
| 3 | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | Health | $2.6B | $2.6M | A (83) |
| 4 | The Childrens Hospital Of Philadelphia | Health | $3.4B | $17.6M | A (81) |
| 5 | Temple University Hospital Inc | Health | $2.1B | $5.4M | A (80) |
| 6 | Gannon University | Education | $166.0M | $2.5M | A (80) |
| 7 | Geisinger Medical Center | Health | $1.9B | $1.4M | B (79) |
| 8 | Commonwealth Charter Academy Charter School | Education | $420.8M | $1.0M | B (79) |
| 9 | Mann Center For The Performing Arts | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $41.7M | $472K | B (79) |
| 10 | Fairmount Park Conservancy | Environment & Animals | $26.1M | $378K | B (78) |
| 11 | Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School | Education | $220.9M | $2.2M | B (77) |
| 12 | Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine | Education | $173.2M | $4.7M | B (75) |
| 13 | Pennsylvania Horticultural Society | Environment & Animals | $37.8M | $785K | B (75) |
| 14 | Thomas Jefferson University | Education | $1.7B | $21.4M | B (74) |
| 15 | Drexel University | Education | $1.4B | $10.7M | B (74) |
| 16 | Widener University | Education | $243.6M | $2.3M | B (74) |
| 17 | Desales University | Education | $129.5M | $1.5M | B (74) |
| 18 | Artsquest | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $30.9M | $1.0M | B (74) |
| 19 | Wilkes University | Education | $150.8M | $2.0M | B (73) |
| 20 | Mercyhurst University | Education | $149.3M | $1.2M | B (73) |
Nonprofit financial data for Pennsylvania is sourced from IRS Form 990 filings, which all tax-exempt organizations must file annually.
Frequently Asked Questions
Lehigh Valley Hospital is the top-rated nonprofit in Pennsylvania with an Efficiency Score of 84/100 (Grade A) and $3.2B in annual revenue.
Pennsylvania has 61 nonprofits in our database with a combined $43.0B in total revenue.
The Efficiency Score (0-100, A-F) measures a nonprofit's financial structure based on financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and current-officer compensation relative to revenue (25%), all from IRS Form 990 data. Higher scores indicate stronger financial structure. It does not include a program-spending ratio, which our data source does not provide.
Efficiency Score: financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), current-officer compensation ratio (25%). No program-spending ratio is included — total program service expenses are not available from the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer feed.