To encourage and support the delivery of high quality and affordable health care in the st. Louis region; to provide information and analysis on health care policy, the quality and availability of health care, and health care economics for the benefit of the general public; to engage in charitable, scientific, and educational activities in furtherance of the foregoing; and to receive contributions and grants to make distributions thereof for the foregoing purposes.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$223K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $98K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$223K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $125K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$830K
-54% vs prior year
Spent
$1.4M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$1.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$830K
FY2024▼ -54%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$830K
FY2024$168K
Expenses
$1.4M
FY2024▼ -3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2024$308K
Net assets
$1.0M
FY2024▼ -36%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$811K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.0M
FY2024$892K

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending September 2024) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 1983.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $1.2M Management & general 13% · $184K Fundraising 3% · $38K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990; $223K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$223,000Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Imm. Past Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Louise Probst$162,231$223,000$223,000$223,000$223,000$219,400
Laurel Pickering$148,252—————
Lauren Remspecher——$128,577$111,754$106,935$104,286
Michael Hely————$121,422$103,192
Kelci Hannan$106,215—————
Karen Roth—————$104,824
David Heaton$90,754———$103,850—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Improves St. Louis healthcare quality and affordability through policy analysis and public education.

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3 programs · $1.2M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Promoting Well-Being

The BHC foundation provides services aimed at supporting the general public in adopting healthy lifestyles and informed health care decision making.

$600Kprogram expense
02

Advancing Shared Knowledge

The BHC foundation's primary exempt purpose is to collect, aggregate, analyze and publish information on the region's health care industry with a goal of expanding knowledge of key trends and spurring stronger individual and collective action toward improvements in the safety, quality, equity and affordability of health care.

$480Kprogram expense
03

Representing Purchasers and the Public

The organization brings the purchaser perspective to conversations locally and nationally, such as in local forums, the national quality forum, national alliance, network for regional healthcare improvement, and other health related non-profits.

$120Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$125K
Grants paid · 3 grants · $700K · 2019–2021
Midwest Health InitiativeMO · FY2021$250,000
Midwest Health InitiativeMO · FY2020$200,000
Midwest Health InitiativeMO · FY2019$250,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$830K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$432K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$343K
Investment incomeLn 3$55K
Money outPt IX
$1.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.2M
Managementcol C$184K
Fundraisingcol D$38K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$577K
Total assetsLn 16$1.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$343K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$432K
Investment incomeLn 3$55K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$830K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$105K
SavingsLn 2$472K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$577K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$454K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 515
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$966K$577K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$658K$454K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M$1.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M$1.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.3M$1.1M$153K$38K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$8K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$2K$2K$338
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$68K$58K$10K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$68K$55K$13K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.4M$1.2M$184K$38K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Viewing $830K$1.4M−$592K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.8M$1.5M$346K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.8M$1.7M$160K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.9M$1.6M$307K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.0M$1.7M$267K$811K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $829,786 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $843,515$342,935
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $952,595$432,349
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $14,380$54,502
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $4,794$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,815,284$829,786
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $200,000$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,202,706$1,275,929
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $66,429$146,311
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,469,135$1,422,240
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $346,149−$592,454
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $829,786 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$50,800
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$292,135
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$342,935
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $432,349$432,349
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $54,502$54,502
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $432,349 · Excluded from tax $54,502$829,786
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,422,240 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,084,540 · Management $153,111 · Fundraising $38,278$1,275,929
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxes$0
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $8,056$8,056
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,915 · Management $338$2,253
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $58,080 · Management $10,249$68,329
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $55,168 · Management $12,505$67,673
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,199,703 · Management $184,259 · Fundraising $38,278$1,422,240
Part X · Balance sheet $1,031,795 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $123,765$104,955
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $842,018$472,390
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $658,466$454,450
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,624,249$1,031,795
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,463,152$1,031,795
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,624,249$1,031,795
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,624,249$1,031,795
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,031,795 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$829,786
XI-2 Total expenses$1,422,240
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$592,454
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,624,249
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,031,795

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