Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Center

“The executive committee has the powers of the board of trustees between board meetings, unless prohibited by law or the articles of incorporation. The executive committee consists of (1) the officers of the corporation, (2) the officers of the board who are also trustees, and (3) the immediate past chair of the board, provided he or she is also a trustee.”

“Blood systems, inc. (bsi) is the sole corporate member of bbmbc.”

“Per the affiliation agreement and the bylaws, bsi has the right to appoint two voting trustees to bbmbc's board.”

“Per the affiliation agreement, bsi does reserve the right of final approval for a limited number of activities as defined in the bylaws.”

“The form 990 was prepared by an independent accounting firm using information provided by the finance team. Members of management review the form 990 and any comments are considered prior to filing the form 990 with the irs.”

“The conflict of interest policy is collected annually from all officers, directors and senior management of the organization. A summary of all responses is created and reviewed by the board of trustees. Each meeting of the board of trustees is started with a request for any updates and/or changes to any individual's policy with regard to conflicts. This is then documented in the meeting minutes.”

“An executive compensation packet is presented to the audit/finance committee as part of the annual budget review/approval process. Benchmarking compensation data is provided from the local employment council, national surveys of the blood banking industry and other compensation sources. Data includes annual compensation and proposed merit increases and is documented in the files of the organization. Upon review of the data, the committee carries recommendations to the full board of trustees for review and approval. The packet is kept on file for future reference for the ceo position. An annual performance and compensation review is conducted by a sub-committee with their recommendations ultimately voted upon by the entire board in executive session. This process was last completed in october 2015.”

“Bbmbc's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are not available to the public.”

“In 2016, 142,214 units of blood were collected as a result of more than 67,692 generous volunteer blood donors who made lifesaving donations. These donations were given at our eight community donor centers with seven in the denver metro area and one in colorado springs and at the 2,853 blood drives hosted by more than 904 businesses, civic groups and faith-based organizations. Throughout the year a vital facet to our success also stems from the dedicated pool of volunteers who gave back to their community by volunteering at our centers, drives, special events and administrative offices. These selfless individuals ensure our donors are well cared for, help organize our mobile blood drives, provide extra support at our many events and assist as needed in support of the community blood supply. Our successes would not be possible without our blood and marrow donors, financial contributors, hospital partners and volunteer advocates who enable us to impart hope, health and the gift of life upon our community.”

“Partnering with our community to save and enhance lives through transfusion medicine excellence. Through seven decades of service we're proud to have become a trusted community resource and source of hope for those in their time of need, as well as an outlet for our neighbors wanting to give back through blood, marrow and financial donations. Form 990, part iii, line 3 and form 990, part vi, line 4 effective january 1, 2017, belle bonfils memorial blood center ("bbmbc") merged into blood systems, inc. ("bsi"). As a result of the merger, bbmbc transferred all its assets to bsi. Bbmbc continues to operate services and programs as previously, now as an integral part of the operations of bsi.”

“Program service activity #1 blood collection and processing: blood donors ensure our success in providing an adequate blood supply to our colorado community. We recorded 142,214 blood donations last year and distributed over 275,000 products. Belle bonfils memorial blood center's (bbmbc) priority is to serve the needs of colorado patients through distribution to local hospital and healthcare facilities. In addition to this, we also share our community inventory with other blood centers across the country that experience blood shortages. Approximately 350 employees, working around the clock, support the collection, manufacturing, testing and distribution of the colorado blood supply. Form 990, part iii, line 4b program service activity #2 reference laboratory services: the immunohematology reference laboratory at bbmbc serves as a regional resource to hospitals and healthcare facilities in providing expertise in transfusion medicine through our reference services, including compatibility testing, complex antibody identification and platelet antibody screening. Reference laboratory provides specialized cross-matched blood to support patients with a variety of illnesses. During 2016, reference laboratory performed more than 28,000 laboratory procedures. Form 990, part iii, line 4c program service activity #3 colorado marrow donor program: the colorado marrow donor program (cmdp) was instituted at bbmbc as the local hub for the national marrow donor program in 1989. Cmdp is responsible for community outreach, donor recruitment, and patient advocacy within the colorado and wyoming communities. The program manages the local registry and assists volunteer unrelated donors through the donation process. Our mission is to facilitate successful transplants of hematopoietic cells from volunteer unrelated donors as lifesaving therapy for patients in need. Since its inception, cmdp has added more than 100,000 donors to the national registry. Additionally cmdp has facilitated more than 750 marrow/stem cell donations and distributed 75 cord blood units for transplantation. Because patients seeking a marrow donation are more likely to find a match from a donor of a similar ethnic background, cmdp continues to focus their efforts on recruiting more ethnically diverse donors to the national registry. Form 990, part iii, line 4d as part of the transition and upcoming merger with blood systems inc., bbmbc made an irrevocable gift of $7,101,579 to community first foundation for the bonfils blood center donor advised fund. The purpose of the fund is to support the lifesaving operations and programs of bonfils blood center, a division within blood systems, inc.”

“Transfer of net assets to bsi due to merger $(37,794,950)”