BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION

As filed

Subsection

04

NTEE code

E80

Classification

3000

Street

200 E RANDOLF ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION'S FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PROGRAM (FEP) ADMINISTERS THE BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD SERVICE BENEFIT PLAN. APPROXIMATELY 67.5 PERCENT OF ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES WHO RECEIVED THEIR HEALTH CARE BENEFITS THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT'S FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM (FEHBP) ARE MEMBERS OF THE SERVICE BENEFIT PLAN RECEIVING HEALTH COVERAGE THROUGH MEMBER PLANS. THE SERVICE BENEFIT PLAN HAS BEEN PART OF THE FEHBP SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1960 AND IS THE LARGEST PLAN IN THE PROGRAM. 2024 WAS ANOTHER STRONG YEAR FOR THE FEP, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD FEP DENTAL AND BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD FEP VISION. WE ATTAINED HISTORIC LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT ON SEVERAL BUSINESS METRICS: ENROLLMENT OF OVER 5.6 MILLION MEMBERS AND A RECORD 39 PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF OPEN SEASON ENROLLMENT GROWTH, AND RETENTION REMAINS AT A HIGH-LEVEL OF 99.3 PERCENT.

  Expenses $358,449,053 · Revenue $358,729,957

• AS AN ASSOCIATION OF MEMBER PLANS, THE ASSOCIATION (1) COORDINATES ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS, PROVIDING POLICY AND REPRESENTATION OF MEMBER INTERESTS, (2) MONITORS AND FOSTERS THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF ALL THE PLANS, AND (3) SUPPORTS THE ABILITY OF THE PLANS TO OPERATE EFFICIENTLY BY PROVIDING CONFERENCES, CONSULTING AND MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES TO THE PLANS.

  Expenses $140,806,052 · Grants $1,215,062 · Revenue $156,580,905

• THE BLUECARD PROGRAM ENABLES BLUE PLAN MEMBERS TO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS OF THEIR INSURANCE CONTRACTS WHILE TRAVELING OR LIVING IN ANOTHER MEMBER PLAN'S GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREA. THROUGH BLUECARD, BLUE PLAN MEMBERS ARE GIVEN SEAMLESS NATIONAL ACCESS TO PHYSICIANS AND HOSPITALS THAT PARTICIPATE IN BLUE NETWORKS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROGRAM LINKS PARTICIPATING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WITH THE INDEPENDENT BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD PLANS THROUGH A SINGLE ELECTRONIC NETWORK FOR CLAIMS PROCESSING AND REIMBURSEMENT.

  Expenses $241,343,912 · Revenue $231,206,378

• THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES OPTIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS; OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE GROUP PACKAGE OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PROGRAMS TO THE PLANS; A CLOSED PRIVATE, WIDE AREA NETWORK THAT LINKS THE COMPUTER AND INFORMATION RESOURCES OF THE PLANS.

  Expenses $84,835,396 · Revenue $100,645,107

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $862,659,881

  Expenses

  $851,503,421

  Contributions

  $0

  Grants paid

  $1,215,062

• 2023

  Revenue

  $819,123,548

  Expenses

  $797,976,234

  Contributions

  $0

  Grants paid

  $2,000,585

• 2022

  Revenue

  $755,791,525

  Expenses

  $697,934,609

  Contributions

  $0

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $779,983,196

  Expenses

  $705,382,676

  Assets (EOY)

  $823,249,199

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $672,909,630

  Expenses

  $661,065,961

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,101,136,173

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $695,794,709

  Expenses

  $659,070,100

  Assets (EOY)

  $872,476,835

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $606,168,219

  Expenses

  $602,641,023

  Assets (EOY)

  $795,746,293

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $591,991,374

  Expenses

  $593,423,726

  Assets (EOY)

  $727,717,175

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $536,130,105

  Expenses

  $534,956,329

  Assets (EOY)

  $646,430,670

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $504,178,349

  Expenses

  $509,690,116

  Assets (EOY)

  $650,271,510

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $457,383,677

  Expenses

  $449,635,361

  Assets (EOY)

  $691,620,828

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $413,909,483

  Expenses

  $425,142,555

  Assets (EOY)

  $588,221,414

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $401,591,171

  Assets (EOY)

  $545,808,284

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• BOYS & GIRLS CLUB

  $550,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• BOYS & GIRLS CLUB

  $500,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• PARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICA'S HEALTHCARE FUTURE (PAHCF)

  $200,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FEDERAL EMPLOYEE EDUCATION & ASSISTANCE FUNDS

  $171,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• ALLIANCE TO FIGHT THE FORTY (AKA ALLIANCE TO FIGHT FOR HEALTH CARE)

  $150,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS (AHIP) (COALITION AGAINST SURPRISE MEDICAL

  $125,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ACTION FORUM

  $100,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• ONE NATION INC

  $100,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• ALLIANCE TO FIGHT THE FORTY (AKA ALLIANCE TO FIGHT FOR HEALTH CARE)

  $100,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• MAJORITY FORWARD

  $100,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE

  $111,222

  2022 · GRANTS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• CH MASON MEDICAL CLINIC

  $26,000

  2025 · MEDICAL SERVICES

• FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY

  $0

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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