Totals
- Total revenue
- $8,732,994
- Total expenses
- $8,052,978
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,166,581
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $6,107,665
- Investment income
- $458,748
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $8,863,407
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $469,014
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $8,394,393
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $7,898,785
- Management and general expenses
- $154,193
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $7,898,785
Program services were 98.1% 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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1d · Related organizations
$48,623
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$2,117,958
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2a · Program service revenue: AMBULANCE REVENUE
total $6,045,226 · related or exempt $6,045,226
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2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP & OTHER
total $62,439 · related or exempt $62,439
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $458,748 · excluded $458,748
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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11d · All other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $4,348,710 · program services $4,274,540 · management and general $74,170
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $913,817 · program services $853,035 · management and general $60,782
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $313,472 · program services $313,472
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11g · Fees: other
total $381,772 · program services $381,772 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,633 · program services $2,633
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13 · Office expenses
total $77,611 · program services $77,611
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16 · Occupancy
total $47,601 · program services $47,601
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17 · Travel
total $698,256 · program services $698,256
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $15,929 · program services $15,929
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $387,499 · program services $387,499
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23 · Insurance
total $126,051 · program services $115,151 · management and general $10,900
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24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE
total $652,012 · program services $652,012
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24b · Other expenses: MEDICAL SUPPLY
total $65,685 · program services $65,685
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24c · Other expenses: BHG Allocation
total $18,272 · program services $9,931 · management and general $8,341
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24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $3,658 · program services $3,658
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24e · All other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $38,968 · end of year $515,199
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $4,326,490 · end of year $4,792,706
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $1,070,213 · end of year $845,566
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $27,958 · end of year $25,196
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$5,781,621
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$3,096,881
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $2,666,119 · end of year $2,684,740
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $340,138 · end of year $428,009
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $3,787 · end of year $1,743
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $39,583 · end of year $39,262
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $7,746,240 · end of year $8,394,393
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TOGETHER, WE ADVANCE THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES
Activities or mission (Part I)
SOLE PROVIDER OF AMBULANCE SERVICES FOR TWELVE RURAL TOWNSHIPS.
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VAN BUREN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (VBEMS) IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT AMBULANCE COMPANY OWNED AND OPERATED BY BRONSON HEALTHCARE GROUP (BHG), AS PART OF THE FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT BHG BRINGS TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. VBEMS PROVIDES EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE SERVICES IN THE MICHIGAN TOWNSHIPS OF: ALMENA, ANTWERP, ARLINGTON, BANGOR, DECATUR, HAMILTON, HARTFORD, KEELER, LAWRENCE, PAW PAW, PORTER, AND WAVERLY. HEADQUARTERED IN PAW PAW, MI, VBEMS RESPONDS TO APPROXIMATELY 10,000 AMBULANCE CALLS AND PROVIDES 3,900 WHEELCHAIR PATIENT TRANSPORTS ANNUALLY. VBEMS PROVIDES EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE TO ALL PATIENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY.
Expenses $7,246,773 · Revenue $6,107,665
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IN 2024, IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS MISSION, VBEMS INCURRED $652,012 IN BAD DEBT TO PROVIDE CARE TO ITS PATIENTS.
Expenses $652,012
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Bill Manns
President and CEO
- Total calculated
- $3,569,592
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $2,056,207
- Other
- $1,513,385
- Hours/week
- 4.6 + 35.4 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $1,257,645 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $494,033 related
- Other
- $0 + $304,529 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $1,491,952 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $21,433 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $3,569,592 related
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James Jr Liggins
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
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Michael Odar
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
-
Neil Nyberg
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
-
Nelson Karre
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
-
Brenda Hunt
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
-
Donald Parfet
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
-
Erick Stewart
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
-
Jorge Gonzalez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
-
Katy Fink
Director (THRU 12/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
-
La June Montgomery Tabron
Director (THRU 12/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
-
Lynn Chen-Zhang
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
-
Mahesh C Karamchandani
Director (THRU 12/2024)
- Total calculated
- $836,534
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $798,414
- Other
- $38,120
- Hours/week
- 4.6 + 41.4 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $687,064 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $71,723 related
- Other
- $0 + $39,627 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $21,900 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $16,220 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $836,534 related
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Marshall L Washington
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
-
Namita Sharma
Director
- Total calculated
- $1,440
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $1,440
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
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Randall Eberts
Director
- Total calculated
- $1,440
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $1,440
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
-
Richard Allen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
-
Robert IV Nicholson
System Vice Chief of Staff
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
-
Scott Gibson MD
Director
- Total calculated
- $7,090
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $7,090
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
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Steven J Lins MD
Director/System Chief of Staff
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 8 related
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William Workman
Director/System Vice Chief of Staff
- Total calculated
- $568,374
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $529,939
- Other
- $38,435
- Hours/week
- 4.6 + 36.8 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $456,821 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $54,106 related
- Other
- $0 + $19,012 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $16,950 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $21,485 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $568,374 related
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Cheryl Johnson
Sr VP Chief People Officer
- Total calculated
- $880,822
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $588,602
- Other
- $292,220
- Hours/week
- 4.6 + 35.4 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $390,489 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $122,205 related
- Other
- $0 + $75,908 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $276,993 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $15,227 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $880,822 related
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James Falahee
Sr VP Legal & Leg. Affairs
- Total calculated
- $1,085,458
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $746,547
- Other
- $338,911
- Hours/week
- 4.6 + 35.4 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $500,645 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $148,090 related
- Other
- $0 + $97,812 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $323,598 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $15,313 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $1,085,458 related
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Michael S Way
Sr VP Mat. Mgt. & Facility Svs.
- Total calculated
- $649,285
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $433,722
- Other
- $215,563
- Hours/week
- 4.6 + 35.4 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $305,780 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $99,376 related
- Other
- $0 + $28,566 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $195,264 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $20,299 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $649,285 related
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Rebecca L East
Sr VP CFO
- Total calculated
- $1,292,055
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $886,744
- Other
- $405,311
- Hours/week
- 4.6 + 35.4 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $556,026 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $170,570 related
- Other
- $0 + $160,148 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $383,329 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $21,982 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $1,292,055 related
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Scott Larson MD
Sr VP Medical Affairs/CMO
- Total calculated
- $572,846
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $535,686
- Other
- $37,160
- Hours/week
- 4.6 + 35.4 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $267,384 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $153,443 related
- Other
- $0 + $114,859 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $25,224 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $11,936 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $572,846 related
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Susan Reinoehl
Sr VP Strategy & Comm
- Total calculated
- $670,833
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $458,262
- Other
- $212,571
- Hours/week
- 4.6 + 35.4 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $327,318 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $105,024 related
- Other
- $0 + $25,920 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $205,027 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $7,544 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $670,833 related
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Christine Sangalli-Davis
VP Chief Compliance Officer
- Total calculated
- $372,860
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $296,753
- Other
- $76,107
- Hours/week
- 4.6 + 35.4 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $252,434 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $41,171 related
- Other
- $0 + $3,148 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $69,272 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $6,835 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $372,860 related
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Matthew Dommer
Vice President, COO/VPMA - BLH/BSHH
- Total calculated
- $592,725
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $494,695
- Other
- $98,030
- Hours/week
- 10 + 30 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $389,318 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $81,358 related
- Other
- $0 + $24,019 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $78,096 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $19,934 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $592,725 related
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Alvin Miles Jr
Field Supervisor
- Total calculated
- $177,395
- From this org
- $148,295
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $29,100
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $144,165
- Bonus
- $2,923
- Other
- $1,207
- Deferred
- $6,860
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,240
- Filer's total
- $177,395
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Anthony Leonard
Field Supervisor
- Total calculated
- $154,651
- From this org
- $122,501
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $32,150
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $119,831
- Bonus
- $2,616
- Other
- $54
- Deferred
- $9,832
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,318
- Filer's total
- $154,651
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Daniel Phelps
Paramedic EMT Level 2
- Total calculated
- $137,799
- From this org
- $122,085
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,714
- Hours/week
- 40
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Dennis Reynolds
System Operations Manager
- Total calculated
- $153,057
- From this org
- $121,331
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $31,726
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $112,767
- Bonus
- $1,000
- Other
- $7,564
- Deferred
- $9,406
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,320
- Filer's total
- $153,057
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Terron McLean
Paramedic EMT Level 2
- Total calculated
- $136,343
- From this org
- $124,158
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,185
- Hours/week
- 40
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John Jones JR
Former Sr VP Community Care (THRU 2020)
- Total calculated
- $122,357
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $122,357
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0 + $122,357 related
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $0 + $122,357 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
- 1a · Travel for companions
- 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
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
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Travel for companions
- THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS NOT DIRECTLY COMPENSATED. SPOUSAL TRAVEL IS AVAILABLE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE RECEIVE A 1099 AND THE TRAVEL IS TREATED AS A TAXABLE FRINGE BENEFIT.
- Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Health or social club dues or initiation fees
- THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS NOT DIRECTLY COMPENSATED. HEALTH CLUB DUES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE RECEIVE A 1099 AND THE DUES ARE TREATED AS A TAXABLE FRINGE BENEFIT.
- Schedule J, Part I, Line 3 Arrangement used to establish the top management official's compensation
- BRONSON HEALTHCARE GROUP, A RELATED ORGANIZATION, USES A COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT, COMPENSATION SURVEY AND/OR STUDY AND APPROVAL BY BOARD AND/OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH THE COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
- Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN AND RECEIVED A DISTRIBUTION FROM OR HAD AMOUNTS VEST IN THE PLAN DURING 2024: FALAHEE JR., JAMES B $91,061 SERP DISTRIBUTION EAST, REBECCA $158,037 SERP DISTRIBUTION JONES JR, JOHN $122,357 SERP DISTRIBUTION LARSON, SCOTT D $111,713 SERP DISTRIBUTION MANNS, BILL $284,490 SERP DISTRIBUTION JOHNSON, CHERYL $71,591 SERP DISTRBUTION THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN AND RECEIVED A CONTRIBUTION TO THE PLAN. UNDER THE PLAN, CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF FORFEITURE AND VEST FIVE YEARS AFTER AMOUNTS ARE INITIALLY CONTRIBUTED. WAY, MICHAEL $60,805 SERP CONTRIBUTION REINOEHL, SUSAN $63,845 SERP CONTRIBUTION FALAHEE JR., JAMES B $92,043 SERP CONTRIBUTION EAST, REBECCA $105,388 SERP CONTRIBUTION MANNS, BILL $795,073 SERP CONTRIBUTION JOHNSON, CHERYL $67,702 SERP CONTRIBUTION
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.
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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501(c)(3) · PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES · MI
Directly controlled by NA
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501(c)(3) · HOSPITAL · MI
Directly controlled by BRONSON HEALTHCARE GROUP
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501(c)(3) · SUPPORT HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS · MI
Directly controlled by BRONSON HEALTHCARE GROUP
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501(c)(3) · HOSPITAL · MI
Directly controlled by BRONSON HEALTHCARE GROUP
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501(c)(3) · SKILLED NURSING FACILITY · MI
Directly controlled by BRONSON HEALTHCARE GROUP
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BRONSON PROPERTIES CORPORATION
501(c)(3) · SUPPORT HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS · MI
Directly controlled by BRONSON HEALTHCARE GROUP
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501(c)(3) · HOSPITAL · MI
Directly controlled by BRONSON HEALTHCARE GROUP
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501(c)(3) · NURSING, HOSPICE, AND EQUIPMENT SALES · MI
Directly controlled by BRONSON HEALTHCARE GROUP
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501(c)(3) · HOSPITAL · MI
Directly controlled by BRONSON HEALTHCARE GROUP
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 partnerships
Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.
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HNI LEASING LLC
N/A · SUPPORT SERVICES · MI
Directly controlled by NA
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HOSPITAL NETWORK VENTURES
N/A · SUPPORT SERVICES · MI
Directly controlled by NA
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BRONSON AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER LLC
N/A · SUPPORT SERVICES · MI
Directly controlled by NA
Related corporations and trusts
Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.
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BRONSON MANAGEMENT SERVICES CORP
C Corporation · OTHER MED SERVICES · MI
Directly controlled by NA
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BRONSON LIFESTYLE IMPROVEMENT & RESEARCH CTR
C Corporation · REHAB SERVICES · MI
Directly controlled by NA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 4 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202543089349303664
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