Essentia Health Foundation

WE ARE CALLED TO MAKE A HEALTHY DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES BY FOSTERING CHARITABLE SUPPORT FOR PATIENT CARE. ESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION SERVES AS AN UMBRELLA FOR LOCAL FOUNDATIONS WITHIN THE ESSENTIA HEALTH SYSTEM, BUILDING ON COMMON STRENGTHS AND PROVIDING ECONOMIES OF SCALE. OUR GOALS INCLUDE BUILDING UPON OUR CULTURE OF PHILANTHROPY, INCREASING FUNDRAISING, ACTING AS A RESOURCE TO LOCAL FOUNDATIONS AND THE ESSENTIA SYSTEM, AND REDUCING COSTS TO LOCAL FOUNDATIONS.

ESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED AND SHALL BE OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND RELIGIOUS PURPOSES EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF, TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF, OR TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF CERTAIN ESSENTIA HEALTH SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS, AND OF THE TAX-EXEMPT ENTITIES IDENTIFIED AS SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.ESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION FACILITATES CHARITABLE FUNDRAISING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF CERTAIN ESSENTIA HEALTH SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS. FUNDRAISING IS CONDUCTED BY DIRECT MAIL, SPECIAL EVENTS, GRANTS FROM FOUNDATIONS AND DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS. COMPANIES, FOUNDATIONS, INDIVIDUALS, PHYSICIANS, AND STAFF PARTICIPATE BY GIVING TO THE FOUNDATION. DONATIONS ARE GIVEN FOR A WIDE RANGE OF CHARITABLE NEEDS OF EACH OF THE SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING PATIENT COMPASSIONATE CARE INITIATIVES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, RESEARCH, AND EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE. ESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION PROVIDES PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT THROUGH DISBURSEMENT OF FOUNDATION FUNDS TO PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY ESSENTIA HEALTH RELATED ORGANIZATIONS TO BENEFIT PATIENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF ADVANCING OUR MISSION.IN TOTAL, $3 MILLION WAS GIVEN TO THE FOUNDATION IN 2021 BY NEARLY 5,000 DONORS, MOST OF WHOM RESIDE IN COMMUNITIES SERVED BY ESSENTIA HEALTH. THE FOUNDATION'S LOCAL ADVISORY BOARDS DISTRIBUTED $2.3 MILLION TO ITS SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS WHICH IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH. THE ORGANIZATIONS ESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION SUPPORTS PROVIDE HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS PART OF ESSENTIA HEALTH.ESSENTIA HEALTH IS AN INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEM SERVING PATIENTS IN MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, AND NORTH DAKOTA. HEADQUARTERED IN DULUTH, MINNESOTA, ESSENTIA HEALTH COMBINES THE STRENGTHS AND TALENTS OF OVER 14,000 EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING MORE THAN 2,000 PHYSICIANS AND ADVANCED PRACTITIONERS, WHO SERVE ITS PATIENTS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE MISSION OF BEING CALLED TO MAKE A HEALTHY DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. ESSENTIA HEALTH, WHICH INCLUDES MANY CATHOLIC FACILITIES, IS GUIDED BY THE VALUES OF QUALITY, HOSPITALITY, RESPECT, JOY, JUSTICE, STEWARDSHIP AND TEAMWORK. THE ORGANIZATION LIVES OUT ITS MISSION BY HAVING PATIENT-CENTERED FOCUS AT 14 HOSPITALS, APPROXIMATELY 70 CLINICS, SIX LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, THREE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, THREE INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES, SIX AMBULANCE SERVICES, 20 RETAIL PHARMACIES, AND ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE. ESSENTIA HEALTH PROVIDES SERVICES PREDOMINANTLY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES AND IS COMMITTED TO ELIMINATING GEOGRAPHIC BARRIERS TO CARE. MANY OF ESSENTIA HEALTH'S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS ARE LOCATED IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED AS BEING MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED.ESSENTIA HEALTH IS ACCREDITED AS AN ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION BY THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE. THE LEGAL ENTITIES COMPRISING ESSENTIA HEALTH FILE SEPARATE FORM 990'S.ESSENTIA HEALTH'S HOSPITALS HAVE A TOTAL OF 1,221 LICENSED BEDS WHICH PROVIDED OVER 192,000 HOSPITAL PATIENT DAYS AND OVER 832,000 OUTPATIENT VISITS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2021. THE CLINICS HAD OVER 1.6 MILLION ENCOUNTERS DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD.DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2021, ESSENTIA HEALTH PROVIDED TOTAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS OF OVER $134 MILLION WHICH INCLUDED COSTS OF PROVIDING CHARITY CARE, COSTS IN EXCESS OF MEDICAID PAYMENTS, MEDICAID SURCHARGE, MINNESOTACARE TAX, COMMUNITY SERVICES, HEALTH PROFESSION EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND CASH AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.