Christus Foundation Shreveport-Bossier

What it reported doing in 2024

Christus foundation shreveport-bossier's primary purpose is to promote philanthropy and charitable giving to provide resources to enhance the ability of christus health northern Louisiana in its mission of extending the healing ministry of jesus christ by providing for the community's health needs. In furtherance of these purposes, the foundation solicits and receives charitable gifts and grants to administer and invest and reinvest the same and to apply the whole or any part of the income and the principal exclusively for the benefit of the health care facilities, services and health community programs supported or operated by christus health northern Louisiana within its service area in northern Louisiana. There is an annual associates campaign conducted from may 15 to june 30 to encourage financial support for all christus health northern Louisiana programs. Christus shreveport-bossier serves as a children's miracle network hospital since 2012, and such participation provided the opportunity to raise awareness and funds throughout the year through engaging in partner campaigns. Other campaigns are introduced for special projects as needed. Public fundraising events are held throughout the year to benefit christus shreveport-bossier health system. Christus health northern Louisiana has served residents of northwest Louisiana, southwest Arkansas, and east Texas for more than 100 years. Christus shreveport-bossier is a 611 licensed bed faith-based health system providing acute care at two locations in the shreveport-bossier city area. The facilities are christus bossier emergency hospital and christus highland hospital. The health system also operates three urgent care clinics and two state-of-the-art cancer treatment centers. Christus health northern Louisiana is part of christus health, formed in 1999 to strengthen the 153-year-old, faith-based health care ministries of the congregations of the sisters of charity of the incarnate word of houston and san antonio. Founded on the mission "to extend the healing ministry of jesus christ," christus is challenged to reach out to, and beyond, more than 60 communities we serve to help those in need. Christus health responds to the health care needs through services provided at more than 60 hospitals and long-term care facilities, as well as dozens of health care clinics, physicians' offices, outpatient services, and community-based programs in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, chile, colombia and mexico. Although programs may differ from facility to facility, each of our health care entities has the same objective - which is to lead the way to a healthier community.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 83.2%; rating input score 83
• Fundraising efficiency: $24.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 99.8%; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 78.6%; rating input score 79; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -26.8%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.89; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 9%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings