$36K in expenses

Organization's mission, vision, and tax-exempt purpose: catholic health initiatives national foundation was incorporated as a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt charitable foundation in 2009 to serve as a support structure for chi's market-based organization (mbo) foundations. Catholic health initiatives national foundation is a national operations office providing administrative support coupled with a small group of strategically-placed outreach staff that provides training and mentoring for individual development offices across communities served by chi facilities. Catholic health initiatives national foundation collaborates locally with market-based foundations to share leading practices and materials, and cultivate fundraising efforts with strategies focused on planned giving and major gifts. The grant services team provides opportunities to seek national foundation and government grants. Catholic health initiatives national foundation raises funds and solicits grants to provide financial and other aid, assistance, consultation, and guidance to the local chi mbo foundations and the facilities they service. The chi foundation works with local foundations to improve results to benefit the local communities and to increase and encourage philanthropy across chi. Qualitative description of community benefit: catholic health initiatives national foundation has a current staff of 5 and 5-member board of directors that serve 49 chi communities representing over 70 foundations. The local foundation board and mbo CEO are accountable for achieving fundraising results in the local community and the local foundation board determines how the locally-raised funds are to be used. The local foundation leader reports to the chi regional foundation vice president and to the local mbo CEO. The regional foundation vice president identifies and shares leading philanthropy practices within chi and throughout the country. He or she partners with local foundations to seek new funding opportunities, explore reductions of expenses through economies of scale, shared resources and assistance with developing a spirit of giving within the communities that chi serves.