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← WESTERN CAROLINA MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WESTERN CAROLINA MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,511,390
Total expenses
$1,452,692
Contributions and grants received
$846,767
Grants paid
$22,631
Program service revenue
$613,691
Investment income
$48,070
Other revenue
$2,862
Total assets, end of year
$2,451,301
Total liabilities, end of year
$158,761
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,292,540
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,013,487
Management and general expenses
$350,508
Fundraising expenses
$88,697
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,013,487

Program services were 69.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $134,920

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $100,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $611,847

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Interpreter Network

    total $613,691 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $40,366 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $40,366

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,704

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $7,704

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $7,704 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $7,704

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $2,712 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $2,712

  • 11b · Other revenue: Advertising Income

    total $150 · related or exempt $150 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,862

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $600 · program services $600

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $22,031 · program services $22,031

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $63,545 · program services $23,607 · management and general $20,102 · fundraising $19,836

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $446,533 · program services $318,239 · management and general $97,705 · fundraising $30,589

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,023 · program services $2,690 · management and general $272 · fundraising $61

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $68,802 · program services $60,516 · management and general $6,192 · fundraising $2,094

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $38,825 · program services $31,060 · management and general $6,212 · fundraising $1,553

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $38,326 · program services $0 · management and general $38,326 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $77,967 · program services $24,268 · management and general $53,699 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $3,160 · program services $0 · management and general $3,160 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $139,156 · program services $57,383 · management and general $63,091 · fundraising $18,682

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,906 · program services $4,558 · management and general $2,072 · fundraising $276

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $48,960 · program services $31,065 · management and general $13,902 · fundraising $3,993

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $57,438 · program services $46,978 · management and general $10,158 · fundraising $302

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,251 · program services $11,829 · management and general $2,422 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $44,725 · program services $44,725 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $21,778 · program services $10,691 · management and general $5,797 · fundraising $5,290

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $14,527 · program services $2,905 · management and general $11,622 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,800 · program services $4,523 · management and general $6,277 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Project Access RX/DME

    total $8,417 · program services $8,417 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Interpreter Services

    total $290,714 · program services $290,714 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Translation

    total $3,814 · program services $3,814 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Program Event Expenses

    total $9,147 · program services $4,848 · management and general $91 · fundraising $4,208

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $19,247 · program services $8,026 · management and general $9,408 · fundraising $1,813

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $947,347 · end of year $517,802

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $338,402 · end of year $908,850

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $71,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $191,036 · end of year $156,361

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $48,564 · end of year $43,037

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

    $540,581

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

    $341,365

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $213,744 · end of year $199,216

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $383,690 · end of year $420,629

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $192,071 · end of year $205,406

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $83,183 · end of year $100,981

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $99,774 · end of year $57,780

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $971,445 · end of year $1,047,753

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,231,452 · end of year $1,244,787

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Western Carolina Medical Society Foundation is a physician- and community-led organization. Its mission is to address issues of access to quality health care, disparities in health, wellness and prevention.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WC Medical Societys mission is to advocate for healthy communities, increase access to healthcare, fight health inequities, and promote wellness in Western North Carolina.

  • Project Access is designed to assist uninsured patients in two counties gain access to needed health care including preventive screenings, hospital care, specialty care, mental health care and diagnostic care such as labs or imaging, and medications. . In 2024 Western Carolina Medical Society through Project Access: --Enrolled 1,490 patients --Facilitated $400,000 in donated specialy care from participating providers. --Scheduled 6,723 interpretive network (WIN) appointments in 38 languages --Screened 461 patients for colonrectal cancer --Completed 29 colonoscopies identified through our screening program

    Expenses $1,013,487 · Grants $22,631 · Revenue $613,691

  • --Provided 102 therapy and coaching sessions through the Healthy Healer program --Connected over 1,000 community members through outreach events --Started an emergency services program after Hurricane Helene

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Karen Wallace-Miegs

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $63,545
    From this org
    $59,115
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,430
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jennifer Abbott MD

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeffrey Garris MD

    Vice-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bronwyn Burleson CPA

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kathleen Rodberg Esq

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rivers Woodward MD

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William McLean MD

    Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark McNeill

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Abdalla Abu Baker

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Robinson MD

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Suzette LaRoche MD

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Keever MD

    Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David May MD

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolina Perez

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Winnie Pace

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Virginia Lawrence

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Cash MD

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leslie Council

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anneliese Duncan MD

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Bunio MD

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503109349303440

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