National Health Foundation

“The organization has one class of membership, which are the members of the executive committee of the board of directors of the hospital association of southern california. Significant decisions of the governing body require the approval of a majority of the members. The members may appoint and may remove or replace directors of the governing body.”

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“Complete file-ready form 990 and 199 are reviewed by the finance committee and once approved, are reviewed by the entire board. Once approved by the board, the returns are filed with the appropriate authorities.”

“Each year any person who served on the board at any time during the tax year and all officers are requested to complete the conflict of interest questionnaire and is requested to give notice if a reportable event occurs subsequent to the completion of the questionnaire. Completed questionnaires and updates are reviewed for compliance to our published policy by the governance, accountability and nominating committee.”

“Ceo compensation is independently reviewed by the compensation committee and all details are brought forth to the entire board of directors for their consideration.”

“Governing documents and conflict of interest policy are made available to the public upon request. Excerpts of audited financial statements are published on the organization's website.”

“Part viii, line 8c and schedule g, part ii do not present clearly the net profit generated from nhf's fundraising activities. Due to the prescribed reporting in this document, it would appear our fundraising efforts lost $66,778. Actually, under generally accepted accounting principles, the two fundraising events raised $158,587 in cash receipts, and after all expenses and direct donor benefits, resulted in a net profit of $75,919.”

“Blue cross sponsored california patient safety collaborative - hospitals working in collaboratives seek to improve the delivery of healthcare and reduce the number of avoidable patient safety complications and deaths by sharing best practices in peer to peer learning situations. After seven years this program ended december 31, 2016.”

“Scii: program service expenses 74,063. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 74,063. Sciip: program service expenses 36,088. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 36,088. Neop: program service expenses 7,342. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 7,342. Recuperative care: program service expenses 186,400. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 186,400. Lhca-gsg: program service expenses 20,500. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 20,500. All other: program service expenses 271,108. Management and general expenses 187,744. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 458,852.”