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VALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION

PHOENIX, AZ · EIN 860777567 · Form 990 · FY2022 · NTEE E058 · Health Care · Large ($10M-$50M) · valleywisehealthfoundation.org
revenue
$10.6M
expenses
$12.2M
net assets
$4.3M
employees
15
volunteers
100
program ratio
85%
mission · from form 990

Valleywise Health Foundation is the Phoenix-based 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to providing financial support to Arizonas public teaching health system, Valleywise Health, for critical patient and program needs. Key funding areas include, burn survivorship care, innovative behavioral health programs, and teaching tomorrows health care professionals. The Valleywise Health mission is to provide exceptional care, without exception, every patient, every time regardless of a patients ability to pay. More than 65 percent of Valleywise Healths patients are financially vulnerable.

profile · synthesized from sources

VALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION is a nonprofit organization that provides financial support for critical patient and program needs at Valleywise Health, Arizona's public teaching health system. It raises funds for programs, educational resources, research, and patient services, focusing on supporting vulnerable families and children across Maricopa County.

named programs · 8 · from sources

what they call their work

Annual Backpack Event
Distributes backpacks filled with school supplies to children in need each year from May through July to support educational readiness.
Behavioral Health
Supports Valleywise Health’s behavioral health programs, including inpatient care, integrated mental and physical health services, treatment for serious mental illness, and specialized care for youth experiencing psychosis.
Burn Survivorship Care
Provides comprehensive physical, emotional, and psychosocial support for burn survivors and their families at the Diane & Bruce Halle Arizona Burn Center, the only nationally verified adult and pediatric burn center in the Southwest.
Family Resource Centers
Operates eight Family Resource Centers across the Valley that provide parenting classes, nutrition education, financial literacy, child development resources, and monthly learning activity packets.
Family and Pediatrics
Funds pediatric services including pediatric ICU, trauma care, Arizona’s only pediatric burn unit, and Child Life programs that support young patients through play and emotional care.
Holiday Angel Project
Provides diapers, wipes, hygiene products, and baby blankets to refugee and low-income families through an annual donation drive.
Medical Education
Supports graduate medical education, residency programs, simulation training, and the development of future healthcare professionals at Valleywise Health’s teaching hospital.
Refugee Health Services
Offers culturally sensitive care to refugee women and children through the Refugee Women’s Health Clinic, supported by Cultural Health Navigators and care teams.
activities · 8 groups

what they do

  • Back-to-School Supplies Distribution 7 activities
    • Community Outreach and Education
      Organizes events and donation drives to support patients and families, prepares and distributes backpacks with school supplies to children annually, and supports literacy programs.
    • Community Outreach and Support Events
      Organizes events, donation drives, and programs to support patients and families at Valleywise Health, including co-organizing a seven-day climb of Mount Kilimanjaro with burn survivors to raise awareness and producing the documentary "Courage Rising." Also supports literacy programs and an annual backpack drive, distributing school supplies to children.
    • Community Outreach and Support Events
      Organizes events, donation drives, and programs to support patients and families at Valleywise Health, including an annual Backpack Event that distributes school supplies to children and supports literacy programs.
    • Community Outreach and Support Events
      Organizes events, donation drives, and programs to support patients and families at Valleywise Health, including an annual Backpack Event that distributes school supplies to children and supports literacy programs.
    • Community Support and Outreach
      Prepares and distributes backpacks filled with school supplies to children annually through the Backpack Event, supports literacy programs, and organizes events and donation drives to support patients and families at Valleywise Health.
    • Community engagement and donation drives
      Organizes events, donation drives, and programs to support patients and families across Valleywise Health facilities.
    • Patient and family resource distribution programs
      Prepares and distributes backpacks filled with school supplies annually through the Backpack Event, supports literacy initiatives, and provides staple items to recovering patients to improve comfort during healing.
  • Graduate Medical Education Residency Programs 7 activities
    • Faculty and resident education support program
      Runs the Herbert Johnson Louis MD Faculty and Resident Education Program, which offers mentoring, coaching, and educational enrichment for medical residents and faculty.
    • Medical Education and Training
      Operates one of Arizona's largest and longest-running physician training programs, established in 1952, providing clinical training for full-time GME residents, rotating residents, medical and nursing students, and allied health students across multiple specialties. It also supports the creation of new residency programs and offers mentoring and educational enrichment for residents and faculty through the Herbert Johnson Louis MD Faculty and Resident Education Program.
    • Medical Education and Training
      Operates one of Arizona's largest and longest-running physician training programs, established in 1952, providing clinical training for full-time GME residents, rotating residents, medical and nursing students, and allied health students across multiple specialties, and supports the creation of new residency programs.
    • Medical Education and Training
      Operates one of Arizona's largest and longest-running physician training programs, established in 1952, providing clinical training for full-time GME residents, rotating residents, medical and nursing students, and allied health students across multiple specialties. This includes supporting the creation of a new Anesthesiology Residency Program and running the Herbert Johnson Louis MD Faculty and Resident Education Program for mentoring and educational enrichment.
    • Medical Education and Training
      Operates one of Arizona's largest and longest-running physician training programs, established in 1952, providing clinical training for full-time GME residents, rotating residents, medical and nursing students, and allied health students across multiple specialties. It also supports the creation of new residency programs and offers mentoring and educational enrichment for residents and faculty through the Herbert Johnson Louis MD Faculty and Resident Education Program.
    • Medical education and residency training programs
      Operates one of Arizona’s largest physician training programs established in 1952, providing clinical training for GME residents, medical and nursing students, and allied health professionals; supports development of new residency programs such as in Anesthesiology to address workforce shortages.
    • Resident and Faculty Education Program
      Runs the Herbert Johnson Louis MD Faculty and Resident Education Program, which provides mentoring, coaching, and educational enrichment for residents and faculty.
  • Online Hunting and Trapping Advocacy Forums 7 activities
    • Fundraising and Financial Support
      Raises private and philanthropic funds to support Valleywise Health programs, providing $6.5 million in support in 2024.
    • Fundraising and Financial Support
      Raises private and philanthropic funds to support Valleywise Health programs, providing $6.5 million in support in 2024.
    • Fundraising and Financial Support for Programs
      Raises private and philanthropic funds to support Valleywise Health programs, providing $6.5 million in support to Valleywise Health programs and services in 2024.
    • Fundraising and Financial Support for Valleywise Health
      Raises private and philanthropic funds to support Valleywise Health programs, providing $6.5 million in support in 2024.
    • Fundraising and Philanthropic Support
      Raises private and philanthropic funds to support Valleywise Health programs, providing $6.5 million in support in 2024.
    • Fundraising and Philanthropic Support
      Raises private and philanthropic funds to support Valleywise Health programs and services, providing $6.5 million in support in 2024.
    • Philanthropic fundraising for health programs
      Raises private and philanthropic funds to support Valleywise Health programs, providing $6.5 million in support to services in 2024.
  • Family Support and Resource Referral Services 6 activities
    • Family and community support services
      Operates Family Resource Centers that provide parenting, nutrition, financial, and child development classes; assembles monthly educational activity packets for families; and distributes baby essentials such as diapers, wipes, hygiene products, and blankets to vulnerable families.
    • Patient and Family Support Programs
      Provides Family Resource Centers offering classes on parenting, nutrition, finances, and child development, assembles monthly learning activity packets for families, employs Child Life Specialists for emotional support, and provides everyday staple items and baby essentials to recovering patients and vulnerable families.
    • Supporting Patient and Family Well-being
      Provides Family Resource Centers that offer classes on parenting, nutrition, finances, and child development, assembles monthly learning activity packets for families, and employs Child Life Specialists to provide emotional support and therapeutic play for pediatric patients. The organization also provides everyday staple items to recovering patients and baby essentials to vulnerable families.
    • Supporting Patient and Family Well-being
      Provides Family Resource Centers that offer classes on parenting, nutrition, finances, and child development, assembles monthly learning activity packets for families, and employs Child Life Specialists to provide emotional support and therapeutic play for pediatric patients. The organization also provides everyday staple items to recovering patients and baby essentials to vulnerable families.
    • Supporting Patient and Family Well-being
      Provides Family Resource Centers that offer classes on parenting, nutrition, finances, and child development, assembles monthly learning activity packets for families, employs Child Life Specialists for emotional support, and provides everyday staple items and baby essentials to recovering patients and vulnerable families.
    • Supporting Patients and Families
      Provides Family Resource Centers that offer classes on parenting, nutrition, finances, and child development, assembles monthly learning activity packets for families, and employs Child Life Specialists to provide emotional support and therapeutic play to pediatric patients. The organization also provides everyday staple items to recovering patients and baby essentials to vulnerable families.
  • Comprehensive Medical Care Delivery 4 activities
    • Operating Healthcare Facilities and Services
      Operates a public teaching hospital, a Level I Trauma Department, Arizona's only nationally verified adult and pediatric burn center, three behavioral health hospitals, and twelve community health centers in Maricopa County, providing clinical care to over 6,000 burn patients annually with a 98% patient survivorship rate.
    • Operating Healthcare Facilities and Services
      Operates a public teaching hospital, a Level I Trauma Department, Arizona's only nationally verified adult and pediatric burn center, three behavioral health hospitals, and twelve community health centers in Maricopa County, providing clinical care to over 6,000 burn patients annually with a 98% patient survivorship rate.
    • Operation of comprehensive healthcare facilities
      Operates a public teaching hospital, Level I Trauma Department, burn center, three behavioral health hospitals, twelve community health centers, a 24-hour pediatric emergency center, pediatric ICU, neonatal ICU, and Arizona's only pediatric burn unit across Maricopa County.
    • Provision of specialized burn care services
      Serves over 6,000 burn patients annually, including adults and children, through Arizona's only nationally verified adult and pediatric burn center, with a 98% patient survivorship rate.
  • Medical Clinics for Underserved Migrant Populations 4 activities
    • Refugee Health Services
      Operates a Refugee Women’s Health Clinic that delivers culturally sensitive care to refugee women and children, serving thousands of refugee families navigating healthcare access, language barriers, and critical medical needs.
    • Refugee Health Services
      Operates a Refugee Women’s Health Clinic that delivers culturally sensitive care to thousands of refugee women and children, helping them navigate healthcare access, language barriers, and critical medical needs.
    • Refugee Health Services
      Operates a Refugee Women’s Health Clinic that delivers culturally sensitive care to refugee women and children, serving thousands of refugee families navigating healthcare access, language barriers, and critical medical needs.
    • Refugee health and integration support
      Operates a Refugee Women’s Health Clinic offering culturally sensitive care and serves thousands of refugee families by addressing language barriers, healthcare access, and critical medical needs.
  • Outpatient Behavioral Health Services 3 activities
    • Behavioral and mental health service delivery
      Provides inpatient behavioral health care, integrated physical and mental health treatment, support for individuals with serious mental illness involved in the criminal justice system, and specialized early psychosis intervention for youth.
    • Providing Behavioral Health Services
      Offers comprehensive behavioral health services including inpatient care, integrated physical and mental health treatment, support for individuals with serious mental illness in the criminal justice system, and specialized care for youth experiencing psychosis.
    • Providing Behavioral Health Services
      Offers comprehensive behavioral health services including inpatient care, integrated physical and mental health treatment, support for individuals with serious mental illness in the criminal justice system, and specialized care for youth experiencing psychosis.
  • Uncategorized 6 activities
    • Burn Survivor Awareness and Advocacy
      Co-organized a seven-day climb of Mount Kilimanjaro with burn survivors, medical professionals, and donors to raise awareness of burn survivor resilience, and produced the documentary "Courage Rising" featuring burn survivors, available on streaming platforms.
    • Burn Survivor Awareness and Advocacy
      Co-organized a seven-day climb of Mount Kilimanjaro in June 2022 with burn survivors, medical professionals, and donors to raise awareness of burn survivor resilience and the center's work, and produced the documentary "Courage Rising" featuring eight burn survivors climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, available on streaming platforms.
    • Burn Survivor Awareness and Advocacy
      Co-organized a seven-day climb of Mount Kilimanjaro in June 2022 with burn survivors, medical professionals, and donors to raise awareness of burn survivor resilience and the center's work, and produced the documentary "Courage Rising" featuring eight burn survivors climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
    • Burn Survivor Awareness and Advocacy
      Co-organized a seven-day climb of Mount Kilimanjaro in June 2022 with burn survivors, medical professionals, and donors to raise awareness of burn survivor resilience and the center's work, and produced the documentary "Courage Rising" featuring eight burn survivors climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, available on streaming platforms.
    • Fundraising and awareness campaigns
      Organized a seven-day climb of Mount Kilimanjaro with burn survivors, medical professionals, and donors in June 2022 to raise awareness; produced and released the documentary "Courage Rising" featuring the climb, now available on Apple TV, Prime Video, and Google Play.
    • Pediatric patient psychosocial support
      Employs Child Life Specialists who deliver emotional support and therapeutic play to help pediatric patients cope with medical treatments.
financials · form 990 · fy2022
revenue
Total revenue$10.63M
Contributions & grants$9.69M91%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$71K1%
Other revenue$870K
expenses
Total expenses$12.21M
Program expenses85%
Admin / overhead7%
Fundraising8%
Salaries & benefits$1.96M
Grants paid out$10.39M
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$6.90M
Cash$4.02M
Investments$1.42M
Liabilities$2.57M
Net assets$4.34M
Liquid reserves5.3 mo
2 years on record · 2020–2022 · YoY revenue +136.1%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2022

who runs it

paid leadership · 3
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
NATHAN LOWRIE FORMER CEO 40 $272K
KATE FASSETT VP DEVELOPMENT 40 $187K
ALYSSA CROCKETT DEVELOPMENT 40 $159K
board members · 21
  • ALBERT ROH — MEMBER
  • ALICIA NUNEZ — MEMBER
  • BETSY BAYLESS — MEMBER
  • CHARLES D BROWN — Secretary
  • CLAIRE AGNEW — MEMBER
  • DAVID PUGH — MEMBER
  • JAY R SPECTOR — MEMBER
  • JILL KRIGSTEN RILEY — MEMBER
  • JODI CARTER — MEMBER
  • JOSH NUNEZ — MEMBER
  • LIZ AGBOOLA — MEMBER
  • MARCI ZIMMERMAN-WHITE — MEMBER
  • MARK G DEWANE — MEMBER
  • PAM STELZER — Vice Chair
  • PATTI GENTRY — Chairman
  • SCOTT R MEYER — MEMBER
  • SEL NUTOR — Treasurer
  • STEPHEN A PURVES — MEMBER
  • SUSAN M PEPIN MD MPH — MEMBER
  • TIM LOUIS — MEMBER
  • WARREN WHITNEY — MEMBER
relationships · 16

who they work with

  • Arizona Charitable Tax Credit Government — Donations to the Holiday Angel Project qualify for tax credits under the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit program.
  • Candid Government — Granted the organization a 2025 Platinum Seal of Transparency.
  • Charity Navigator Government — Rated the organization at 98% for accountability and financial stewardship.
  • Creighton University Partner — Part of the Creighton University Arizona Health Education Alliance for physician training.
  • Diane & Bruce Halle Arizona Burn Center – Valleywise Health Partner — Supports the operation of the Halle Arizona Burn Center, Arizona’s only nationally verified adult and pediatric burn center.
  • Dignity St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Partner — Part of the Creighton University Arizona Health Education Alliance for physician training.
  • District Medical Group Partner — Part of the Creighton University Arizona Health Education Alliance for physician training.
  • Fry's Food Stores Partner — Partners with Valleywise Health Foundation through its Community Rewards program, allowing customers to support the foundation via purchases on their Fry’s VIP card.
  • GiveLively Partner — Platform used to host third-party fundraising campaigns for Valleywise Health Foundation.
  • K2 Adventure Travel Partner — Co-organized a Mount Kilimanjaro climb with burn survivors and donors to raise awareness of burn survivorship.
  • Valleywise Health Government — Primary health service delivery partner and affiliated public health system in Arizona.
  • Valleywise Health Partner — Nonprofit partner providing funding support for programs, services, and resources.
  • Valleywise Health Partner — Primary beneficiary of foundation funding; foundation supports critical patient and program needs at Valleywise Health.
  • Valleywise Health Partner — Primary beneficiary of funds raised by the foundation to support its programs.
  • Valleywise Health Partner — Provides financial support for patient and program needs at Valleywise Health, Arizona’s public teaching health system.
  • Xavier Swim and Dive Partner — Group fundraising for behavioral health programs at Valleywise Health.