Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

“Suzanne beitel, lisa brandenburg, dr. Bruce clurman, thomas lynch, ruth mahan, dr. Sandy melzer, steve stadum, russ williams and dr. Nancy davidson have business relationships. Each named individual serves as a scca board member or officer, and these individuals are also current board members, officers, directors, or key employees of another organization.”

“Scca has three members. Members must be governmental entities or organizations exempt under irc section 501(c)(3). Each member currently has a 33 1/3% voting interest. No new member may be admitted to the corporation without the approval of existing members holding aggregate voting interests of at least 75%.”

“Each member will appoint six members of the eighteen directors of the organization.”

“The board of directors of the corporation may not, except by affirmative vote of 75% of the directors in office and with the approval of the members holding aggregate voting interests of at least 75%: (a) amend, alter, or repeal certain sections of the corporation's bylaws; (b) remove any director or the chair of the corporation; provided that a member may remove a director appointed by such member at any time; (c) amend the articles of incorporation of the corporation; (d) adopt a plan of merger or consolidation with another corporation; (e) authorize the sale, lease, or exchange (or pledging as security) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the corporation or any asset not in the ordinary course of business; (f) authorize the voluntary dissolution of the corporation or revoke proceedings therefor; (g) adopt a plan for the distribution of the assets of the corporation; (h) amend, alter, or repeal any resolution of the members of the corporation; (i) initiate or resolve litigation in which the corporation is a party if the litigation or resolution would have a material adverse effect on the financial well-being or public perception of the corporation or its members; (j) change the fundamental purposes of the corporation; (k) enter into any new line of business; (l) or authorize the relocation from the university of washington medical center to another hospital facility of the twenty inpatient beds for which the corporation has been granted a hospital license. Finally, the following is subject to approval by the corporation's members: - the corporation's annual budget - appointment of three additional directors to the board executive committee (in addition to the corporation's chair, immediate past chair, vice chair, treasurer, and secretary) - appointment of directors to the board governance committee - appointment of two directors to the board finance committee (in addition to the treasurer) - selection of independent certified public accountants to conduct an annual financial audit of the corporation”

“The form 990 was prepared by a public accounting firm and internally reviewed prior to presentation to the board-appointed finance and audit committee. The form 990 was provided to the finance and audit committee for review before filing. The chair of the finance and audit committee reports to the full board. All board members are presented with a copy before filing form 990.”

“The conflict of interest policy is annually monitored through a questionnaire. It is a policy of the scca for self reporting. This self reporting is applicable to the board of directors and all management staff. The determination of whether an issue exists is made by the integrity officer. The escalation process is to the senior management team, and, if deemed appropriate, to the board of directors integrity committee, board of directors governance committee, and legal counsel. Conflicts of interest are addressed if and when they arise. The conflicted board member recuses him or herself from discussion and voting on the matter.”

“An independent compensation consulting firm performs a market analysis of executive pay at comparable organizations. A consultant from this firm presents its findings to the compensation committee of the board of directors every two years. The analysis was last performed and presented in october 2019. In the intervening years, the prior year's market analysis is updated using an appropriate inflation factor for use by the compensation committee in its annual review of total compensation for the officers. The compensation committee documents its meetings and decisions in a timely manner. The compensation committee promptly reports to the board all actions taken and significant issues discussed at its meetings.”

“The scca does not make its governing documents and conflict of interest policy available to the public. As required by the irs, the scca's audited financial statements are attached to form 990, which is a public disclosure document.”

“The volunteers offer direct support in social, emotional, and practical ways to connect with patients and families throughout each phase of a patient's experience with scca. The scca has 20 volunteer roles: breast center specialty clinic, child life, comfort hand massage, cosmetology/barber, crafts & conversation-knitting, drivers, events, general oncology/hematology lobby, guest services, healing music program, holiday activities, labyrinth host, patient & family resource center/education, patient/family volunteers, physical therapy, scca gift shop, scca house concierge, shine, women's center lobby, and wig fitters. The 18 members of the board also serve as volunteers.”

“Seattle cancer care alliance's, scca, mission is to provide state-of-the-art, patient centered care, support the conduct of clinical research and education, and advance the standard of cancer care, regionally, and beyond. Scca is a part of the fred hutchinson/uw cancer consortium, the consortium, which is one of 51 comprehensive cancer centers designated by the national cancer institute (nci). The consortium's members are scca, fred hutchinson cancer research center, uw medicine, and seattle children's. The nci designation gives scca's patients access to receive the latest tailored course of treatments and therapies for cancer and have access to new drugs and treatments that are under investigation in clinical studies only available at scca and limited sites around the country. Our goal is to turn cancer patients into cancer survivors. Our purpose is to lead the world in the prevention and treatment of cancer. Uniting the doctors from fred hutchinson cancer research center, uw medicine, and seattle children's, scca is home to the world's best cancer specialists.”

“Administrative, facilities & transportation: program service expenses 7,739,950. Management and general expenses 14,034,763. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 21,774,713. Consulting: program service expenses 1,009,888. Management and general expenses 5,816,378. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,826,266. Inpatient services: program service expenses 49,642,555. Management and general expenses 445,384. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 50,087,939. Clinical services & staffing: program service expenses 56,777,346. Management and general expenses 113,880. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 56,891,226. Program support: program service expenses 5,288,601. Management and general expenses 1,083,972. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,372,573. Lab services: program service expenses 11,466,997. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 11,466,997. Other agreements: program service expenses 2,940. Management and general expenses 25,838. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 28,778.”

“Prior period contribution adjustment 38,191.”