Essentia Health Foundation
Essentia Health Foundation
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About this organization
Mission
WE ARE CALLED TO MAKE A HEALTHY DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES BY FOSTERING CHARITABLE SUPPORT FOR PATIENT CARE. ESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION SERVES AS AN UMBRELLA FOR LOCAL FOUNDATIONS WITHIN ESSENTIA HEALTH SYSTEM, BUILDING ON COMMON STRENGTHS AND PROVIDING ECONOMIES OF SCALE. OUR GOALS INCLUDE BUILDING UPON OUR CULTURE OF PHILANTHROPY, INCREASING FUNDRAISING, ACTING AS A RESOURCE TO LOCAL FOUNDATIONS AND THE ESSENTIA SYSTEM, AND REDUCING COSTS TO LOCAL FOUNDATIONS.
About
ESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED AND SHALL BE OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND RELIGIOUS PURPOSES EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF, TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF, OR TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF CERTAIN ESSENTIA HEALTH SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS, AND OF THE TAX-EXEMPT ENTITIES IDENTIFIED AS SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.ESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION FACILITATES CHARITABLE FUNDRAISING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF CERTAIN ESSENTIA HEALTH SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS. FUNDRAISING IS CONDUCTED BY DIRECT MAIL, SPECIAL EVENTS, GRANTS FROM FOUNDATIONS AND DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS. COMPANIES, FOUNDATIONS, INDIVIDUALS, PHYSICIANS, AND STAFF PARTICIPATE BY GIVING TO THE FOUNDATION. DONATIONS ARE GIVEN FOR A WIDE RANGE OF CHARITABLE NEEDS OF EACH OF THE SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING PATIENT COMPASSIONATE CARE INITIATIVES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, RESEARCH, AND EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE. ESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION PROVIDES PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT THROUGH DISBURSEMENT OF FOUNDATION FUNDS TO PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY ESSENTIA HEALTH RELATED ORGANIZATIONS TO BENEFIT PATIENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF ADVANCING OUR MISSION.IN TOTAL, $4.8 MILLION WAS GIVEN TO THE FOUNDATION IN 2019 BY 5,835 DONORS, MOST OF WHOM RESIDE IN COMMUNITIES SERVED BY ESSENTIA HEALTH. THE FOUNDATION'S LOCAL ADVISORY BOARDS DISTRIBUTED $3.6 MILLION TO ITS SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS WHICH IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH. THE ORGANIZATIONS ESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION SUPPORTS PROVIDE HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS PART OF ESSENTIA HEALTH.ESSENTIA HEALTH IS AN INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEM SERVING PATIENTS IN MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, NORTH DAKOTA AND IDAHO. HEADQUARTERED IN DULUTH, MINNESOTA, ESSENTIA HEALTH COMBINES THE STRENGTHS AND TALENTS OF 14,500 EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING MORE THAN 2,000 PHYSICIANS AND ADVANCED PRACTITIONERS, WHO SERVE ITS PATIENTS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE MISSION OF BEING CALLED TO MAKE A HEALTHY DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. ESSENTIA HEALTH, WHICH INCLUDES MANY CATHOLIC FACILITIES, IS GUIDED BY THE VALUES OF QUALITY, HOSPITALITY, RESPECT, JOY, JUSTICE, STEWARDSHIP AND TEAMWORK. THE ORGANIZATION LIVES OUT ITS MISSION BY HAVING PATIENT-CENTERED FOCUS AT 15 HOSPITALS, OVER 70 CLINICS, SIX LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, THREE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, THREE INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES, SIX AMBULANCE SERVICES, AND ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE. ESSENTIA HEALTH PROVIDES SERVICES PREDOMINANTLY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES AND IS COMMITTED TO ELIMINATING GEOGRAPHIC BARRIERS TO CARE. MANY OF ESSENTIA HEALTH'S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS ARE LOCATED IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED AS BEING MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED. ESSENTIA HEALTH IS ACCREDITED AS AN ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION BY THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE. THE LEGAL ENTITIES COMPRISING ESSENTIA HEALTH FILE SEPARATE FORM 990'S.ESSENTIA HEALTH'S HOSPITALS HAVE A TOTAL OF 1,198 LICENSED BEDS WHICH PROVIDED OVER 189,000 HOSPITAL PATIENT DAYS AND OVER 679,000 OUTPATIENT VISITS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019. THE CLINICS HAD OVER 1.7 MILLION ENCOUNTERS DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD.DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019, ESSENTIA HEALTH PROVIDED TOTAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS OF OVER $128 MILLION WHICH INCLUDED COSTS OF PROVIDING CHARITY CARE, COSTS IN EXCESS OF MEDICAID PAYMENTS, MEDICAID SURCHARGE, MINNESOTACARE TAX, COMMUNITY SERVICES, HEALTH PROFESSION EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND CASH AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The non-profit's aim, as stated in the filing, is “We are called to make a healthy difference in people's lives.”.
When detailing its duties, they were outlined as: “We are called to make a healthy difference in people's lives by fostering charitable support for patient care. essentia health foundation serves as an umbrella for local foundations within essentia health system, building on common strengths and providing economies of scale. our goals include building upon our culture of philanthropy, increasing fundraising, acting as a resource to local foundations and the essentia system, and reducing costs to local foundations.”.
- The non-profit has complied with legal obligations by reporting their state of operation as MN.
- The non-profit's address in 2020 is noted in the filing as 502 E 2ND ST, DULUTH, MN, 55805.
- The non-profit's form for the year 2020 reports a total of 13 employees on their payroll.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $1,422,981.
- The organization has 5 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2009.
- The organization pays $1,200,952 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $529,024 in fundraising expenses.