Hutchinson Health Foundation

“The sole corporate member of the foundation is hutchinson health.”

“Pursuant to bylaws, the hutchinson health foundation's board of directors is comprised of members elected by hutchinson health from candidates nominated by the foundation. The board shall include at least one hutchinson health representation at all times.”

“The hutchinson health foundation's corporate member, hutchinson health, must approve the following actions of the hutchinson health foundation's board of directors or initiate these actions directly: 1. Adopting amendments of the articles, bylaws or other governing documents 2. Budgets 3. Plans for merger, consolidation or dissolution 4. Incurring or guaranteeing any indebtedness, including leases 5. Capital expenditures 6. Appointing or terminating the organization's chief executive officer”

“Hutchinson health foundation's 990 return has a comprehensive review process that is followed before it is presented to the governing body of hutchinson health foundation. The review process includes a layered review by the tax department of ghi, the management team of hutchinson health foundation, ghi's internal legal department and hutchinson health foundation's outside independent accountants. Each one of those areas has an opportunity to review, ask questions and make comments back to the tax department of ghi before the form 990 is completed and presented to the governing body of hutchinson health foundation. Hutchinson health foundation makes available to the governing body (board of directors) a copy of the 990 for review and comment prior to the filing of the 990 return. This copy is provided in a pre-meeting packet, and is an agenda item at a meeting of the full board of directors. This process is noted and documented in the written minutes of the meeting.”

“The hutchinson health foundation board monitors potential conflicts of interest on the part of its board members, principal officers, members of committees with board delegated powers, and key employees ("covered persons") by maintaining a conflict of interest policy. Under the policy, covered persons annually are provided with a copy of the policy and asked to complete a questionnaire identifying any potential conflicts of interests. The legal department of healthpartners reviews the questionnaire responses and develops a report detailing any potentially material conflicts for the president and chair of the board. A verbal summary is also given to the full board or appropriate committee ending with a reminder to covered persons of the policy's mandate that each person is obligated to disclose any new potential conflicts as they may arise throughout the year. Board agendas and executive decisions are monitored in relation to this policy.”

“The hutchinson health foundation has no employees and does not pay compensation. All officers and key employees are paid by hutchinson health or park nicollet health services a related organization. Any compensation disclosed is paid and determined solely by the related organizations. Therefore, part vi, section b, question 15 is not applicable to the hutchinson health foundation.”

“The hutchinson health foundation's financial statements and 990 returns are made available to any person who requests the information from the foundation. The foundation's articles of incorporation are available to any person who requests the information through the minnesota secretary of state's office.”

“Corporate structure, purpose, governance hutchinson health foundation is a minnesota non-profit corporation recognized as exempt from federal income tax under internal revenue code ("irc") section 501(c)(3) and is part of the healthpartners organization, "healthpartners". Founded in 1957, healthpartners is an integrated health care organization, providing health care services and health plan financing and administration. Healthpartners' mission is to improve health and well-being in partnership with our members, patients and community. Healthpartners seeks to transform health care through a relentless focus on the triple aim - providing exceptional experience for the individual, improving the health of the population, and maintaining affordability. Healthpartners, inc. (hpi) is a minnesota nonprofit corporation and licensed health maintenance organization (hmo) recognized as exempt from federal income tax under internal revenue code (irc) section 501(c)(4) and is the parent entity of healthpartners organizations referred to collectively as "healthpartners". Healthpartners includes an array of tax-exempt and taxable organizations. Healthpartners provides a full range of health care delivery and health plan services including insurance, patient care, administration and health and well-being programs. Healthpartners health plans serve more than 1.8 million medical and dental members nationwide. Healthpartners medical care system includes more than 1,900 employed physicians and dentists, eight owned hospitals with over 1,000 acute care beds, over 100 primary and specialty care medical facilities and dental facilities with practices in minnesota and western wisconsin serving more than 1.34 million patients. Healthpartners health plans contract with other primary and specialty medical facilities and dental facilities, physician groups, hospitals and related healthcare providers to serve plan members. Healthpartners also provides medical education and training to medical professionals and conducts research and fundraising activities that support the health care delivery system. Healthpartners collaborates with other plans, care providers and other community and business organizations in the region and throughout the nation to increase access, create and share quality measures and initiatives, participate in development of public policy, and collaborate in improvements that support the triple aim. Among healthpartners' signature initiatives are total cost of care measurements (a nationally recognized metric, enabling measurement and incentives based on coordination and evidence-based practices), mental health (reducing stigma, and assuring access to high quality care in the most appropriate settings), children's health (improving child health by promoting early brain development, providing family centered care, and strengthening communities), equity, inclusion, and anti-racism (addressing health equity, eliminating health care disparities, increasing diversity and inclusion in our workplaces, building an anti-racist culture, and deepening our collective understanding of cultural humility) and sustainability (energy efficiency, waste reduction, and resource management). A complete listing of all organizations within healthpartners, and the relationship between them, can be found on schedule r within this 990 return. Detailed information about the community benefit activities and accomplishments of each tax-exempt organization can be found in the individual form 990 return for that organization. Hpi is the parent entity of healthpartners and is a minnesota non-profit corporation and licensed health maintenance organization (hmo) recognized as exempt from federal income tax under irc section 501(c)(4). Hpi is the sole corporate member of park nicollet health services which in turn is the sole corporate member of hutchinson health, both of which are minnesota non-profit corporations recognized as exempt from federal income tax under inter”

“In kind donations -21,323.”