Texas Nurses Foundation

“Serena bumpus, julia menegay, tri truong, mary pakarinen, patricia freier, and lucindra campbell-law are board members and/or officers of a related organization.”

“Consistent with the organization's status as a type i "supporting organization" to the texas nurses association ("tna"), tna has the power under the organization's governing documents to select and appoint organization's board of directors, to remove such directors by a two-thirds vote of the tna board and to fill any vacancies that occur in the organization's board of directors.”

“Consistent with the organization's status as a type i "supporting organization" to the texas nurses association ("tna"), tna has the power under the organization's governing documents to select and appoint the organization's board of directors, to remove such directors by a two-thirds vote of the tna board and to fill any vacancies that occur in the organization's board of directors.”

“The audit & finance committee will conduct a formal review of the tax return with the preparing cpa and recommend approval to the tnf board of directors. The tnf board of directors will review the tax return with preparing cpa and approve the filing of the return.”

“Organization monitors and enforces compliance with the conflict of interest policy on a regular basis at board meetings. The board of directors of the organization must sign an annual statement.”

“Upon request, copies of the 990, exemption letter and 1023 will be provided in a timely manner and a reasonable charge may be made. Any other requests for foundation records should be in writing and referred to the chief executive officer.”

“Hours to related organization - texas nurses association (tna): serena bumpus 36.50 hrs tna julia menegay 35.00 hrs tna tri truong 36.50 hrs tna mary pakarinen 36.50 hrs tna jack frazee 36.35 hrs tna patricia freier 2.00 hrs tna lucindra campbell-law 2.00 hrs tna salary, pension, and benefit expenses discussed listed in part vii, section a column d and in part ix, lines 5-10 of this return represent reimbursements paid to texas nurses association as a reasonable cost allocation for the time texas nurses association employees spend on texas nurses foundation matters. Texas nurses foundation has no employees of its own.”

“The texas nurses foundation (the "foundation") was established to receive contributions and provide funding to improve the health of texans through charitable initiatives that advance nursing practice, education, research, and/or leadership.”

“The texas peer assistance program for nurses (tpapn) is an approved peer assistance program under chapter 467 of the texas health and safety code. Tpapn's mission is to safeguard patients by providing early identification, support, monitoring, accountability, and advocacy to texas nurses who have an identified substance use and/or mental health condition or related incident, so they may safely practice nursing. Tpapn is a voluntary program that may serve as an alternative to texas board of nursing discipline. Additionally, tpapn provides education and outreach to the community to address stigma and promote early identification and intervention for nurses experiencing mental health and/or substance use issues. During the 2022-2023 fiscal year: 1,118 nurses were served 642 nurses were referred 230 nurses signed participation agreements 166 nurses completed tpapn 128 peer support partners tpapn holds peer support partner workshops quarterly and a new training program that allows peer support parnters to train either via virtual courses or on-demand was started.”

“Tnf's education programs include: texas team action coalition, care for the caregiver, and district scholarships. Texas team action coalition, in collaboration with the robert wood johnson foundation, exists to advance health through nursing. Texas team projects include a nurses on board program that prepares nurses for board service through educational programming, works to facilitate transitions in nursing practice role, and provides other educational resources to nurses. The care for the caregiver project was made possible by a gift from johnson & johnson and involved the development and dissemination of resources for nurses to build their resilience in dealing with disaster situations. Tnf provides administrative support to local district organizations who raise money for nursing student scholarships.”