Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$4,553,500

Total expenses

$5,283,346

Contributions and grants received

$4,767,673

Grants paid

$5,097,405

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$187,699

Other revenue

-$401,872

Total assets, end of year

$14,181,907

Total liabilities, end of year

$568,339

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$13,613,568

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$5,139,536

Management and general expenses

$29,127

Fundraising expenses

$114,683

Program service expenses (Part III)

$5,139,536

Program services were 97.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• ERLANGER FOUNDATION UTILIZES CHARITABLE GIFTS FROM DONORS TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF ERLANGER AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT ERLANGER TO COMPASSIONATELY CARE FOR PEOPLE. SEVERAL OF ERLANGER'S PROGRAMS AND SERVICE AREAS BENEFITED FROM THE GENEROSITY OF OUR PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY IN FY2023. BECAUSE OF OUR DONORS, ERLANGER FOUNDATION WAS ABLE TO FUND ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT THAT ENHANCES THE HEALTHCARE OF OUR REGION. FUNDING FROM NUMEROUS MAJOR DONORS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN BUILDING A NEW PEDIATRIC MRI AND OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE CENTER HOUSED IN THE KENNEDY OUTPATIENT CENTER AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT ERLANGER. THE NEW MRI SUITE ADDS TO OUR COMPLIMENT OF IMAGING SERVICES SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN, WHICH INCLUDES AN EOS IMAGING SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES REMARKABLE DETAIL AND 3D IMAGES OF THE SPINE, ENABLING PHYSICIANS TO PROVIDE A MORE ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS AND PLAN AN EFFECTIVE COURSE OF TREATMENT.THE NEW OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE CENTER COMPLIMENTS THE SURGICAL SERVICES PROGRAM AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT ERLANGER BY OFFERING AN ADDITIONAL LOCATION FOR LESS ACUTE OUTPATIENT SURGICAL PROCEDURES. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT ERLANGER OFFERS THE REGION'S ONLY SURGICAL SUITES DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHILDREN, WITH DEDICATED STAFF AND SPECIALLY-SIZED INSTRUMENTS TO DELIVER TOP-LEVEL CARE FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF FUNDING FOR THE PEDIATRIC MRI AND OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE CENTER CAME FROM CHARITABLE DONATIONS. WE WERE HONORED TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THE NEW CENTER ON SEPTEMBER 29 WITH A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY COMPLETE WITH A SPECIAL DONUT THEME THAT REFLECTS THE LOOK OF PEDIATRIC MRI DONUT. THE GENEROSITY OF OUR DONORS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF YOUNG PATIENTS IN OUR REGION.THROUGH THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT, DONORS TO ERLANGER FOUNDATION HELPED FUND ADDITIONAL PROJECTS IN PEDIATRICS INCLUDING THE PURCHASE OF FIVE TAXI WHEELCHAIRS USED TO TRANSPORT YOUNG EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PATIENTS BETWEEN VARIOUS INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS AT THE BARONESS CAMPUS, MEAL VOUCHERS FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, HEALTHY EATING ACTIVE LIVING PROGRAM THAT STRIVES TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF OBESITY AND CHRONIC DISEASE IN CHILDREN RESIDING IN THE CHATTANOOGA REGION THROUGH IMPROVED NUTRITION AND INCREASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND A SHAVED ICE MACHINE FOR CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY.NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART OPHTHALMOLOGICAL INFRARED DIODE LASERS WERE PURCHASED FOR THE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF RETINAL AND GLAUCOMA CONDITIONS. THESE LASERS OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE MODALITY TO TREAT MANY FORMS OF GLAUCOMA AND ARE VITAL IN THE TREATMENT ARMAMENTARIUM OF CHOROIDAL TUMORS. AN INFRARED DIODE LASER USED FOR TRANSPUPILLARY THERMOTHERAPY CAN ALSO TREAT MALIGNANT CHOROIDAL MELANOMAS, THE MOST COMMON PRIMARY INTRAOCULAR TUMOR IN ADULTS. THIS PURCHASE HAS FILLED A VALUABLE NEED TO SAVE VISION AND THE EYES OF PATIENTS IN THE CHATTANOOGA REGION SUFFERING FROM REFRACTORY GLAUCOMA AND OCULAR MALIGNANCIES. IN SUPPORT OF THE IMPORTANT WORK BEING DONE THROUGH ERLANGER'S THREE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, CHARITABLE GIFTS TO THE ERLANGER FOUNDATION PROVIDED THE RESOURCES TO PURCHASE A BREATH TRACKER, A HEARING SCREENER TESTING MACHINE, AND A RETINAL CAMERA. THE BREATH TRACKER IS A TYPE OF ASTHMA CONTROL TEST THAT HELPS DETERMINE IF A PEDIATRIC PATIENT'S ASTHMA SYMPTOMS ARE WELL CONTROLLED. THE HEARING SCREENER HELPS ASSESS AND IDENTIFY THE DEGREE OF POTENTIAL HEARING LOSS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. IT IS AN ESSENTIAL TEST TO ISOLATE POSSIBLE HEARING LOSS IN NEWBORNS AND FIRST-YEAR SCHOOL CHILDREN. THE RETINAL CAMERA IS A HAND-HELD DEVICE UTILIZED FOR EASY EXAMINATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE RETINA FOR VARIOUS EYE DISEASES SUCH AS DIABETIC RETINOPATHY, AMD AND GLAUCOMA.CHARITABLE FUNDS PROVIDED BY DONORS TO ERLANGER FOUNDATION ALSO SUPPORTED THE REFRESH AND RENOVATION OF ERLANGER'S WOMEN'S ONCOLOGY CLINIC WITH FRESH PAINT AND SOME TIMELY REMODELING. DONORS PROVIDED THE RESOURCES FOR THREE TOUCHLESS INFRARED BODY TEMPERATURE KIOSKS FOR VISITOR AND FAMILY SCREENING AT ERLANGER WESTERN CAROLINA HOSPITAL. CHARITABLE GIFTS WERE ALSO USED TO SUPPORT THE LADIES DAY IN CLINIC IN MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THIS MONTHLY SATURDAY PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED WITH BUSY, WORKING WOMEN IN MIND, PROVIDING THEM WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH UP ON ANNUAL SCREENINGS, PHYSICALS, BREAST EXAMS, PAP SMEARS, LABS AND MAMMOGRAMS, WHILE ALSO ESTABLISHING A PRIMARY CARE RELATIONSHIP. SCHOLARSHIPS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO WOMEN WHO DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED SERVICES.

  Expenses $5,139,536 · Grants $5,097,405

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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.

Grants on this return

• ERLANGER HEALTH SYSTEM

  $4,993,536

  PROGRAM SUPPORT & CAPITAL

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

13 February 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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