Lutheran Medical Center Foundation

What it reported doing in 2025

The lutheran medical center foundation (lmcf) is a 501(c)3 not for profit organization that creates impact to support excellent patient care and innovative new ideas in medicine at lutheran medical center (lmc). Through the generosity of corporations, foundations, individuals and other donors, our mission to improve the health of the people and communities we serve in a changing world is achieved. Lmcf provides for the changing healthcare needs of our community by assisting with the building of state-of-art facilities, developing innovative care models and making sure that all patients have access to world-class care and the best patient experience. Lmcf turns good healthcare into exceptional healthcare by enabling lmc's staff to exceed the expectations of the people we serve. Lmcf was established in 2007 and has positively impacted lmc and all its affiliated services including lutheran hospice at collier hospice center. Lmcf disbursed funds to lmc to purchase critical care equipment, provide staff with educational and leadership opportunities, provide compassionate end-of-life care, support behavioral health needs, aid in the building of a new hospital and enhance the hospital's overall best care of patients.on april 1, 2022, intermountain health care, inc. And sisters of charity of leavenworth health system, inc. Affiliated, creating a model health system that provides high-quality, accessible, and affordable healthcare to communities in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and Kansas. The organization employs more than 69,000 caregivers, operates 34 hospitals (including one virtual hospital), and runs hundreds of clinics, while providing health insurance to more than one million people in Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah.in order to operate more efficiently, the decision was made to consolidate the various foundations operated as part of sisters of charity of leavenworth health system. This return is marked final; however, lmcf will continue to operate as a dba under intermountain healthcare foundation, inc. (fein 80-0225150).major initiatives in 2025 included: - the legacy continues comprehensive campaign has raised more than 100% of its goal of $12m. The campaign supports all departments at lutheran with emphasis on the new, replacement lmc new build. - supported palliative care and hospice programs including integrative therapies for patients, education for caregivers and grief support for families. - supporting the nurse recovery assistance program to help pregnant mothers struggling with substance abuse and their babies, with a special focus on opioid addiction. - offered humanitarian funds for our most vulnerable patients providing prescriptions, food, transportation and other basic needs. - gave special education opportunities to our physicians, clinicians and associates to support specialized care and patient safety. - purchased new, state-of-the-art equipment for lutheran hospice and other hospital departments. - supported lmc's oncology programs including testing counseling, patient navigation and comfort therapies for oncology patients.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 65%; rating input score 65
• Program expense ratio: 83.5%; rating input score 83
• Fundraising efficiency: $16.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 28.5%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 12.9%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings