2026-08-17T11:40:36-05:00 2025-09-30 423603499 Eide Bailly Advisory LLC 4585 Coleman St Ste 200 Bismarck ND 585034101 990 2024-10-01 450368679 Dakota Medical Charities DAKO 7012710263 4321 20th Ave S Fargo ND 581037191 Damon Gleave CFO/Interim Executive Director 7012710263 2026-08-17 1 1 Lisa Chaffee P00193453 7012551091 2026-08-17 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Damon Gleave 4321 20th Ave S Fargo ND 581037191 6282949 0 X www.dakmed.org X 1982 ND Carry out the charitable health related purposes of Dakota Medical Foundation. 12 12 17 255 12768 0 0 0 36233 36233 3656800 6246716 0 0 3693033 6282949 2115060 3959933 0 0 1859747 1588521 0 0 0 1424406 1586413 5399213 7134867 -1706180 -851918 88007312 89489295 1144700 1628264 86862612 87861031 X With the aim to positively impact health in our region, Dakota Medical Foundation hosts a family of programs and education initiatives. We lead initiatives to create a region of the healthiest people, build the fundraising success of charities, and invest in new ideas that create widespread health improvement.We further invest our resources in helping charities become exceptional at fundraising. With adequate money for their missions, organizations multiply their impact on health and quality of life. 0 0 5351574 3959933 36233 Dakota Medical Foundation (DMF) and its supporting organization, Dakota Medical Charities (DMC), (the "Foundations") are recognized leaders dedicated to addressing societal health problems and improving the health and quality of life for people across North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. The Foundations focus their grants and initiative programs in support of the following areas: Access to Healthcare, Organizational Effectiveness, Health and Wellbeing, and Donor Fulfillment(Continued on Schedule O)ACCESS TO HEALTHCARELend A Hand Up Initiative: In 2007, Dakota Medical Foundation established the Lend A Hand Up Initiative to provide financial and fundraising assistance to a defined charitable class of families and individuals in Cass County, ND and Clay County, MN that experience financial hardships due to catastrophic medical issues. In 2019, the mission was expanded to include residents of Becker County, MN. In 2022, the mission was expanded to include financial hardship due to a traumatic event or recent loss of life, in addition to critical health issues. In 2024, the program expanded to Otter Tail County. In 2025, the program expanded into Steele, Traill, and Grand Forks counties. $2.7M was raised with gift cards and financial boosts distributed to 102 qualified families. 1164167 ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESSImpact Training and Coaching: The High Impact Institute's ultimate goal is to help individuals and organizations unlock their potential to serve. The High Impact Institute works to help charities build a systematic approach to fundraising and a high impact approach to Board-CEO-team leadership. The High Impact Institute also serves as a co-host and fundraising coach for charities in Giving Hearts Day, one of the first and longest running giving days in the United States. Since 2008, Giving Hearts Day has helped charities raise more than $226 million to improve health and quality of life in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. (Continued on Schedule O)DMF Center for Excellence & Innovation: In March 2013, DMF opened a newly-constructed 18,800 square foot building as a gift to the community serving as a nonprofit community center to educate and train area nonprofits, as well as a gathering space for local nonprofits. In 2023, 228 nonprofits used the facility at little or no cost for nearly 500 training, education, and retreat events with more than 8,000 community members in attendance. Since March 2013, over 1,500 nonprofits have utilized the space for over 3,300 events with nearly 100,000 combined attendees.Due to ever-increasing demand, the Foundation determined it was time to expand its ability to serve and bring together significantly more people and organizations. In April 2024 the Foundations moved into their new headquarters at 4321 20th Ave. S. in Fargo. After sixteen months of renovation the doors of the new DMF Center of Excellence were opened in August 2025. DMF sees the approximately 90,000-square-foot campus as an enduring gift to the community. It was designed to become a regional destination where people gather to develop healthy life habits, build high-performing organizations, and access meaningful learning opportunities. The facility is used to host in-person and virtual events, community learning opportunities, and serves as the home of Impact Foundation, the Alex Stern Family Foundation, North Dakota Dental Foundation, Optometric Foundation of North Dakota, Peace Academy, North Dakota Safety Council, Giving Hearts Day, Lend A Hand Up, High Impact Boards, and more than 100 donor-advised funds. GivingHeartsDay.org: This technology platform allows charities to accept online contributions from donors, share their stories, and engage volunteers. The website received several upgrades including an update to the admin features to improve charity satisfaction, functionality and overall user experience. The platform also leveraged a stress testing environment to refine high-performance system architecture.Giving Hearts Day Initiative: Together, with Impact Foundation and the Alex Stern Family Foundation, Dakota Medical Foundation hosts an annual 24-hour giving day to boost charity awareness and volunteering and giving in our region. Since inception in 2008, Giving Hearts Day has generated contributions for charities across North Dakota and northwest Minnesota totaling almost $226 million. In fiscal year 2025, Foundation staff along with the new GHD mascot, Henry the Heart, led and coordinated the complex undertaking of managing 619 charities in helping raise $31.6 million dollars from nearly 41,000 donors who made 86,590 donations and experienced the region's most generous day. Six charities raised more than $1 million each. 310 region wide businesses engaged in GHD by either promoting, donating, encouraging employee donations, distributing GHD gift cards or hosting goods drives. Food and goods were collected and distributed by 159 locations. 8,105 gift cards were distributed. 484 acts of service were reported and pledged. Giving Hearts Day 2025 featured the second annual Live Giving Hearts Day show which was hosted by local TV station WDAY and aired region-wide featuring a mix of charity profiles, live interviews, and giveaways were featured. The Foundations have provided nearly $7.75 million in matching fund grants and incentive grants for participating organizations since inception.HEALTH AND WELLBEINGIn FY25 Dakota Medical Foundation and Impact Foundation continued the Lead with LIGHT initiative. The program offers hope and replaces doubt, despair and lack of direction. Lead with LIGHT is a leadership program that aims to help leaders develop their capabilities to create civil, healthy, high-performing environments where those around them will shine their brightest. The ultimate vision is to grow and develop thousands of Leaders of LIGHT across the region to ignite a movement to see light, be light, and spread light.Lead with Hope & VisionInstill Meaning & Purpose in All We DoGalvanize GratitudeHonor Health: Mind, Body, and SpiritTalk, Walk, and Model Civility, Kindness, Respect Forgiveness, and Love for AllIn FY2024, the Foundations hosted two in-person events with the first session focused on Talking, walking, and modeling civility, kindness, respect, forgiveness, and love for all. The session explained how we are living in perhaps the most remarkable and challenging time in our nation's history in terms of incivility and how we treat one another. The session focused on ways to master and model the behaviors of civility, forgiveness, and love for all. The second session focused on Honoring Health by learning to become better in mind, body, and spirit and inspiring those around us to become better as well. In October of 2024, Dakota Medical and Impact Foundations co-hosted a summit alongside the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation featuring New York Times Best-Selling Author and distinguished professor at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, Arthur Brooks. More than 700 attendees packed the Fargo Theatre to hear Arthur Brooks share how we can manage our own happiness by focusing on Faith, Family, Friends and Serving others.In FY2025, the Lead with LIGHT sessions continued beginning with a session focused on the importance of Galvanizing Gratitude and how gratitude emits positive energy which leads to building stronger relationships with co-workers, board members, volunteers, ambassadors, customers, and donors which further results in organizations being more impactful in the community. The Foundations followed up with two more sessions focused on Infusing Meaning & Purpose into Everything You Do and leading with Hope and Vision for a Better Tomorrow. An additional training conducted in 2025 in both Fargo, ND, and Bismarck, ND, was "Battle for Our Attention" that gathered hundreds of existing and emerging leaders. This topic falls under the "H Honor Health: Mind, Body, and Spirit and focuses on the constant barrage of second-by-second distractions that cause us to spend days mindlessly switching from on interruption to another. The sessions included assessments, group excerises and time with one another.The message of hope is also posted on the Lead with Light blog which can be accessed at https://leadingwithlight.org/blog/. Topics covered include "The importance of Texting Less and Talking More', "Conquering Criticism", and "Invisibility IS a Leadership Superpower". In addition, a biweekly newsletter is also distributed covering such topics as the importance of setting high standards, eating right, gratitude, physical activity, the power of purpose and many others.DMF continues to focus on health and wellbeing by illuminating significant health challenges and ways to solve them. Digital addiction is causing an increase in rates of health issues such as anxiety, depression, suicide, obesity, chronic illness, and loneliness. DMF helps in solving these challenges by creating an awareness though various presentations such as a parent education training series, "Healthy Technology for A Techwise Community", and "Unlocking the Digital Dilemma. DMF has also developed the "Healthy Tech Toolkit for Parents A Practical Guide for Building a Tech-Healthy Family". The Foundations also joined the Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo Chamber of Commerce in launching Tech Free Tuesdays at local restaurants to encourage connection over distraction, and to help our community reclaim what matters most quality time with the people we love, one meal at a time.Throughout FY2025 DMF had 12 fiscal sponsor projects which focused on health issues.DONOR FULFILLMENTCharitable funds, family donor advised funds, and endowments offer individuals, families, businesses, and community groups ways to leave a legacy and impact the region's health and quality of life. 6515741 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 1 17 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 12 12 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 MN X Damon Gleave 7012710263 4321 20th Ave S Fargo ND 58103 Rob Lauf DDS Chair 2.00 4.00 X X 0 0 0 Nola McNeally JD Vice Chair 1.00 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Chris Kennelly Secretary 1.00 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Eric Monson Treasurer 1.00 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Susan Mathison MD Past Chair 1.00 2.00 X X 0 0 0 David Akkerman MD Director 1.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Barbra Brookshire OD Director 1.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Julene Brown RN Director 1.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jessica Kuhn CNP Director 1.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Kim Meyer Director 1.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Thompson Director 1.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Vanessa Coulter APRN CNP Director 1.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 J Patrick Traynor Executive Director (Until June) 20.00 21.00 X 177080 328863 93585 Damon Gleave CFOInterim Executive Director (from June) 22.00 18.00 X 67540 55259 20044 Michael Schumacher CIODirector for The Center of Excellence 17.00 23.00 X 108233 143471 54333 Jeana Peinovich Lend a Hand Up Director 35.00 0.00 X 100561 0 52179 Amanda Sayre Giving Hearts Day Director 40.00 0.00 X 122650 0 30678 576064 527593 250819 4 0 1 0 SEI Investment Management 1 Freedom Valley Drive Oaks PA 19456 Investment Management 310646 1 SERVICE CONTRACT 900099 36233 36233 36233 2809741 12768 2796973 3436975 0 3436975 3436975 3436975 6282949 36233 12768 6233948 3959933 3959933 486223 399532 86691 793793 649086 144707 100919 84867 16052 119838 102276 17562 87748 72253 15495 20534 20534 363399 327059 36340 139599 53085 86514 163978 163978 75164 47349 27815 65821 28273 37548 67189 2704 64485 15000 5748 9252 45214 23429 21785 34821 29171 5650 Giving Hearts Day 495668 495668 Dues & Subscriptions 43119 14423 28696 56907 56907 7134867 6515741 619126 0 2822113 516023 2323 67275 65041265 67044682 18184390 19904094 1957221 1957221 88007312 89489295 318957 258081 825743 1370183 1144700 1628264 X 86459339 87801932 403273 59099 86862612 87861031 88007312 89489295 -851918 1850337 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X X 2 Dakota Medical Foundation 456012318 7 1 3356174 0 Class of Supported Organizations 000000000 7 0 602759 0 2 3958933 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Part IV, Section A, Line 1: Dakota Medical Foundation is specified by name in the organization's governing documents. In addition, the governing documents specify a class of organizations operated exclusively for one or more purposes described in Section 501(c)(3) that are exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(a) and the support of which is consistent with the charitable health-related purposes of Dakota Medical Foundation. The organization supports Dakota Medical Foundation and other 501(c)(3) organizations that fall within the charitable health-related purposes of Dakota Medical Foundation. 59099 59099 59099 59099 59099 59099 59099 59099 59099 59099 0.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0 0 0 SEI Special Situations Fund 11713340 F Sterling Office & Industrial Trust 3351569 F Edgewood REIT 1469929 F SEI GPA - Private Equity 3039599 F Sterling Multifamily Trust 329657 F 19904094 Due to Related Parties 1370183 1370183 X 4769887 1850337 -3000000 -1149663 5919550 363399 363399 6282949 3771468 0 3771468 363399 3000000 3363399 7134867 Part V, Line 4: Dakota Medical Charities' endowment consists of a fund established by a donor to support the mission and programs within Dakota Medical Charities' service area. The corpus of the donor restricted endowment will be maintained in perpetuity, or as otherwise directed under the donor agreement. Part X, Line 2: Dakota Medical Charities believes it has appropriate support for any tax positions taken affecting the annual Form 990 filing requirements, and as such, does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the consolidated financial statements. Dakota Medical Charities would recognize future accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax liabilities in income tax expense if such interest and penalties are incurred. Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Related Party Transfer -3,000,000. Part XII, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Related Party Transfer 3,000,000. Central America and the Caribbean - Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, 0 0 Investments 11713000 0 0 0 0 0 0 11713000 0 11713000 1 0 1 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part IV: The Foundation reviews its direct and indirect investments during the tax period for determining required foreign filings. The Foundation has ownership interests in a foreign corporation. The Foundation would file Form 5471 or Form 926 if the ownership met the requirements for filing. The Foundation's ownership in the foreign corporation did not require filing Form 5471. The Foundation's ownership in the foreign corporation did not require filing Form 926. 1 Amistad Worldwide 23797 County Highway 22 Detroit Lakes MN 56501 273569895 501(c)(3) 9000 0 develop the potential and dignity of the world's poorest people Anne Carlsen Center 701 3rd Street NW Jamestown ND 58401 870694180 501(c)(3) 5250 0 support for kids with disabilities and special education needs Churches United for the Homeless 1901 1st Ave N Moorhead MN 56560 411594892 501(c)(3) 15550 0 support shelter and food for homeless Dakota Medical Foundation 4321 20th Ave S Fargo ND 58103 456012318 501(c)(3) 3356174 0 support DMF Center of Excellence non-profit center Emerging Prairie 118 Broadway N Suite S1 Fargo ND 58102 810742137 501(c)(3) 11000 0 provide support for the annual Fargo TEDx event. Essentia Health-Fargo Foundation 3000 32nd Avenue S Fargo ND 58103 271984704 501(c)(3) 10000 0 program support for health-related services Fargo Moorhead Area Foundation 409 7th St S Fargo ND 58103 456010377 501(c)(3) 10000 0 support to Fiscal sponsor project Folkways Red River Market Farm Rescue 11202 38th St S PO Box 28 Horace ND 58047 753174053 501(c)(3) 10000 0 support to farm and ranch families facing crises Fraser Ltd 2902 South University Dr Fargo ND 58103 450226418 501(c)(3) 5813 0 provide essential resources, housing, and care to help individuals Furniture Mission of the Red River Valley 2600 3rd Avenue North Suite 1 Fargo ND 58102 842865001 501(c)(3) 7500 0 provide gently-used furniture at no cost to people in crisis Haley's Hope Inc 1150 Prairie Pkwy West Fargo ND 58078 454502660 501(c)(3) 6350 0 helping children with dyslexia become confident learners Heartview Foundation - Cando 7884 68th Ave NE Cando ND 58324 450282159 501(c)(3) 7250 0 provide Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy to those with addiction HERO 5012 53rd Street S Suite C Fargo ND 58104 450457109 501(c)(3) 5500 0 provide health-related services by recycling healthcare equipment HOPE Inc 810 4th Ave S Ste 104 Moorhead MN 56560 416038553 501(c)(3) 5500 0 sporting & recreational opportunities to those with mobility challenges Kamp KACE PO Box 6462 Fargo ND 58109 450452459 501(c)(3) 7350 0 memorable camp experience for school-aged children with cancer Landon's Light Foundation 3941 4th Street East West Fargo ND 58078 843421530 501(c)(3) 7750 0 support children and families battling medical illness Lend A Hand Up 4321 20th Ave S Fargo ND 58103 824471241 501(c)(3) 14000 0 financial and community support for individuals experiencing a medical crisis Memory Cafe of the Red River Valley 1122 1st Ave N Fargo ND 58102 822788530 501(c)(3) 11500 0 provide a safe, supportive and welcoming environment for those affected by memory loss North Dakota Dental Foundation 4321 20th Ave S Fargo ND 58103 363487515 501(c)(3) 15000 0 support Mission of Mercy free dental care clinic Oak Grove Lutheran School 124 N Terrace N Fargo ND 58102 450226473 501(c)(3) 8500 0 inspiring students to impact God's world through Academics, Faith and Service Peace Academy Inc 4321 20th Ave S Fargo ND 58103 874363560 501(c)(3) 10500 0 provide support to "Nurtured Heart Approach" child care program Red River Children's Advocacy Center 2601 12th Ave S Suite B Fargo ND 58103 201095721 501(c)(3) 14500 0 provide support, healing, and justice for children who have experienced abuse or trauma. RiverView Foundation 321 S Minnesota Street Crookston MN 56716 411699589 501(c)(3) 10000 0 provide support to RiverView Health located in Crookston, MN Ronald McDonald House Charities of Bismarck ND 609 N 7th Street Bismarck ND 58501 363705683 501(c)(3) 8500 0 program support to provide housing for family members of critically ill children Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Red River Valley 4757 Agassiz Xing S Fargo ND 58104 450365598 501(c)(3) 7000 0 program support to provide housing for family members of critically ill children Soul Solutions Recovery Center Inc 1801 38th Street S Fargo ND 58103 843025490 501(c)(3) 31000 0 support for people suffering from substance use disorders Saint Gianna's Home Inc 15605 County Road 15 Minto ND 582619476 010575746 501(c)(3) 12500 0 program support for health-related services St John Paull II Catholic Schools 5600 25th St S Fargo ND 58104 450403317 501(c)(3) 6000 0 support the teaching of a total person by inspiring virtue and excellence as taught by the Catholic Church UND Alumni Association & Foundation 3501 University Ave Stop 8157 Grand Forks ND 582028157 450348296 501(c)(3) 55000 0 fund student scholarships, enhance campus resources and support groundbreaking programs Valley Christian Counseling 1112 Nodak Drive Fargo ND 58103 450419100 501(c)(3) 6000 0 improve access for physical, mental and spiritual wellness Youthworks 217 W Rosser Ave Bismarck ND 58501 460345922 501(c)(3) 10500 0 support transitional housing and youth homelessness projects YWCA Cass Clay 4650 38th Ave S Suite 110 Fargo ND 581048529 450226435 501(c)(3) 24000 0 provide emergency shelter services for women and children and other health related services. 32 0 Part I, Line 2: The Foundation has the following grant programs, and the annual budgeted amounts are approved by the Board: Program Grants (including Innovation grants, Responsive grants, Board discretionary grants, the Member and Staff Match Program, Giving Hearts Day Awards & Incentives, and Named Fund and Fiscal Sponsor grants) and the Strategic Platform Initiatives: Health & Wellbeing, and Organizational Effectiveness. For the named fund and fiscal sponsor grants, the advisor of the fund or fiscal sponsor project makes a recommendation for the grant on a grant request form. The Director of Development and Development Specialist confirm that the recommendation fits within the guidelines of the fund/fiscal sponsor agreement, that the recommended grantee has 501c3 status, verifies there are sufficient funds available for the grant and submits the grant request to the Executive Director for final approval. Any charitable grant that is $10,000 or more is sent with a grant agreement for the receiving organization to review, sign, and return. They are then required to provide the Foundation with an Impact report within a year of receiving the funds. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J Patrick Traynor Executive Director (Until June) 141123 262085 34546 64157 1411 2621 0 50339 0 44535 177080 423737 0 0 Michael Schumacher CIODirector for The Center of Excellence 80906 107247 26883 35636 444 588 35771 0 19852 0 163856 143471 0 0 Amanda Sayre Giving Hearts Day Director 108840 0 13750 0 60 0 18737 0 12554 0 153941 0 0 0 Jeana Peinovich Lend a Hand Up Director 83411 0 17150 0 0 0 17750 0 35085 0 153396 0 0 0 Part I, Line 3 The Executive Director is an employee of Dakota Medical Foundation, a related organization. The Executive Director's compensation is determined by the Executive Committee of the Foundations. The Executive Committee serves as the compensation committee and uses the following: independent compensation consultant, Form 990 of other organizations, compensation survey or study, and approval by the Board or compensation committee. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 1a The Executive Committee will be comprised of the Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, the Chairs of the High Impact Governance Committee, the Finance/Investment Committee, and up to two Board Members At-Large. The Immediate Past Chair shall also serve on the Executive Committee. The Board Member(s) At-Large shall be elected by the Board at its organizational meeting. Four (4) members of the total committee membership shall be members of the medical staff of hospitals or clinics. The Executive Committee: A. Shall be responsible for the day-to-day activities of the Foundations. B. May review actions of all the Foundation's committees and give recommendations to the Board. C. Shall annually evaluate the performance of the Executive Director and may appoint a Compensation Subcommittee to conduct the evaluation. D. Shall set the Executive Director's annual compensation and terms of employment. E. Shall recommend to the Board a process for recruiting and selecting an Executive Director of the Foundations in the event of a vacancy in the position. F. Shall review and recommend to the Board the number and salary ranges of all staff of the Foundations. G. Shall review and may make expenditures up to and including fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) without Board approval unless otherwise specifically prohibited. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 Damon Gleave (CFO) and Michael Schumacher (CIO) have a business relationship, as employees of Dakota Medical Charities (a related organization), with J. Patrick Traynor who serves as the President and is an employee of Dakota Medical Foundation, (10.1.24-5.31.25) and the Board members of the Foundations pursuant to the business relationship definition per IRS guidelines. Board members include: Barbra Brookshire, OD, Julene Brown, RN, Chris Kennelly, Susan Mathison, M.D., Jennifer Thompson, Eric Monson, Rob Lauf, DDS, Nola McNeally, Kim Meyer, David Akkerman, M.D., Vanessa Coulter and Jessica Kuhn, NP. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 The sole member of the organization is Dakota Medical Foundation. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a The voting board members of Dakota Medical Charities consist of the voting members that have been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of Dakota Medical Foundation. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b The sole member, Dakota Medical Foundation, has the power and right, prior to the Board of Directors taking final action, to approve or reject or consent on the following matters: -The adoption and implementation of annual operating and capital budgets; -Capital expenditures in excess of any specific limit that may from time to time be established; -The sale or transfer of assets other than in the ordinary course of business; -Any amendment of the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws; -Merger, reorganization, dissolution, or transfer of any substantial portion of the assets; -The incurrence of debt; -The compensation of officers; -The adoption and modification of employee benefit plans. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Form 990 is provided to all Board members for review and comment prior to filing. In addition, the filed copy is presented as an agenda item at the next scheduled Board meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Board Members and staff are annually required to review and declare conflicts. Members of the Foundations' management follow written procedures for staff conflicts. Board Members abstain from voting on any issues that create a conflict of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15b The Executive Director's performance and compensation are reviewed annually by the Executive Committee. The Executive Director's compensation changes are approved by the Board. The Executive Director's compensation was reviewed in July 2022 by RPVerchota & Associates LLC, an independent human resource consulting firm engaged by the Board to establish a reasonable and competitive base compensation range. Changes to compensation in subsequent years are based on the established range, performance and inflationary changes, and compared with the Council on Foundations' annual salary surveys and other available relevant sources. Other staff compensation ranges are reviewed by the Executive Committee and/or the Executive Director and compared periodically with the Council on Foundations' salary surveys and other available relevant sources. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The Foundations make their governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and audited consolidated financial statements available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: The Finance/Investment Committee has responsibility for oversight of the annual audit of the Foundations' consolidated financial statements and the selection of an independent accountant. The Finance/Investment Committee recommends to the Board of Directors for approval the results of the annual audit and the annual selection of the independent accountant. Dakota Medical Foundation 4321 20th Ave S Fargo ND 58103 456012318 Contributions & assistance to other non-profit organizations ND 501(c)(3) Line 7 N/A 0 Lend A Hand Up 4321 20th Ave S Fargo ND 58103 824471241 Supporting Organization ND 501(c)(3) Line 12a, I Dakota Medical Foundation 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0