Copper Shores Community Health Foundation

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“The executive director of the foundation reviews the form 990 in detail prior to filing. The 990 is then reviewed with foundation board members at a regularly scheduled board meeting. Each board member is provided a copy of the form 990 for review before the return is filed.”

“An annual conflict of interest policy statement is completed and signed by each board member. The executive director reviews the completed conflict of interest forms. If a conflict is identified, that board member is excused from any discussion or vot relating to the identified conflict.”

“The organization utilizes written employment contracts, compensation survey or studies, and approval by the board to establish compensation.”

“The organization utilizes written employment contracts, compensation survey or studies, and approval by the board to establish compensation.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Community members who assisted on various committees throughout the year.”

“Access to care- grants to organizations and individuals to meet the financials resources needed to develop new and/or expanded health services with meet a community's needs, as well as providing gas cards to individuals to be used for medical travel. Giving tuesday-campaign aimed involving the local community to join in on the global generosity movement which creates a day that encourages people to donate to a list of qualified non-profit charities. The foundation matches the community donations up to a specified dollar amount each year. The foundation has aided in more than 2.7 million dollars in donations to non-profit organizations in baraga, houghton, keweenaw and ontonagon counties.”

“Food stability the foundation has researched the ways in which food insecurities and nutrition affect an individual's overall health. In an effort to reduce the negative effects of food insecurities, hunger, and poor nutrition, the foundation has begun identifying funding strategies to address the community's awareness to food and the critical impact it has on individual and population health. The foundation's granting and hands-on work within the community is intended to curb the health risks associated with food insecurity and nutritional instability. On 10/1/22 the foundation's wholly owned subsidiary copper country senior meals merged with and into the foundation. Activity from copper country senior meals program after 9/30/22 is included within the food stability program, and includes providing nutritious meals to senior citizens in their homes or at congregate sites as well as providing meals to the local head start program.”

“Healthy individuals provides grants, including substance use disorder, specifically adderssing the needs of our population. -early intervention and prevention programs including substance use disorder. -emergency and mobile crisis response. -mental and behavorial health service access, coordination, and navigation. -suicide prevention and awareness. -youth leadership and resiliency development. -parent education and engagement. -addiction services. -programming addressing other forms of mental illness, stress reduction, andziety, and depression that may include physical and mindfulness activities. Access to education education is an important component to a healthier community. Health risk studies have shown populations and individuals with higher levels of education completion generally have noticeably reduced health risk factors. In addition, access to educational training and the retention of those students within the local community contribute to a more vibrant and prosperous economy, further reducing health risk factors that are more commonly associated and pronounced with lower income earning households. In addition to access to education, medical innovation and research is a critically important aspect of the foundation's investment in the local community. Through partnership with educational institutions, the foundation is able to support research and other academic offerings that will help inform, address, or be applied to health risk factors within the local communities. Income stability poverty intersects nearly all other areas of social determinants of health and the health risk factors associated with them. The foundation has undertaken the steps necessary to launch a formal poverty literacy and mitigation program that includes community engagement, economic development, financial education and literacy training, and other steps to build commmunity partnerships in addressing poverty and the inherent affects.”

“Assets received from merger 7,500 offset investment in subsidiary -33,859 total -26,359”