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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$41,636,243
Total expenses
$25,590,402
Contributions and grants received
$37,248,467
Grants paid
$21,082,635
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,824,676
Other revenue
$563,100
Total assets, end of year
$114,270,968
Total liabilities, end of year
$22,635,520
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$91,635,448
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$21,082,635
Management and general expenses
$1,335,217
Fundraising expenses
$3,172,550
Program service expenses (Part III)
$21,082,635

Program services were 82.4% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $6,131,228

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $4,366,204

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,877,484

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $24,873,551

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $501,864

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,793,058 · excluded $3,793,058

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,564,850

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $3,533,232

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $31,618

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $31,618 · excluded $31,618

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $563,100

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $6,131,228

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $563,100 · excluded $563,100

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $21,082,635 · program services $21,082,635

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,619,632 · management and general $552,257 · fundraising $2,067,375

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $297,797 · management and general $65,515 · fundraising $232,282

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $144,143 · management and general $31,711 · fundraising $112,432

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $905 · management and general $905

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $243,111 · fundraising $243,111

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $66,204 · management and general $66,204

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $426,604 · management and general $256,792 · fundraising $169,812

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $201,373 · fundraising $201,373

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,817 · management and general $8,817

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $62,615 · management and general $10,577 · fundraising $52,038

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $937 · management and general $937

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,327 · management and general $9,327

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $50,401 · management and general $26,083 · fundraising $24,318

  • 20 · Interest

    total $32,836 · management and general $32,836

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $53,512 · management and general $53,512

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $7,915 · program services $0 · management and general $7,915 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: RECRUITMENT

    total $3,562 · program services $0 · management and general $3,562 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & MEMBERSHIP

    total $3,234 · program services $0 · management and general $3,234 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEDICAL SUPPLIES

    total $2,862 · program services $0 · management and general $2,862 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $271,980 · management and general $202,171 · fundraising $69,809

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $58,596,106 · end of year $63,003,124

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,820,512 · end of year $12,680,774

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $368,655 · end of year $634,793

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $11,977,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,291 · end of year $28,804

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $156,350

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $104,087

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $37,047 · end of year $52,263

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $16,463,070 · end of year $19,740,205

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,040,965 · end of year $2,137,295

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $3,411,710 · end of year $3,411,710

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $605,000 · end of year $605,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $307,995 · end of year $289,834

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,256,146 · end of year $3,844,599

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $74,598 · end of year $88,056

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $11,977,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,555,856 · end of year $6,436,031

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,982,500 · end of year $10,006,069

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $68,172,261 · end of year $81,629,379

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE SPECIFIC AND PRIMARY PURPOSES FOR WHICH THIS CORPORATION IS FORMED IS TO OPERATE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE MISSION OF LEE HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., A FLORIDA NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, BY ENGAGING IN FUND RAISING AND BY THE DISTRIBUTION OF ITS FUNDS FOR SUCH PURPOSES TO AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF LEE HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION, INC. (LEE HEALTH FOUNDATION) WAS ESTABLISHED TO SECURE

  • LEE HEALTH FOUNDATION SERVES AS THE FUNDRAISING AND ADVANCEMENT ARM OF LEE HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. (LEE HEALTH). THE LEE HEALTH FOUNDATION PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT OPERATION IN SUPPORT OF LEE HEALTH'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, INCLUDING RAISING PRINCIPAL, MAJOR, AND PLANNED GIFTS, OPERATING AN ANNUAL GIVING PROGRAM, AND CONDUCTING FUNDRAISING EVENTS. LEE HEALTH FOUNDATION SOLICITS, COLLECTS, MANAGES AND DISTRIBUTES FUNDS ACCORDING TO DONOR WISHES ON BEHALF OF LEE HEALTH. THE LEE HEALTH FOUNDATION PRIORITIZES IT'S FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF CAPITAL FACILITIES, PROGRAMMATIC EXPANSION, PERSONNEL, AND OTHER PRIORITIES OF LEE HEALTH, INCLUDING THE HEART, CANCER, ORTHOPEDICS AND DIGESTIVE HEALTH SERVICES LINES, AND PRIMARY, WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S CARE. LEE HEALTH FOUNDATION ALSO PROVIDES GRANTS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, WHICH TOTALED $55,000 FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2025.

    Expenses $21,082,635 · Grants $21,082,635

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lawrence Antonucci

    TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO)

    Total calculated
    $709,634
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $696,370
    Other
    $13,264
    Hours/week
    1 + 59 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $214,779 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $476,174 related
    Other
    $0 + $5,417 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,140 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $5,124 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $709,634 related
  • David Klein

    TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO)

    Total calculated
    $2,810
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,810
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related
  • Bill Cronin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dominic Cameratta

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Price

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenny Gezella

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Rist

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chetan Gulati

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Call

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deborah Toler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • F Brett Shannon Do

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fred Pezeshkan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Garrett S Richter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Gold

    TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ian Schmoyer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer McCurry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerry Sushil

    TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Catti

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related
  • Joshua Dorcey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristin Haag

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laurye O'Melia

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Margaret Embroli

    TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Onur Haytac

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard D Forman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan D Carter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra Stilwell Youngquist

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Chicone

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Benjamin Spence

    CFO & COO, LHS, INC.

    Total calculated
    $369,080
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $361,876
    Other
    $7,204
    Hours/week
    1 + 54 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $127,135 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $234,568 related
    Other
    $0 + $173 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $3,207 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $3,997 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $369,080 related
  • Christopher Simoneau

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $187,273
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $182,651
    Other
    $4,622
    Hours/week
    15 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $60,726 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $121,279 related
    Other
    $0 + $646 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $3,120 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,502 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $187,273 related

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. 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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
LEE HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., A RELATED ORGANIZATION OF LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION, INC., USES THE FOLLOWING METHODS TO ESTABLISH THE COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL: - INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT - COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY
PART I, LINE 4B
TO RETAIN AND REWARD SELECTED LEADERSHIP, THE LEE HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. MAINTAINS A SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN (SERP). THE SERP PROVIDES ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS. ADDITIONALLY, SERP ACCOUNTS ARE CREDITED WITH EARNINGS EQUAL TO THE US TREASURY YIELD CURVE RATE ("CONSTANT MATURITY TREASURY" RATE) FOR A TEN (10) YEAR US TREASURY SECURITY, PLUS ONE PERCENT (1%), UNTIL THE CONTRIBUTION AND EARNINGS HAVE BEEN FULLY DISTRIBUTED. BENEFITS ARE VESTED THREE YEARS FROM THE YEAR AWARDED. THE PLAN IS AN UNFUNDED PLAN ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF PROVIDING DEFERRED COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES WHO SUBSTANTIALLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ORGANIZATION. EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS AND PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY ARE COMPLETELY DISCRETIONARY. THE PLAN IS A NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN THAT IS INTENDED TO COMPLY WITH SECTIONS 457(F) AND 409A OF THE CODE.
PART I, LINE 5
LEE HEALTH MAINTAINS A SHORT-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN (STIP) THAT PROVIDES ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN INCENTIVE COMPENSATION TIED TO ACHIEVEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE GOALS. INCENTIVE AWARDS ARE BASED ON PREDEFINED OPERATIONAL, QUALITY, PATIENT EXPERIENCE, WORKFORCE, GROWTH, AND FINANCIAL METRICS, AND ARE PAYABLE ONLY IF SPECIFIED PERFORMANCE THRESHOLDS AND OVERALL FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • PARAMOUNT SURGERY CENTER LLC

    HEALTH CARE · FL

  • LH GPA FUND I LP

    PRIVATE INVESTMENT FUND · DE

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • BEST CARE PARTNERS INC

    C · HEALTH INSURANCE · FL

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202602279349300505

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