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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$19,063
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1d · Related organizations
$543,121
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$2,686,393
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$594,291
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2a · Program service revenue: Indirect Program Incom
total $339,505 · related or exempt $339,505
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2b · Program service revenue: Seminars/Meetings/Work
total $253,783 · related or exempt $253,783
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2c · Program service revenue: Planning Guides
total $77,118 · related or exempt $77,118
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3 · Investment income
total $87,814 · excluded $87,814
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $138,524
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $106,813
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $31,711
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $31,711 · excluded $31,711
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $713,149 · program services $713,149
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $229,469 · program services $229,469
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,756,351 · program services $1,301,384 · management and general $454,967
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $64,017 · program services $42,588 · management and general $21,429
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $237,848 · program services $218,960 · management and general $18,888
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $141,250 · program services $121,851 · management and general $19,399
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $36,125 · program services $36,125
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $7,405 · program services $7,405
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11g · Fees: other
total $1,050,140 · program services $1,045,074 · management and general $5,066
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13 · Office expenses
total $16,603 · program services $16,603
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14 · Information technology
total $53,804 · program services $53,804
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16 · Occupancy
total $101,356 · program services $70,576 · management and general $30,780
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17 · Travel
total $31,860 · program services $31,860
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $231,099 · program services $231,099
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $6,097 · program services $6,097
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23 · Insurance
total $5,131 · program services $3,079 · management and general $2,052
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24a · Other expenses: Project Furniture/Equip
total $129,270 · program services $129,270
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24b · Other expenses: Communication
total $87,826 · program services $87,826
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24c · Other expenses: Advance Care Guides
total $63,453 · program services $63,453
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24d · Other expenses: Miscellaneous
total $18,370 · program services $18,370
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,687,510 · end of year $1,466,842
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,203,166 · end of year $411,987
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $7,521 · end of year $5,956
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$166,835
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$159,368
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $13,564 · end of year $7,467
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $1,249,433 · end of year $1,480,188
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $87,187 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $795,932 · end of year $173,759
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $11,346 · end of year $12,716
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $67,193 · end of year $63,779
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,249,375 · end of year $2,284,554
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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.
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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
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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
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Andrew Watt MD
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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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
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Betsey Rhynhart
Immediate Past Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Mark Bonica
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Rob Dapis
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Annette Escalante
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Eileen Groll Liponis
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Cherie Holmes MD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Fuad Khan MD MBA
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Sally Kraft MD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Lisa Madden
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Tom Manion MPA FACHE
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Holly McCormack DNP RN
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Colin McHugh
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Jennifer Michaleas
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Sue Mooney MD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Jeremy Roberge CPA
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Steve Saltzman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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John Skevington
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Susan Walsh
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Support for general Operations.
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$142,136
Support for general Operations.
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Support for general Operations.
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$58,600
Support for general Operations.
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$31,930
Support for general Operations.
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Support for general Operations.
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Support for general Operations.
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Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
$18,563
Support for general Operations.
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.
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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.
Related corporations and trusts
Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.
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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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