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← THE BLOOD CONNECTION INCORPORATED

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE BLOOD CONNECTION INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$144,446,573
Total expenses
$138,430,065
Contributions and grants received
$20,191
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$143,925,563
Investment income
$488,299
Other revenue
$12,520
Total assets, end of year
$101,949,398
Total liabilities, end of year
$37,175,259
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$64,774,139
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$130,647,349
Management and general expenses
$7,782,716
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$130,647,349

Program services were 94.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $20,191

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Blood Service Fee

    total $140,043,775 · related or exempt $140,043,775

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Lab Testings

    total $2,129,147 · related or exempt $2,129,147

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Cellular Therapy

    total $690,425 · related or exempt $690,425

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $1,062,216 · related or exempt $1,062,216 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $427,394 · excluded $427,394

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $12,520

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $12,520 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $12,520 · excluded $12,520

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,145,000 · other assets $151,986

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

    securities $2,100,097 · other assets $135,984

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $44,903 · other assets $16,002

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $60,905 · excluded $60,905

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,751,990 · program services $396,956 · management and general $2,355,034 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $41,182,326 · program services $40,626,735 · management and general $555,591

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,178,392 · program services $1,999,900 · management and general $178,492

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,512,322 · program services $3,749,886 · management and general $762,436

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,168,762 · program services $2,963,896 · management and general $204,866

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $98,652 · management and general $98,652

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $82,623 · program services $12,468 · management and general $70,155

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $61,997 · management and general $61,997

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,984,971 · program services $3,609,879 · management and general $375,092 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,504,399 · program services $25,504,399

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,967,025 · program services $10,775,248 · management and general $191,777

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $652,852 · program services $652,852

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,295,043 · program services $865,578 · management and general $429,465

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,770,831 · program services $2,657,828 · management and general $113,003

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $24,557 · program services $17,290 · management and general $7,267

  • 20 · Interest

    total $546,763 · program services $546,763

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,664,697 · program services $5,056,612 · management and general $608,085

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,468,215 · program services $1,468,215

  • 24a · Other expenses: Medical Supplies

    total $29,553,552 · program services $29,553,552

  • 24b · Other expenses: Risk Management

    total $1,960,096 · program services $189,292 · management and general $1,770,804

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $1,000

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,388,613 · end of year $6,446,101

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $43,389 · end of year $34,029

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $16,898,520 · end of year $24,805,658

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $683,515 · end of year $722,107

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,955,747 · end of year $3,599,258

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,291,662 · end of year $2,603,612

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

    $83,505,396

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

    $40,990,284

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $40,264,685 · end of year $42,515,112

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,763,428 · end of year $10,192,907

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $564,308 · end of year $462,045

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $24,334 · end of year $1

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,506,645 · end of year $10,567,568

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,195,483 · end of year $10,754,671

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $34,937 · end of year $73,363

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $13,414,100 · end of year $15,945,956

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,717,210 · end of year $10,401,269

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $57,980,727 · end of year $64,740,110

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $43,389 · end of year $34,029

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

HEALTHCARE PARTNERS SUPPORTED BY ADEQUATE, SAFE, COST-EFFECTIVE BLOOD SUPPLIES AND SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE COMMUNITY BLOOD BANKING & TRANSFUSION MEDICINE AND CELLULAR TRANSPLANTATION SERVICES.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O BLOOD DONOR PROGRAM: ALLOGENEIC WHOLE BLOOD DONOR PROGRAM: AFFORDS FREE OPPORTUNITY FOR PATRONS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE FORM OF VOLUNTARY WHOLE BLOOD DONATIONS. FOR DONORS - EARLY DETECTION & TREATMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, ANEMIA, ABNORMAL PULSE RATE AND OTHER ILLNESSES FOUND DURING BLOOD DONOR SCREENING. AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD PROGRAM: AFFORDS FREE OPPORTUNITY FOR PATIENTS TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN BLOOD IN ADVANCE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT. REDUCTION IN DEMAND ON COMMUNITY BLOOD SUPPLY, REDUCED RISK OF TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED DISEASE. DIRECTED BLOOD DONOR PROGRAM: AFFORDS OPPORTUNITY FOR PATIENTS TO DESIGNATE DONORS OF THE BLOOD FOR THE PATIENTS TRANSFUSIONS. AUTOMATED COLLECTION APHERESIS (PLATELET, PLASMA & RBC) DONOR PROGRAM: AFFORDS FREE OPPORTUNITY FOR PATRONS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE FORM OF VOLUNTARY, AUTOMATED DONATIONS. THERAPEUTIC SERVICE PROGRAM: PROVIDES FREE THERAPEUTIC PHLEBOTOMY FOR PATIENTS WITH BLOOD DISORDERS SUCH A POLYCYTHEMIA AND HEMOCHROMATOSIS.

    Expenses $92,017,345 · Revenue $139,616,344

  • SEE SCHEDULE O BLOOD PROCESSING STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION: PROVISION OF BLOOD COMPONENTS TO HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS: ON A FEE FOR SERVICE BASIS, PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BLOOD COMPONENTS TO HOSPITALS, CLINICS, DIALYSIS CENTERS, BLOOD BANKS, AND BLOOD FRACTIONATORS. GOAL: PREPARE BLOOD COMPONENTS AND DISTRIBUTE ACCORDING TO NEEDS OF HEALTHCARE CLIENTS. MAINTAIN CONSISTENT (5-7 DAY SUPPLY) INVENTORY OF ALL TYPES UNITS OF PLASMA DISTRIBUTED FOR BLOOD DERIVATIVE PREPARATION. COST CONTAINMENT FOR HEALTHCARE OF BLOOD COMPONENTS, FOR HEALTHCARE CLIENTS, NUMBER OF PATIENT BENEFICIARIES, DERIVED HEALTH BENEFITS, LIVES SAVED.

    Expenses $19,813,944

  • SEE SCHEDULE O LABORATORY AND CELLULAR SERVICES: DONATED BLOOD TESTING PROGRAM: USES LABORATORY SEROLOGIC, CHEMISTRY, AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE ASSAYS TO ASSESS THE SUITABILITY OF DONATED BLOOD, PLATELETS AND PLASMA. FOR DONORS DETECTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE FOR WHICH DONOR MAY SEEK TREATMENT. POSITIVE PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF DISEASE DETECTION, PARTNER NOTIFICATION, EXPOSURE CONTROL.

    Expenses $18,251,865 · Revenue $2,129,147

  • HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITOR CELL PROCESSING SERVICES: PROVIDES CELLULAR THERAPY SERVICES INCLUDING PROCESSING, CRYOPRESERVATION, STORAGE, INFUSION PREPARATIONS FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY, AND TRANSPLANT FOR BOTH AUTOLOGOUS AND MATCHED RELATED TRANSPLANTS FOR MULTIPLE MYELOMA, NHL AND HODGKINIS LYMPHOMA. PROVIDES TRANSPLANT PRODUCT PREPARATION AND SHIPMENT PREPARATION TO AN OUTSIDE FACILITY UPON REQUEST. THE CRYOGENIC STORAGE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE FOR THE FIRST YEAR. GOALS: PROCESS 100% OF REQUESTS FOR PROCESSING AND INFUSIONS OF HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITOR CELLS AND DONOR LYMPHOCYTES, OFFER SERVICES 24/7, PROVIDE SAME DAY TURNAROUND FOR CD34+ FLOW CYTOMETRY ANALYSIS, AND PRODUCE A PRODUCT PROVEN TO BE CAPABLE OF ENGRAFTMENT. CELLULAR THERAPY COLLECTION SERVICES: PROVIDES CELLULAR COLLECTION SERVICES FOR TWO HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. ONE, A BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANY (DENDREON) APPLIES ITS EXPERTISE IN ANTIGEN IDENTIFICATION, ENGINEERING AND CELL PROCESSING TO PRODUCE AN ACTIVE CELLULAR IMMUNOTHERAPY PRODUCT CALLED PROVENGE (SIPULEUCEL-T). PROVENGE IS INDICATED FOR TREATMENT OF ASYMPTOMATIC OR MINIMALLY SYMPTOMATIC METASTATIC CASTRATE RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER. THE BLOOD CONNECTION COLLECTS MONONUCLEAR CELLS FROM PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS DEEMED SUITABLE BY THEIR PHYSICIAN AND SCHEDULED BY DENDREON. POST COLLECTION, THE COLLECTED PRODUCT IS SHIPPED TO DENDREON FOR FURTHER TESTING AND PROCESSING; THE FINAL PRODUCT IS LATER TRANSFUSED BACK TO THE PATIENT AT THEIR TRANSFUSION CENTER. THE OTHER PROVIDER IS A CANCER TREATMENT INSTITUTE AFFILIATED WITH A LOCAL HOSPITAL SYSTEM. THE BLOOD CONNECTION COLLECTS CIRCULATING BONE MARROW CELLS FROM PATIENTS IN THE REMISSION PHASE OF CELLULAR CANCERS SUCH AS LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOMA, AND MYELOMA. THOSE COLLECTIONS, RICH IN HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITOR CELLS, ARE THEN PROCESSED AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM EXPENSES INCLUDE INTEREST EXPENSES AND PROGRAM RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    Expenses $564,195 · Revenue $2,180,072

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Priscilla Cherry

    Chairperson

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Scott Pietras

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Walker McSwain

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ben Abzug

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brent Odom

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chad Richards

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Forrest Long

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Heidi Phillips

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jessica McCoy

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karen Sheriff

    Trustee (term ended Dec 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kip Dillihay

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Johnston

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Surabhi Gaur

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Delisa English

    President/CEO

    Total calculated
    $514,501
    From this org
    $471,899
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,602
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $390,779
    Bonus
    $64,080
    Other
    $17,040
    Deferred
    $40,506
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,096
    Filer's total
    $514,501
  • Don Hall

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $318,829
    From this org
    $269,561
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,268
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,336
    Bonus
    $36,494
    Other
    $3,731
    Deferred
    $27,726
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,542
    Filer's total
    $318,829
  • Brian Madden

    Executive VP/COO

    Total calculated
    $406,496
    From this org
    $364,267
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,229
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $292,023
    Bonus
    $44,667
    Other
    $27,577
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,229
    Filer's total
    $406,496
  • Denise Calloway

    VP/Chief Quality Officer

    Total calculated
    $271,453
    From this org
    $246,694
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,759
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,866
    Bonus
    $35,101
    Other
    $10,727
    Deferred
    $15,102
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,657
    Filer's total
    $271,453
  • Latronya Rodgers

    VP of Clinical Support

    Total calculated
    $207,628
    From this org
    $191,577
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,051
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,298
    Bonus
    $25,358
    Other
    $9,921
    Deferred
    $15,115
    Nontaxable benefits
    $936
    Filer's total
    $207,628
  • Ryan Horejsi

    Sr Director of HR

    Total calculated
    $194,594
    From this org
    $174,942
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,652
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,001
    Bonus
    $8,353
    Other
    $1,588
    Deferred
    $17,828
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,824
    Filer's total
    $194,594
  • Tracy Bridges

    Executive VP/Chief Technical Officer

    Total calculated
    $330,751
    From this org
    $293,140
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,611
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,160
    Bonus
    $36,554
    Other
    $26,426
    Deferred
    $28,477
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,134
    Filer's total
    $330,751
  • Troy Kidd

    Divisional Director III

    Total calculated
    $194,970
    From this org
    $169,892
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,078
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,808
    Bonus
    $7,786
    Other
    $7,298
    Deferred
    $17,156
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,922
    Filer's total
    $194,970
  • William Mimbs

    VP of Operational Support

    Total calculated
    $239,250
    From this org
    $201,241
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,009
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,176
    Bonus
    $26,006
    Other
    $6,059
    Deferred
    $18,779
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,230
    Filer's total
    $239,250
  • Amanda Farrell

    Senior Director of Donor Resources

    Total calculated
    $128,458
    From this org
    $122,609
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,849
    Hours/week
    40
  • Amber Fuller

    Sr Director of Technical Services

    Total calculated
    $179,394
    From this org
    $147,505
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,889
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,054
    Bonus
    $7,451
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,667
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,222
    Filer's total
    $179,394
  • Mario Sedlock

    Regional Director

    Total calculated
    $166,346
    From this org
    $144,590
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,756
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,000
    Bonus
    $6,733
    Other
    $4,857
    Deferred
    $5,940
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,816
    Filer's total
    $166,346
  • Stephanie Ezell

    Director of Donor Resources

    Total calculated
    $130,157
    From this org
    $121,825
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,332
    Hours/week
    40
  • Theresa Botti

    Divisional Director II

    Total calculated
    $179,720
    From this org
    $146,775
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,945
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,625
    Bonus
    $7,150
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,160
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,785
    Filer's total
    $179,720

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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 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
  • 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)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Health or social club dues or initiation fees
THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES THE OFFICERS WITH MEMBERSHIP TO THE COMMERCE CLUB OR POINSETT CLUB.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 6a Compensation contingent on net earnings of the organization
NET REVENUE SHARING ARRANGEMENT (PRIDE PROGRAM) All eligible employees participate in the net revenue sharing arrangement. Criteria have been set and are measured on a monthly basis to determine the amount available for distribution. The criteria are reviewed for accuracy and consistency before the distribution is made. Caps are in place to provide guidance on the maximum amount that an employee can earn under the agreement. Participation is open to all employees that meet basic eligibility requirements. Based on services obtained from compensation consultants in the past, the distribution amounts are reasonable in comparison to industry norms. Calculation of the distribution amount includes retaining 50% of the excess net revenue for the organization to protect against disproportional benefits to the employees at the expense of the organization. The CEO has an incentive plan based on 5 company performance criteria. This plan has been put in place by the Board.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
18 December 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423539349301027

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