Rural Hospital Tax Credit
Keep Your Tax Dollars Local. Save Lives.
You Have a Choice…
- A choice in where your state income tax dollars go.
- A choice to provide your family and neighbors with stronger, more advanced local health care.
- A choice to invest in the future of Morgan County.
- A choice to save lives.
At Morgan Medical Center, we are more than a hospital: we’re a lifeline for this community. With your support, we can continue to grow, innovate, care for every person who walks through our doors, and save lives.
That’s why we continue partnering with Georgia HEART Hospital Program — an initiative that helps rural and critical access hospitals (like ours) increase their funding, expand services, and better meet the health care needs of thousands of Georgians.
What Is the Georgia HEART Hospital Program?
The Georgia HEART Rural Hospital Tax Credit Program allows individuals and businesses to redirect their state income tax dollars to support eligible rural hospitals — such as Morgan Medical Center — and receive a 100% state income tax credit in return.
This means you can support Morgan Medical Center at no added cost to you just by choosing where your tax dollars go.
How Georgia HEART Has Benefited Morgan Medical Center
Since partnering with Georgia HEART in 2017, contributions have allowed Morgan Medical Center to provide for the health care of individuals in various ways:
Invest in Advanced Technology
- 3D Mammography
- Stryker Surgical Camera
- C-Arm
- Portable Ultrasound
- Nuclear Medicine Equipment
- Mako SmartRobotics™ System
Expand Access to Specialized Surgical Care, Reducing the Need to Travel Long Distances
- General Surgery
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program
Modernize Hospital Operations
- Lab/Pharmacy Network Interface to Communicate with PCPs
- Patient Registration and Financial Services Platform
- Credentialing Software
- Patient Alarm System
Who Can Participate in Georgia HEART?
If you pay Georgia state income taxes, you qualify for a 100% tax credit by contributing through Georgia HEART.
Contribution Limits
(Beginning July 1, these contribution limits will change. In most cases, to unlimited.)
- Individual Filer – Up to $5,000
- Married Filing Separately – Up to $5,000
- Married Filing Jointly – Up to $10,000
- C Corporations, Trust, or Pass-Through Entity electing to pay tax at entity level – Up to 75% of annual Georgia Tax Liability
- Individual Owner of S-Corp, LLC, or Partnership (Pass-Through Entity) NOT paying tax at entity level – Up to $25,000
New for Pass-Through Businesses (Georgia HB 149)
Eligible businesses can now elect to pay state tax at the entity level and contribute at corporate-level limits, creating a SALT (state & local income tax) workaround and greater credit potential.
How to Contribute
It’s easy! Follow these simple steps:
Apply Now
Visit GeorgiaHEART.org and submit your 2025 Tax Credit Application. Georgia HEART will submit the form on your behalf to the Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR)
Make Payment
Payment Instructions for Georgia HEART Contributions to Morgan Medical Center:
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If approved by April 30, 2025: Payment is due within 180 days of approval.
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If approved between May 1 and September 30, 2025: Payment is due by October 31, 2025.
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If approved after September 30, 2025: Payment is due by December 31, 2025.
All payments must be made payable to Morgan Medical Center and directed to Georgia HEART.
Take Credit
Claim your 100% tax credit when you file your Georgia income tax return!
Georgia HEART is currently accepting applications for the 2025 tax year!
Need More Information?
For more information about the Georgia HEART rural hospital tax credit program, please visit GeorgiaHeart.org or contact Megan Morris, Executive Director of The Morgan Medical Center Foundation, at [email protected] or (706) 752-2237.