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What it reported doing in 2024

Adventist Health White Memorial Charitable Foundation supports Adventist Health White Memorial (AHWM), a 545-bed, not-for-profit, faith-based, teaching hospital, which provides a full range of inpatient, outpatient, emergency and diagnostic services to the communities in and near downtown Los Angeles. The hospital expanded its footprint with the acquisition of Beverly Hospital in Montebello in September, 2023. This makes Adventist health White Memorial the largest hospital in Adventist Health. One of the greatest assets an organization can possess is the trust of its community, both on campus and in the surrounding neighborhoods.The care we give at AHWM follows our mission of living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope. We touch the lives of people at every point throughout their lifetime beginning with exceptional prenatal and maternity care. Our Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is one of the few in Los Angeles for newborns in need of advanced specialized care. The AHWM Cleft Palate Program focuses on providing the surgeries and support for children with this birth defect, including restoring normal function with minimal scarring, dentistry, and speech therapy to help correct speaking difficulties. Mental and emotional health services are provided for all ages. In partnership with MAOF (Mexican American Opportunity Foundation) and other not-for-profit partners, Vive Bien at our Community Resource Center provides local seniors a place to connect as well as activities to improve health and fitness, and free expertise for MediCare and ACA health care sign-ups. Our partnership with TELACU Education Foundation to assist youth from our community to become nurses was cited previously as being instrumental in the hospital being recognized nationally with the Malcolm Baldrige Award. To illustrate how Adventist Health White Memorial and our Charitable Foundation works to strengthen and transform the community let us share the following story: When Isabel Guillen first felt the lump in her breast, she was 31 years old, nursing her youngest daughter, and certain something was wrong. But for nearly nine months, her concerns were brushed aside. Everyone told me I was too young for breast cancer, she recalls. I wanted to believe them, but deep down I knew something wasnt right.By the time she pushed herself to the emergency room in December 2019, her left breast had doubled in size. The diagnosis confirmed her fears: Stage III breast cancer. The day I was told, I honestly almost gave up, she says. I thought about my daughters the graduations, quinceaeras, weddings I might never see. I didnt want to leave them motherless.Her healing began at Adventist Health White Memorials Cecilia Gonzalez De La Hoya Cancer Center. A nurse practitioner named Kathy quickly recognized the urgency, moving mountains to get Isabel the care she needed, despite her lack of insurance. She literally took care of everything, Isabel says. Within two weeks, I had my surgery scheduled. They moved fast because they knew time was critical.Over the next months, Isabel underwent a bilateral mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation under the care of Dr. Raymundo Romero and the Cancer Center team. It wasnt just medical skill that sustained her it was the compassion she felt every time she walked through the doors. They treated me with love and respect, she says. I wasnt just another appointment. I felt cared for as a person.Three months after Isabels cancer diagnosis, her own father was also diagnosed, but she knew exactly where to take him. I wanted him to have the same care I had, she says. Dr. Romero again became their doctor, guiding her father through treatments, infusions, and the emotional toll of the disease. When insurance wouldnt cover certain medications, the Cancer Center stepped in.They made his last days so comfortable, Isabel remembers. We couldnt have asked for more. White Memorial didnt just care for my father they cared for our family.Near

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 60.8%; rating input score 61
• Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
• Fundraising efficiency: $280.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 87.9%; rating input score 88; 19th 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: 31.9%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.7; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings