Bikur Cholim

What it reported doing in 2023

Bikur cholim also known as the jewish healthcare foundation is one of the leading nonprofit healthcare organizations on the west coast, providing life-saving services and social support programs to the most vulnerable children, adults, and families suffering from serious and life-threatening illness. Too often, disenfranchised and minority communities suffer from a lack of healthcare equity due to systemic bias and racism. Bikur cholim addresses this disparity through its more than 20 programs that annually assist thousands of individuals and families suffering from life-threatening illness regardless of race, religion, or gender. The hebrew words "bikur cholim" serve as a testimony to a living continuation of the jewish tenets of caring, compassion, and philanthropy passed on from one generation to then next. Through our more than 20 services and programs, we open doors to world-renowned physicians and medical centers, accessing the best diagnosticians, specialists, and medical care available today. We are dedicated to ensuring that the thousands of men, women, and children who turn to us for help receive the treatment they need, regardless of their ability to pay. Bikur cholim's devoted staff and volunteers provide comprehensive family-centered care, whether at home or in the hospital, and understand that when illness strikes, who you call first can make all the difference. Funding treatment, medication, & diagnostics bikur cholim understands that many individuals and families are of limited means. This can result in being uninsured or an inability to afford co- payments and deductibles for medical care. Bikur cholim house greater los angeles offers unparalleled specialty medicine and surgeons for treating debilitating and life-threatening conditions and diseases. This level of excellence draws patients from all over the world for medical treatment which can require them to stay weeks, or even months at a time. Many find themselves overwhelmed not only by the cost of their medical care and debilitating effects of their illness, but also by feelings of isolation and the significant expense of lodging while away from home. The bikur cholim house is a 10-unit apartment building in the heart of hancock park centrally located to all of the major medical centers throughout los angeles. For those patients and their accompanying guests desiring a jewish community while receiving treatment in los angeles, the bikur cholim house provides each family with their own fully furnished apartment with wifi and cable tv free of charge within walking distance of synagogues and kosher markets. The bikur cholim house is not a healthcare facility, however is designed to offer patients much-needed privacy and an environment that promotes health and well-being as they battle their illness. Blood & bone marrow every hour of every day someone in our community needs donated blood to live. It may be a child receiving chemotherapy, a mother undergoing surgery, or a hospital suffering from an urgent blood shortage. Blood is a lifesaving resource that cannot be manufactured. When the need arises, it is a matter of life and death for patients and hospitals to have blood products available. Bikur cholim organizes and operates the largest blood drives and direct donor blood & platelet program in greater los angeles. We partner with hospitals to ensure blood is for all patients. Homecare assistance from time-to-time, patients discharged from a hospital may be in need of acute homecare assistance during their recovery. Bikur cholim understands that many individuals and families are of limited means which can result in being uninsured or an inability to afford this care and is here to help. Transportation to/from medical appointments from time-to-time patients are unable to drive themselves to their medical appointments and often family members are unavailable. Under these circumstances bikur cholim will assit when possible with patient trasnportaion. Visitatio

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 67.5%; rating input score 67
• Program expense ratio: 73%; rating input score 73
• Fundraising efficiency: $77.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 12.9%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.78; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 9.6%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -42.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -25.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 32.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings