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← WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$17,680,800
Total expenses
$10,133,404
Contributions and grants received
$15,822,165
Grants paid
$2,143,509
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,262,259
Other revenue
-$403,624
Total assets, end of year
$54,736,655
Total liabilities, end of year
$461,984
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$54,274,671
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,382,583
Management and general expenses
$2,472,558
Fundraising expenses
$3,278,263
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,382,583

Program services were 43.2% 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

    $1,129,309

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $5,854,447

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,838,409

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,262,259 · excluded $2,262,259

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $156,220

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

    $1,129,309

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $559,844

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$403,624 · excluded -$403,624

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,016,509 · program services $2,016,509

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $127,000 · program services $127,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,312,377 · program services $260,202 · management and general $1,396,208 · fundraising $1,655,967

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,685,195 · program services $1,111,497 · management and general $618,368 · fundraising $955,330

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $826,161 · program services $0 · management and general $343,094 · fundraising $483,067

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $201,458 · program services $85,814 · management and general $13,429 · fundraising $102,215

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,085 · program services $0 · management and general $7,085 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $36,816 · program services $899 · management and general $35,631 · fundraising $286

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $29,513 · program services $4,800 · management and general $24,713 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,623 · program services $0 · management and general $7,623 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $883,667 · program services $775,862 · management and general $26,407 · fundraising $81,398

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 $5,463,816 · end of year $7,128,336

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,746,699 · end of year $5,208,812

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $76,880 · end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $36,159,738 · end of year $42,399,507

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $364,905 · end of year $461,984

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,162,834 · end of year $6,669,409

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $40,919,394 · end of year $47,605,262

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

To support the charitable activities of all WellStar Health System organizations.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $4,382,583 · Grants $2,143,509

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • CANDICE SAUNDERS

    PRESIDENT & CEO;FDN.BRD.MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $4,586,808
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $4,470,894
    Other
    $115,914
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,824,632 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $2,167,052 related
    Other
    $0 + $479,210 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $60,100 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $55,814 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $4,586,808 related
  • ANTHONY J BUDZINSKI

    EXEC. VP & CFO;FDN.BRD.MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $3,942,972
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $3,831,591
    Other
    $111,381
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $976,444 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $540,062 related
    Other
    $0 + $2,315,085 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $53,750 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $57,631 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $3,942,972 related
  • JULIE TEER

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $856,870
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $819,305
    Other
    $37,565
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $565,491 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $237,381 related
    Other
    $0 + $16,433 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,252 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $25,313 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $856,870 related
  • THEOLYN PRICE MD

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $789,015
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $707,034
    Other
    $81,981
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $582,404 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $121,670 related
    Other
    $0 + $2,960 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $51,613 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,368 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $789,015 related
  • ADDIE MATHES

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ANDREW JOHNSON

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • BIRD BLITCH

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • CHRIS PUMPHREY

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • CONDACE PRESSLEY

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • DAN BUYERS

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • DAVID SCHMIDT MD

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • DEBBIE THATCH

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • EMIL HILL

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • GARY A MILLER

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JAY WALLACE

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • KARL FILLIP

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • KEN MANNING

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MATT WEBB

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • PETE QUINONES

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • REAGAN MCLAUGHLIN

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • STEPHANIE WINDHAM

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • WILLIAM LAKO

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • RANDY KOPORC

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JASMINE CROWE-HOUSTON

    FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 4B
PARTICIPATION IN A SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN: DURING THE YEAR, VICE PRESIDENTS, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENTS, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENTS AND CERTAIN PHYSICIANS PARTICIPATED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN SPONSORED BY WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. THE AMOUNTS RELATED TO THIS PLAN ARE INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (C). THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED PAYMENTS FROM THE PLAN INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B): ANTHONY J. BUDZINSKI 2,287,591 CANDICE L. SAUNDERS 446,498 SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 7 NON-FIXED PAYMENTS TO OFFICERS: AS PART OF THE WELLSTAR EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY A PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN WAS INSTITUTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEREBY THE WELLSTAR BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES AN ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN WHICH CONSISTS OF SEVERAL PERFORMANCE GOALS OR FACTORS THAT UPON ATTAINMENT WILL RESULT IN PAYOUTS TO ELIGIBLE PLAN PARTICIPANTS. THOSE FACTORS ARE: (1) PEOPLE & CUSTOMER SERVICE GOAL FOR EMPLOYEE "TRUST INDEX (2) QUALITY & SAFETY GOAL FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE AND PATIENT SATISFACTION; AND (3) FINANCIAL GOAL FOR ATTAINING A POSITIVE OPERATING MARGIN. CONFIRMATION OF ACHIEVING THESE GOALS IS TYPICALLY RECEIVED THROUGH THE ANNUAL EXTERNAL AUDIT PROCESS AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT THAT TIME.

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.

  • Cobb SOUTH PARKING DECK

    Parking · GA

    Directly controlled by NA

  • KENNESTONE EAST PARKING DECK

    PARKING · GA

    Directly controlled by NA

  • GRIFFIN IMAGING LLC

    IMAGING CENTER · GA

    Directly controlled by NA

  • WELLSTAR SPALD EMSSPALD 911

    OFF. BLDG/EMS · GA

    Directly controlled by NA

  • NORTH FULTON PARKING DECK LP

    PARKING · GA

    Directly controlled by NA

  • SPALDING HEALTH SYSTEM LLC

    PHYS. HOSP. ORG. · GA

    Directly controlled by NA

Related corporations and trusts

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521359349313392

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