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← ECMC FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ECMC FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,157,239
Total expenses
$1,841,704
Contributions and grants received
$1,990,087
Grants paid
$933,282
Program service revenue
$35,216
Investment income
$131,936
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,491,196
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,462,650
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,028,546
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,159,667
Management and general expenses
$372,788
Fundraising expenses
$309,249
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,159,667

Program services were 63.0% 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

    $957,085

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,033,002

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $627,493

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEES EARNED

    total $20,310 · related or exempt $20,310

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $14,906 · related or exempt $14,906

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $131,936 · excluded $131,936

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,519,864

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

    $957,085

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,519,864

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $933,282 · program services $933,282

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $280,374 · management and general $42,745 · fundraising $237,629

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $264,432 · program services $168,890 · management and general $93,456 · fundraising $2,086

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $146,021 · program services $45,267 · management and general $36,505 · fundraising $64,249

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,012 · program services $3,724 · management and general $3,003 · fundraising $5,285

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,000 · management and general $23,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,095 · management and general $30,095

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $41,610 · management and general $41,610

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $18,257 · management and general $18,257

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $35,917 · management and general $35,917

  • 24a · Other expenses: GRANT EXPENSES

    total $48,200 · management and general $48,200

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $8,243 · program services $8,243

  • 24c · Other expenses: EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXPA

    total $261 · program services $261

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,208,390 · end of year $1,468,455

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,221,154 · end of year $4,707,678

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,825,136 · end of year $1,086,149

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $243,327 · end of year $148,840

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $15,634 · end of year $12,670

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $64,193 · end of year $67,404

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,689 · end of year $37,531

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $334,818 · end of year $309,033

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $596,065 · end of year $896,840

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $969,246 · end of year $219,246

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,667,016 · end of year $6,028,546

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ASSIST THE ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION IN PROCURING THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO BE THE MEDICAL CENTER OF CHOICE THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT CARE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THROUGHOUT 2024, ECMC EXPERIENCED CONTINUED GROWTH IN OUR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, BUILDING ON OUR POST-PANDEMIC SUCCESSES IN RESTORING OVERALL HOSPITAL OPERATIONS AND PATIENT VOLUMES. LIKE OTHER SAFETY NET HOSPITALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND LOCALLY, IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING, BUT THE FOCUS ON OUR PATIENTS BY OUR ENTIRE ECMC FAMILY HAS SUPPORTED OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS AND PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE HIGH-QUALITY CARE THEY EXPECT AND DESERVE. IN ALMOST EVERY MEASURABLE CATEGORY, INCREASES DEMONSTRATED A SUSTAINABLE POSITIVE TREND IN PATIENT VOLUMES THAT IS CERTAINLY BENEFICIAL TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND IMPROVING OUR FINANCIAL CHALLENGES. POSITIVE OPERATIONAL GROWTH WAS REFLECTED IN OUR INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS, AND SURGERIES. WE OFTEN SPEAK ABOUT ECMC'S UNIQUE CULTURE AND THE DEDICATION AND RESILIENCE OF OUR CAREGIVERS. THEY ARE THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR INSTITUTION. THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CLINICAL EXCELLENCE SU

  • ON BEHALF OF THE HOSPITAL ("ECMC"), THE ECMC FOUNDATION RAISED, HELD, AND ADMINISTERED FUNDS THAT WERE INVESTED INTO ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE AND TRAUMA CARE FOR PATIENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE, GENDER, ETHNICITY, INCOME, OR INSURANCE STATUS. SUCH FUNDS WERE UTILIZED FOR FREE HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS, WELLNESS SEMINARS, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO AND WESTERN NEW YORK. ECMC FOUNDATION'S MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY COACH IS AN EXAMPLE OF A HEALTHCARE/EDUCATIONAL/WELLNESS PROGRAM FOR WOMEN THAT HAS BENEFITED FROM THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY ECMC FOUNDATION. THE MOBILE SCREENING PROGRAM TRAVELS TO OFF-SITE LOCATIONS AND OFFERS FREE WALK-ON SCREENINGS FOR WOMEN, REGARDLESS OF THEIR INSURANCE STATUS, IN ADDITION TO BREAST HEALTH EDUCATION. ECMC FOUNDATION'S SUMMER YOUTH HEALTHCARE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW FUNDS RAISED BY ECMC FOUNDATION HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO IMPROVING HEALTH CARE EDUCATION FOR YOUNG CITIZENS. THE INTERNSHIP ALLOWS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO EXPLORE CAREERS IN MEDICAL FIELDS AND THE HEALTH SCIENCES WHILE RECEIVING MENTORING BY HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN A HOSPITAL SETTING. EACH YEAR THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM HAS 120 YOUTH PARTICIPANTS. ECMC FOUNDATION'S FUNDS HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO ADVANCEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN HOSPITAL STAFF TRAINING PROGRAMS AND EMPLOYEE EDUCATION SEMINARS. ECMC FOUNDATION PERIODICALLY PROVIDES FINANCIAL AND ADMINSTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT ECMC, INCLUDING INNOVATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, AND SAFETY FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS AND EMPLOYEES. ECMC FOUNDATION'S ABILITY TO ADMINISTER DONOR REQUESTS AND/OR HOSPITAL NEEDS HAS HELPED ECMC BECOME ONE OF THE LEADING PUBLIC HOSPITALS IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO AND WESTERN NEW YORK COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $1,159,667 · Grants $933,282 · Revenue $35,216

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Susan M Gonzalez

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $280,374
    From this org
    $237,629
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,745
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $236,660
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $969
    Deferred
    $42,298
    Nontaxable benefits
    $447
    Filer's total
    $280,374

  • Angela Vacanti

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $210,642
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $156,968
    Other
    $53,674

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $151,501 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported + $5,467 related
    Deferred
    not reported + $27,940 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $25,734 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $210,642 related

  • Garney Davis Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $149,529
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $111,714
    Other
    $37,815
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • Todd W Brason

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Shawn P Connolly

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jonathan A Dandes

    PAST CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Elizabeth Demakos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James F Dentinger

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Bradley T Derrick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David R Dimatteo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael E Hoffert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Penny J Huddleston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark J Jerge

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Aj Baynes Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael R Militello

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Brian M Murray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Marcy Newman

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • James J O'Neill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • William A Paladino

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Carla Todaro Pantano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Ronald A Raccuia

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Michael J Sammarco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Michael A Seaman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Scott Shepherd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Stephen A Tripi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Mark Wachowiak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jeffery P Ware

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Julie Berrigan

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

  • ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CORP

    $933,282

    TO AID MEDICAL CENTE

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.

  • ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CORP ORATION

    115 · REHAB · NY

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • GRIDER TRANSPORT SERVICES LLC

    FURTHER · NY

    Directly controlled by ECMC FOUND

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513219349306466

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