FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

2450 RIVERSIDE AVE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55454-1450

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

James Hereford, 2450 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454

Signed the 990

James Hereford, President/CEO

Phone

(612) 672-4976

Website

www.fairview.org

Return prepared by

Ernst & Young US LLP

Mission

Mission: Fairview is driven to heal, discover and educate for longer, healthier lives. Vision: Fairview is driving a healthier future. Values: Dignity: We value the uniqueness of each person and work to ensure everyone's right to privacy. We respect the cultures, values, beliefs and traditions of others and honor their talents and contributions. Integrity: We say what we mean and do what we say. We communicate openly and honestly and behave ethically. We demand the best of ourselves and accept shared accountability for our actions. Service: We work to make a difference in people's lives and in our communities. We strive for excellence by anticipating, meeting and exceeding expectations. We continually improve our programs and skills through learning and innovation. We responsibly manage our resources.

Program accomplishments

• Fairview Health Services is an integrated academic health system located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and, along with its affiliates and subsidiaries, is one of the leading health care providers in Minnesota with $8 billion in operating revenue for 2024. Fairview offers a broad continuum of health care services through its hospitals, clinics, and other health care related operations and is a Minnesota nonprofit corporation that is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The most recent community health needs assessment (CHNA) identified 3 key areas as the greatest needs in our community - navigating and accessing care and resources; healing, connectedness, and mental health; structural racism and barriers to equity. Fairview Health Services is meeting the needs of the community by focusing on racial and ethnic populations experiencing health disparities and people experiencing poverty through partnering with the community to build solutions, removing barriers to create and expand relevant programs and focused services. Please see Schedule H for a description of additional services, community benefit activities, and the full spectrum of charity care that Fairview Health Services provides to the community. Fairview serves the entire twelve-county Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area, as well as communities throughout greater Minnesota and portions of Northern Iowa and Western Wisconsin, and the Dakotas. It is one of the most comprehensive and geographically accessible systems in Minnesota. The Fairview System consists of ten hospitals, including M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center and M Health Fairview Masonic Children's Hospital (collectively, "UMMC"), which is the adult and pediatric teaching hospital of the University of Minnesota. UMMC along with seven of Fairview's other hospitals in the Metro Area. Fairview also has two hospitals located in northern Minnesota. Fairview operates over 80 primary and specialty care clinics, 37 retail and specialty pharmacies, pharmacy benefit management services, rehabilitation centers, a physician network, senior care housing and long- term care facilities, medical transportation and has ownership interest in six ambulatory care centers. Fairview, through its integrated care model, aims to deliver the benefits of academic medicine to more patients and families by expanding care, research, and education by offering access to a greater pool of physicians and patients, while seeking to reduce the total cost of care for patients. Fairview, the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Physicians approved an agreement which became effective in late 2018 (the "M Health Fairview Agreement"). While the parties maintain their separate governance, the M Health Fairview Agreement further aligned operations across the clinical delivery system and enhances research and education by creating a joint clinical enterprise among the parties. The M Health Fairview Agreement brings together UMMC, Fairview's community hospitals and primary care clinics, and other services. All are part of a shared care delivery system that is led by a single structure that includes academic physician leadership. The goal of the joint clinical enterprise is to create a nationally-renowned academic health system. This care system operates under a single brand, M Health Fairview, which is inclusive of Fairview's ten hospitals and its clinics. Fairview owns and operates the following hospitals: UMMC, M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital, M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital, M Health Fairview Lakes Medical Center, M Health Fairview Northland Medical Center, Fairview University Medical Center - Mesabi ("Range"), Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital, M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital, M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital and M Health Fairview Bethesda Long Term Acute Hospital. As of December 31, 2024, the Fairview System Hospitals had a total of 3,529 licensed beds, 1,814 available beds and 1,597 staffed beds. Fairview operates their more than 80 primary and specialty care clinics throughout the Metro Area, greater Minnesota and western Wisconsin. These clinics offer services in over 70 medical specialties, including family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology, heart care, cancer care, otolaryngology, transplant care, and orthopedics. As of December 31, 2024, Fairview owned all or a portion of six ambulatory surgery centers located in the Metro Area. Fairview and Fairview Pharmacy Services own and operate pharmacies at 37 locations, including a network of retail pharmacies, oncology pharmacies, two home infusion pharmacies (Minneapolis and Duluth, Minnesota), and a specialty pharmacy. M Health Fairview Rehabilitation Services ("MHFRS") provides a full continuum of inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services for pediatric and adult patients as well as an inpatient rehabilitation facility, a hospital based skilled nursing facility and an adult day program. In addition to providing inpatient services in eight hospitals, MHFRS has 54 outpatient hospital based and free-standing clinics that serve pediatric and adult patients. Specialty services include rehabilitation in the following areas: Cardiac and Pulmonary rehabilitation, Audiology, Orthopedic, Sports related injuries, Neurological, Vestibular, and Cancer Rehab. Hand therapy services are also provided in seven locations. MHFRS serves about 750,000 patient visits/year. M Health Fairview Emergency Medical Services offers emergency medical services and scheduled transportation across the Metro Area and supports the community by responding to more than 60,000 calls annually. Ebenezer, a non-profit subsidiary of Fairview, provides long-term senior care facilities, senior housing, and adult care services. Ebenezer's goal is to provide a supportive environment where older adults can pursue longer, healthier, and more meaningful lives. COMMUNITY COMMITMENT Fairview, an anchor institution rooted in our communities, is in a unique position to be a catalyst for progress and change. A member of the Healthcare Anchor Network ("HAN") - a group of like-minded healthcare organizations committed to building more inclusive and sustainable local economies across the country - Fairview continues to invest heavily in the health and wellness of its local communities. This commitment includes education, training, community programs, and research, as well as significant investments in care delivery. Fairview is reducing the impact racial or ethnic populations experiencing health disparities face through its multi-cultural mobile vaccination program, founded in 2006. Trust, cost, and transportation are three of the most significant barriers to healthcare access. Fairview partners with nearly 200 community partners to offer free, accessible vaccinations in trusted spaces with appropriate language and cultural considerations. Further, Fairview's longstanding relationship with local public health agencies and community partners has allowed Fairview to provide staffing, coordination, and outreach for mobile vaccination clinics at schools, public high rises, community centers, churches, and other locations, increasing vaccine access to those in the area. From January 2021 (when Fairview initiated its free community COVID vaccination clinics) through December 31, 2024, the team hosted 2,323 total vaccination events and distributed 67,941 COVID vaccines, 30,088 flu shots, and 2,259 mpox vaccines. Access to nutritious food is an important part of an individual's health. Another example of Fairview's community investment is its Food is Medicine programs. Fairview is driving innovative strategies to advance food security to reduce health disparities and diet-related health conditions, cultivate trusting and engaged partnerships to build and share resources, and nurture just and equitable food systems. Our fresh food prescription programs support the consumption of meals at home for improved health outcomes by providing culturally appropriate, locally grown produce, protein, and pantry staples to patients and community members experiencing food insecurity. Fairview is committed to contracting with local Black, Indigenous, and People of Color ("BIPOC")- and/or women-owned growers and producers in support of our local food economy. Our health system is also partnering with local nonprofits to expand food access and distribution. On average, 100,000 pounds of food are packaged weekly at the Fairview Community Health and Wellness Hub food hub.
  Expenses $2,263,800,596 · grants $68,708 · revenue $3,089,916,761
• Cost of participating in government programs: Fairview is committed to serving the health care needs of members of its community. To support full access to services, Fairview participates in the following public health care programs: Medicare, Medicaid, and MinnesotaCare. Reimbursement from these programs for services rendered, generally falls below the cost of providing the care. To compensate for the under funding by government programs, Fairview makes a significant financial investment to offset these losses. While Fairview is a tax-exempt entity, it does support its local communities through various taxes it pays. In 2024, Fairview Health Services paid approximately $100 million in real estate, sales, unrelated business income and Minnesota Care taxes. In 2024, Fairview incurred $68,527,156 of medical taxes and surcharge costs in health care services that exceeded the reimbursement received by public programs, surcharge, medical taxes and fees related to these programs and not including Medicare. The following is a breakdown on costs related to the cost of participating in government programs: Costs exceed Medicaid Reimbursement: Fairview is serving thousands of low- income individuals covered by Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare. Reimbursement from these programs is less than Fairview's cost of providing care to these patients. Total Medicaid surcharge tax costs related to hospitals, pharmacies, and surgical centers was $30,867,217. MinnesotaCare tax: The state of Minnesota levies a 2 percent tax on certain healthcare provider revenues. Money generated from this tax helps to defray the costs incurred from MinnesotaCare and other programs/services for uninsured individuals. In 2024, Fairview paid $37,659,939 in MinnesotaCare taxes. Taxes and fees: Fairview does pay some property tax to local and state government. This helps to fund civil and educational services in the community. The real estate costs for 2024 totaled $1,500,198 and the sales and income taxes totaled $7,797,140. Costs exceeding Medicare Reimbursement: Fairview cares for thousands of individuals ages 65 and older who are covered by Medicare. Fairview incurred $140,280,848 of Medicare reimbursement shortfalls. Reimbursement from Medicare is less than Fairview's cost of providing care to the patient. The total cost of providing these benefits was $1,574,707,215.
  Expenses $1,652,531,709 · revenue $1,960,118,619
• The primary purpose of our educational and research programs is to benefit patients and the community at large by educating health professionals both within Fairview and in the broader community, and by fostering advances in knowledge and evidence-based improvements to clinical treatments and approaches to health care delivery. The Office of the Chief Academic Officer champions the work of the research and education teams at M Health Fairview. The CAO leverages resources across the M Health Fairview partnership to improve research and education in the system, creates significant milestones on our journey to becoming a learning health system, utilizes a Clinical Learner Experience survey to continually improve the education and connection with our future healthcare workforce, and builds out research support services to support systemwide studies. RESEARCH - Research is an integral and critical component in providing exceptional care to patients and the community. As an academic health system, M Health Fairview is committed to clinical innovation. A young patient was living with a horrible disease with no previously known cure. Through the care of our teams and a new kind of treatment, the patient is now doing remarkably well. While this is one patient's story, it's a "We, Together" story. We, together, ran a clinical trial that helped discover the promise of this new treatment. And we, together, not only cared for this young patient but had a role in training those who did. Throughout 2024, there were many more We, Together stories. We, together, are making our system an easy and efficient place to do practice-changing research and deliver leading-edge care. Together, we recruited 6,273 new patient accruals for clinical trials across M Health Fairview, exceeding our target for 2024. In particular, our Fairview Frontiers team continues to outperform other sites in recruiting patients, especially BIPOC populations, in wearable device trials. In 2024, the M Health Fairview Clinical Research Unit (CRU) began conducting cellular therapies, after conducting gene therapy studies for the first time in 2023, all while working to expand access beyond clinic hours. Work on a pediatric CRU culminated with the opening of the Blythe Brenden Children's Clinical Research Center, which saw its first patient at the end of 2024. Experts in our system developed our own pharmacogenomics testing, helping our care teams treat patients faster and avoid the long wait times that outsourced testing creates. Nearly 450,000 M Health Fairview patients have participated in studies that improved healthcare practices, conducted by investigators in the University of Minnesota Center for Learning Health System Sciences RapidEval program. Studies on COVID-19 in our system continue to have far-reaching effects. Since 2020, 68 University of Minnesota researchers have collaborated with others from more than 100 other organizations, participating in 17 projects, authoring 25 papers, and leading substantial work as part of the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C). EDUCATION - The education team is focused on the learner, the educator, and education program support. The team strives to provide an exceptional clinical education experience for all our learners in a team-based best practice care setting. As an academic health system, we're committed to training the next generation of healthcare workers by providing the best team-focused clinical education experience for a diverse and representative group of learners. When learners do better, their patients do better. We, together, also continue to build on our reputation for providing a top-class clinical learning experience among learners and academic partners. A Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) visit from the ACGME this year provided a great opportunity to demonstrate all we, together, have built and the vast improvements we've made for all of our learners. We received a 30% expansion of Graduate Medical Education slots in Fairview hospitals for the coming years, an unusually large increase that greatly expands our ability to train the next generation of healthcare professionals. Our Clinical Learning Environment surveys and Preceptor surveys continue to show improving scores over the course of 2024. Our preceptors, pacesetters, and teams continue to build the connections with learners that encourage them to start their careers with us when they graduate. Our work with providers to train the next generation of healthcare professionals includes supporting hundreds of student observations. Cost of Providing Research and Education: During the year, Fairview has created more access to clinical trials for patients throughout the region and built a reputation amongst learners and academic partners for providing a top-class clinical learning experience. Fairview has committed to training the next generation of healthcare workers by providing the best team-focused clinical education experience for learners. The current year net community benefit for providing this education experience is $201,899,356. Fairview is committed to clinical innovation. Since 2019, new and enhanced capabilities have been created that greatly increase our capacity to make medical discoveries. The current year net community benefit for providing the clinical trial experience is $3,937,360.
  Expenses $232,792,147 · revenue $26,955,431

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

41-0991680

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Hospital or medical research organization

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1973

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Health care (E210)

Assets (IRS master file)

$6,494,256,080

Income (IRS master file)

$6,076,218,407

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 41-0991680).

Questions about FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES

What is the EIN of FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES?

The employer identification number (EIN) of FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES is 41-0991680.

Is FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1973.

Are donations to FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Who is the principal officer of FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names James Hereford.

Who are the officers and directors of FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 37 people; 33 received compensation from the organization, the highest $4,854,478 (James Hereford, President & CEO).

How much revenue does FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $5,326,063,577, expenses of $4,885,812,724 and total assets of $6,494,256,080 at year end.

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