Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$18,806,609

Total expenses

$17,601,276

Contributions and grants received

$17,987,218

Grants paid

$12,972,149

Program service revenue

$740,153

Investment income

$79,238

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$4,362,037

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,068,846

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,293,191

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$17,169,523

Management and general expenses

$431,753

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$17,169,523

Program services were 97.5% 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 · 2023

• Founded in 1968 as an education and research organization for the New Hampshire Hospital Association (NHHA), the Foundation was reorganized in 1995 to meet the needs of a changing health care system. The Foundation for Healthy Communities is led by a board of directors with a broad range of expertise that guides its strategic and programmatic efforts. Today, the Foundation is a partnership between New Hampshire hospitals, community organizations and other health care stakeholders that focuses on quality of care and access to health services as the major priorities of work, in alignment with the Foundation's mission of improving total population health for all communities.The Foundation for Healthy Communities is renowned on a state and national level for its ability to engage diverse partners in new, innovative collaborations and to serve as the backbone support for a variety of initiatives that address the health and health care needs of our state. The organization's programs focus on quality improvement initiatives, health promotion and access, as well as health equity and health disparities of care, behavioral health, substance use disorders and many more.In its work with partners statewide, the Foundation's key objectives are to improve total population health by promoting innovative, high value quality practices within organizations and communities; to lead change strategies that educate, create and sustain healthier communities and make the healthy choice the easy choice; and to promote access to affordable health care and resources that support the well-being of all people. One of the Foundation's strengths is to engage and lead diverse partners in new forms of collaboration and facilitates program integration for the benefit of the communities served by housing its diverse group of programs and staff in one location, streamlining processes, and opening pathways for collaborations.To promote a healthier state, the Foundation's initiatives focus on health prevention and education, access to affordable health care as well as insurance coverage, patient safety and quality improvement initiatives, patient and family engagement strategies, health equity and health disparities of care, emergency preparedness and response, behavioral health and the opioid crisis, among many other areas of priority. Descriptions of the programs currently running under the Foundation for Healthy Communities are below:Behavioral Health Clinical Learning CollaborativeThe Behavioral Health Clinical Learning Collaborative is designed to address the management and treatment of patients experiencing mental health crises in the emergency department (ED) setting. TheCollaborative brings together frontline ED and Community Mental Health Center professionals alongside other interested stakeholders to work in partnership on clinical improvement initiatives for these patients. The Foundation for Healthy Communities 02-0275078 goal of the program is to develop a well-integrated service system that provides the most suitable care for patients experiencing a psychiatric emergency and presenting at the ED.COVID-19 Vaccination ProjectThe COVID-19 Vaccination Project aims to increase vaccination status among New Hampshire residents 65+ in age by supporting hospitals, their primary care practices and pharmacies in promoting evidence and science-backed data relative to the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as the importance of adhering to state and federal guidance to ensure individual health and well-being.Community BenefitsHospitals support their communities by delivering high quality healthcare, serving as economic engines, and providing health education, resources and programs to keep their communities healthy. To do this successfully, hospitals work collaboratively with a variety of partners to assess the health of their community, identify the most pressing health needs, and develop community benefit implementation plans to address those needs. The Foundation for Healthy Communities creates a statewide summary of the community benefit activities conducted by New Hampshire hospitals through their uncompensated care, health education and community programs and services.Granite State Health Care CoalitionThe Granite State Health Care Coalition is a network of key representatives from public and private health and safety organizations that help communities prepare, respond, and recover from catastrophic events and disasters impacting New Hampshire. The Coalition provides the opportunity for providers, healthcare and community stakeholders to plan, prepare and train for catastrophic events through collaboration essential to integrated disaster response.Health Care Decisions CoalitionThe Healthcare Decisions Coalition is a volunteer steering committee composed of experts and stakeholders in the legal and health care sectors that aims to provide the tools available for individuals to express wishes and preferences with regard to end of life medical care, and to have those preferences honored by the health care system.HealthForce NHHealthForce NH takes a broad, systemic approach to helping NH grow, retain, and sustain a skilled health care workforce, leveraging their cross-sector position and offering leadership to the field while convening partners to cultivate resources, amplify existing efforts, and monitor the health care landscape. HealthForce does this work with a shared goal of creating an environment where current and future members of the health care workforce can flourish.Hospital Capacity ProjectThe Hospital Capacity Project was designed to address barriers to hospitals discharging patients to the appropriate disposition of care. The FHC facilitated the project to insert long-term care and skilled nursing facility strike teams to create capacity for hospital discharges. Additionally, FHC supported hospitals with increased recourses to transport patients who were ready for discharge.Mosaic ProjectThe Mosaic Project is designed to increase hospitals' capacity to address substance use disorder (SUD) through participation in the Mosaic Group's Reverse the Cycle (RTC) Program. The program involves integrating Universal Screening and Peer Intervention, community-based peer coaching for high-risk/high utilization patients and access to Medications for Opioid Use.NH Health Care Quality & Safety CommissionThe NH Health Care Quality & Safety Commission enables health care providers to share information about adverse outcomes and prevention strategies in learning environments which foster candor and self-critical analysis while maintaining the confidentiality of the information submitted to the commission, the proceedings of the commission, and the results of the commission's deliberations.Health Insurance NavigationThe Health Insurance Navigation project provides free health insurance education and navigation services to New Hampshire residents who need to apply for and enroll, or redetermine eligibility, in health insurance through Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) or the Health Insurance Marketplace.Eastern US Quality Improvement CollaborativeThe Eastern US Quality Improvement Collaborative (EQIC) is a regional initiative under which acute care hospitals in New Hampshire engage in initiatives that improve patient safety and quality of care throughout the care continuum. EQIC is an initiative of the Healthcare Association of New York State in partnership with the Connecticut Hospital Association, Foundation for Healthy Communities/New Hampshire Hospital Association, North Carolina Healthcare Foundation, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care, Inc. and West Virginia Hospital Association.Patient & Family EngagementThe Patient & Family Engagement initiative offers tools and resources to hospitals and community organizations that help them create a culture of patient and family engagement and establish collaborative partnerships between hospital staff, patient and family advisors to enhance the delivery of patient and family-centered care throughout the continuum.Population Health and Health EquityThe Total Population Health Initiative aims to improve the health and well-being of NH residents by fostering connections between healthcare, public health, and the social determinants of health while advancing health equity. Population Health is both a goal and a strategy to foster healthy, equitable populations through linking clinical and community-based approaches supported by delivery system innovations and investments. The initiative aims to provide Rural Health Quality Improvement NetworkThe Rural Health Quality Improvement Network coordinates resources promoting efficiency and high value quality practices in the network of Critical Access Hospitals serving rural New Hampshire.

  Expenses $17,169,523 · Grants $12,972,149 · Revenue $740,153

As filed on the 2023 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. 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

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

• State of New Hampshire

  $10,000,000

  Voluntary contributions to support Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Other Drugs.

• Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital

  $474,929

  Support for general Operations.

• Weeks Medical Center

  $437,530

  Support for general Operations.

• Valley Regional Hospital

  $333,846

  Support for general Operations.

• Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

  $331,057

  Support for general Operations.

• Littleton Regional Healthcare

  $277,641

  Support for general Operations.

• Concord Hospital

  $144,013

  Support for general Operations.

• Core Physicians LLC

  $131,527

  Support for general Operations.

• Catholic Medical Center

  $122,175

  Support for general Operations.

• Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital

  $121,470

  Support for general Operations.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

• New Hampshire Hospital Association

  501(c)(6) · Consulting and Management Services to Hospitals and Health Facilities · NH

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

12 July 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202421989349300647

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