Hansen Family Hospital Foundation

“The executive committee consists of two or more directors elected by the board of directors. The committee has the powers and duties delegated to it by the board of directors.”

“The sole member of the corporation is ellsworth municipal hospital dba: hansen family hospital.”

“The following officers of ellsworth municipal hospital appointed as ex-officio, voting members of the foundation are chief executive officer (administrator), one member of the hospital staff, one member of the hospital medical staff and one member of the hospital board of trustees. The remaining foundation directors are appointed from a list of persons nominated by the hospital's nominating committee, and hold office for one year or until their successor is appointed and qualified, or until their death or until they resign. All foundation directors appointed by the hospital may be removed with or without cause when the hospital deems their removal to be in the best interests of the foundation.”

“Approval by the sole member, ellsworth municipal hospital, is required to approve any amendment of the articles of incorporation or the by-laws, to approve any dissolution, consolidation, merger, acquisition or creation of any wholly-owned or controlled corporations, approve the annual operating and capital budgets and all material variations from these budgets, approve all non-budgeted capital expenditures, and approve all loans.”

“There are no committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“The form 990 is presented to the full board before it is filed. The cfo of ellsworth municipal hospital dba: hansen family hospital, a related organization, and the foundation director also review the form 990.”

“Directors and officers are required to sign a conflict of interest policy annually. Any director or officer having an existing or potential interest in a contract or other transaction presented to the foundation's board of directors or a committee thereof for deliberation, authorization, approval, or ratification, or any such person who reasonably believes such an interest exists in another person, should make a prompt, full, and frank disclosure of the interest to the foundation board or committee prior to its acting on such contract or transaction. The interested party is required to disclose the nature and extent of his/her interest about the contract or transaction which might reasonably be construed to be adverse to the foundation's interest. The body to which such disclosure is made should determine, by majority vote, whether the disclosure shows that the non-voting and non-participation provisions below must be observed. If so, such person should not vote on, or use his/her personal influence on, nor participate (other than to present factual information or to respond to questions) in the discussions or deliberations with respect to, such contract or transaction. Such person may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting where the contract or transaction under discussion are to be voted upon. The minutes of the meeting should reflect the disclosure made, the vote, and where applicable, the abstention from voting and participantion, and whether a quorum was present.”

“Compensation and benefits for the foundation director are determined by ellsworth municipal hospital dba: hansen family hospital, a related organization. Ellsworth municipal hospital dba: hansen family hospital uses these methods to determine compensation and benefits for the foundation director. The administrator is compensated through an unrelated management company for services to the hospital. The time spent on the foundation is volunteer. The process described here was last completed in 2024.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public.”

“Change in beneficial interest in assets of community foundation 5,927.”