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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,632,799
Total expenses
$4,980,623
Contributions and grants received
$3,842,868
Grants paid
$713,149
Program service revenue
$670,406
Investment income
$119,525
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,372,440
Total liabilities, end of year
$250,254
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,122,186
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,428,042
Management and general expenses
$552,581
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,428,042

Program services were 88.9% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $19,063

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $543,121

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,686,393

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $594,291

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Indirect Program Incom

    total $339,505 · related or exempt $339,505

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Seminars/Meetings/Work

    total $253,783 · related or exempt $253,783

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Planning Guides

    total $77,118 · related or exempt $77,118

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $87,814 · excluded $87,814

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $138,524

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

    securities $106,813

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $31,711

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $31,711 · excluded $31,711

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $713,149 · program services $713,149

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $229,469 · program services $229,469

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,756,351 · program services $1,301,384 · management and general $454,967

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $64,017 · program services $42,588 · management and general $21,429

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $237,848 · program services $218,960 · management and general $18,888

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $141,250 · program services $121,851 · management and general $19,399

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,125 · program services $36,125

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $7,405 · program services $7,405

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,050,140 · program services $1,045,074 · management and general $5,066

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,603 · program services $16,603

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $53,804 · program services $53,804

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $101,356 · program services $70,576 · management and general $30,780

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,860 · program services $31,860

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $231,099 · program services $231,099

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,097 · program services $6,097

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,131 · program services $3,079 · management and general $2,052

  • 24a · Other expenses: Project Furniture/Equip

    total $129,270 · program services $129,270

  • 24b · Other expenses: Communication

    total $87,826 · program services $87,826

  • 24c · Other expenses: Advance Care Guides

    total $63,453 · program services $63,453

  • 24d · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $18,370 · program services $18,370

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,687,510 · end of year $1,466,842

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,203,166 · end of year $411,987

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,521 · end of year $5,956

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

    $166,835

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

    $159,368

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,564 · end of year $7,467

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,249,433 · end of year $1,480,188

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $87,187 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $795,932 · end of year $173,759

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $11,346 · end of year $12,716

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $67,193 · end of year $63,779

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,249,375 · end of year $2,284,554

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,124,535 · end of year $837,632

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

The mission of the Foundation for Healthy Communities is to build healthier communities for all by leading partnerships, fostering collaboration, and creating innovative solutions to advance health and health care.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To improve health and health care delivery in New Hampshire.

  • 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 trustees 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 addressed the critical need to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines and boosters to prevent severe illness and hospitalizations throughout the State. The Foundation worked with New Hampshire's hospitals to develop and implement engagement strategies to promote COVID-19 vaccinations as part of health care and increase vaccine confidence through education and outreach. Many statewide efforts were developed to raise awareness and build vaccine confidence around fall respiratory vaccinations. The Foundation also managed the expansion of data system infrastructure with New Hampshire hospitals to expand and implement the Immunization Information Systems (NHIIS), including successfully developing pathways for HL7 messaging.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.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.NH Navigator NH Navigator helps people in New Hampshire enroll and access health insurance options, including NH Medicaid, CHIP, and the ACA Marketplace. The NH Navigator team provides free, unbiased assistance to guide individuals and families through the enrollment process, helping them understand their options and find affordable coverage that fits their needs. NH Navigator serves all communities and populations in the state, ensuring equitable access to health care. Through outreach, education, and one-on-one support, NH Navigator empowers people to make informed decisions about their health.Substance Use ProjectThe Substance Use Project seeks to improve care for people with substance use disorders (SUD) in hospital settings. This includes implementing best practices for clinical care of SUD, working with community-based partners such as harm reduction and peer support, and the distribution of naloxone. The SUD project facilitates shared learning among hospital systems for the implementation of policies, practices, and person-centered care for the treatment of SUD.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 platform that fosters collaboration, builds partnerships, and leverages opportunities to create systems and environments that contribute to the health and well-being of all NH residents.Regenerative Medicine ProjectReGen Valley Project will leverage the Foundation's connections within health care and patient networks to evaluate attitudes and practices about Regenerative Medicine. This data will be used to develop a strategic plan for implementing educational and training opportunities with project partner, Franklin Pierce University. Through this work FHC will support the economic development of a regional tech hub comprised of a dynamic workforce and improved patient access to cutting-edge, high-quality healthcare.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 $4,428,042 · Grants $713,149 · Revenue $670,406

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Peter Ames

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $229,469
    From this org
    $192,580
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,889
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,360
    Bonus
    $17,220
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,069
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,820
    Filer's total
    $229,469
  • Andrew Watt MD

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Stephen Ahnen

    Secretary/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $694,202
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $602,865
    Other
    $91,337
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $451,473 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $64,149 related
    Other
    $0 + $87,243 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $55,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $36,337 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $694,202 related
  • Betsey Rhynhart

    Immediate Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mark Bonica

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rob Dapis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Annette Escalante

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Eileen Groll Liponis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Cherie Holmes MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Fuad Khan MD MBA

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sally Kraft MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lisa Madden

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tom Manion MPA FACHE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Holly McCormack DNP RN

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Colin McHugh

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jennifer Michaleas

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sue Mooney MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jeremy Roberge CPA

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Saltzman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • John Skevington

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Susan Walsh

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kristine Hering

    VP Quality Improvement

    Total calculated
    $229,306
    From this org
    $216,743
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,563
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,263
    Bonus
    $18,480
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,806
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,757
    Filer's total
    $229,306
  • Jon Scott Nichols

    Sr. Director Health Care Coalition

    Total calculated
    $129,227
    From this org
    $119,894
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,333
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tammy Boucher

    Sr. Director of Communications

    Total calculated
    $115,290
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $108,274
    Other
    $7,016
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • Linda Levesque

    Sr. Director Finance & HR

    Total calculated
    $140,218
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $121,463
    Other
    $18,755
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 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

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 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)

Part I, Line 4b
Stephen Ahnen, Secretary/Treasurer of the filing organization, is the President/CEO of (and compensated by) New Hampshire Hospital Association, a related organization. Stephen Ahnen, President/CEO, participates in a Section 457(f) plan. During calendar year 2025, Mr. Ahnen was paid $50,743 from the Plan and this amount was included as part of Mr. Ahnen's taxable compensation reported on Schedule J, Part II, column (B)(iii) and is also disclosed in column (F) as an amount previously reported as deferred compensation on prior Form 990s. In addition, $37,500 was contributed to Mr. Ahnen's 457(f) plan during 2025. This amount is being reported as part of the amount shown on Schedule J, Part II, column (C).
Part I, Line 7
During the calendar year 2025, Kristine Hering, VP Quality Improvement and Peter Ames, Executive Director, were awarded a bonus based on merit and performance.

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 corporations and trusts

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

  • Health Shared Services Inc

    C · Administrative Services · NH

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
14 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202611969349302191

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