FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC

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 September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

155 MEMORIAL DR, PINEHURST, NC 28374-8710

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

DANA CASSON, 155 MEMORIAL DRIVE, PINEHURST, NC 28374

Signed the 990

AUTUMN MCFALL, CORPORATE CFO

Phone

(910) 695-7500

Website

WWW.FIRSTHEALTH.ORG/FOUNDATION

Return prepared by

FORVIS MAZARS LLP

Mission

PROVIDE PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT TO FIRSTHEALTH OF THE CAROLINAS, INC., A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX UNDER IRS SECTION 501C(3) AND 170(B)(1)(A)(III).

Program accomplishments

• THE FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH, INC. ("FOUNDATION") PROVIDES PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT TO THE OPERATING ENTITIES AND BUSINESS LINES OF FIRSTHEALTH OF THE CAROLINAS, INC. ("FIRSTHEALTH"), A NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. THIS FY 2025 PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT INCLUDED $10,790,692 IN GRANTS TO FIRSTHEALTH FOR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT OF EXISTING PATIENT CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES, PHYSICIAN AND CLINICAL STAFF EDUCATION, AND OTHER APPROVED OPERATIONAL NEEDS. SIGNIFICANT FY 2025 DISBURSEMENT FROM THE FOUNDATION TO FIRSTHEALTH INCLUDED, BUT WERE NOT LIMITED TO: * $7,500,000 AS FINAL PAYMENT TOWARD THE FOUNDATION'S FINANCIAL PLEDGE FOR THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER. * $643,330 PAID BY THE FIRSTHEALTH HOSPICE FOUNDATION TO COVER ONGOING ANNUAL OPERATING LOSSES OF THE FIRSTHEALTH HOSPICE HOUSE (INPATIENT FACILITY); PROVIDE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE HEALING GARDENS AT THE HOSPICE HOUSE, AND TO OFFSET A PORTION OF THE ONGOING PATIENT CARE COSTS OF FIRSTHEALTH'S OUTPATIENT PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM NOT PAID THROUGH MEDICARE AND MOST COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANIES. * $533,388 PAID TO COVER THE OPERATING DEFICIT OF THE CLARA MCLEAN HOSPITALITY HOUSE ("CLARA'S HOUSE") LOCATED ON THE FIRSTHEALTH MOORE REGIONAL HOSPITAL - PINEHURST CAMPUS AND TO OFFSET THE COST OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS HELD AT THE FACILITY. * $277,042 PAID IN SUPPORT OF THE FIRSTHEALTH PHYSICIAN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PROGRAM AND THE CENTER FOR PROVIDER WELL-BEING. * $370,506 DISBURSED FROM THE CANCER CARE FUND TO ASSIST PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF CANCER WITH THE COST OF MEDICATION CO-PAYS, GAS MONEY, ARRANGING SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, SPECIAL NUTRITIONAL NEEDS, ETC. * $125,000 PAID TO FIRSTHEALTH MOORE REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN SUPPORT OF NUMEROUS NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS, NURSING ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS, EXTERNAL PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES, ETC. AND FOR ONGOING MAGNET TRAINING. * $523,250 PAID TO PROVIDE UNDERINSURED CHILDREN WITH QUALITY DENTAL CARE AND OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL DENTAL SERVICES FOR NEEDED DENTAL SURGERIES. * $254,246 PAID IN SUPPORT OF THE ENGAGED BRAINS PROJECT, FOCUSING ON A COMMUNITY-WIDE, PERSON-CENTERED APPROACH TO DEMENTIA EDUCATION AND CARE. * $246,000 PAID IN SUPPORT OF THE REID HEALTHCARE TRANSFORMATION FELLOWSHIP, FOCUSING ON DESIGNING INNOVATIVE, PERSON-CENTERED DEMENTIA CARE PATHWAYS, INVOLVING LOCAL HEALTHCARE AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES. * $64,343 PAID TO SUPPORT THE FIRSTFUTURES INITIATIVE, PARTNERING WITH AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO PROVIDE STUDENT AID AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE. * $162,170 DISBURSED BY THE FIRSTHEALTH RICHMOND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS OF RICHMOND COUNTY. * $40,000 DISBURSED BY THE FIRSTHEALTH MONTGOMERY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THE CLARA MCLEAN HOUSE ("CLARA'S HOUSE") SERVED 16,499 GUESTS SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2012. THIS ENCOMPASSED 27,029 ROOM NIGHTS WITH GUESTS VISITING FROM 48 STATES AND 8 COUNTRIES. IN ADDITION, OVER 9,500 VISITS WERE MADE TO THE ON-SITE HEALING GARDEN BY GUESTS AND THE PINEHURST COMMUNITY AT-LARGE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, CLARA'S HOUSE CONTINUED ITS FOCUS ON THE CANCER PATIENT POPULATION AS ITS MAIN HOUSING MARKET. WITH THE CANCER CENTER ENTERING ITS THIRD YEAR OF OPERATION, THE NUMBER OF ROOM NIGHTS FOR CANCER PATIENTS STAYING AT CLARA'S HOUSE MADE UP 58% OF ALL ROOM NIGHTS PROVIDED. THANKS TO THE GENEROUS PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH, CLARA'S HOUSE PROVIDED 979 NIGHTS TO MORE THAN 240 CANCER PATIENTS AT NO CHARGE, EQUATING TO AN APPROXIMATE VALUE OF $186,010 IN ACCOMMODATIONS. MANY PATIENTS AND THEIR CAREGIVER(S) STAYED FOR UP TO 6 WEEKS DURING TREATMENT REGIMENS, WHICH REQUIRED STAFF TO STEP INTO A MORE REFINED SKILL SET TO ACCOMPANY FOLKS THROUGH THIS VARIED AND OFTEN ARDUOUS PORTION OF THEIR MEDICAL AND HEALING JOURNEY. THERE WERE 25 VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVED THE GUESTS IN CLARA'S HOUSE AND 25 VOLUNTEERS WHO MAINTAINED THE HEALING GARDENS. THESE VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED 1,671HOURS OF SERVICE IN 2025, AT A VALUE OF $58,100. THE HOUSE VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED MEALS AND SNACKS FOR GUESTS, ADDRESSED THEIR ON-GOING NEEDS, AND ASSISTED WITH DAILY HOUSE NEEDS. WITH MANY OF THE GUESTS NOT HAVING TRANSPORTATION AVAILABILITY, THESE EFFORTS PROVIDED DAILY INTERACTIONS AND COMMUNICATION ESSENTIAL TO THE HEALING PROCESS. FROM THE OVERALL LODGING STANDPOINT, 905 GUESTS STAYED A TOTAL OF 1,675 ROOM NIGHTS, WITH 466 OF THOSE GUESTS BEING FIRST TIME VISITORS. GUESTS TRAVELED A MEAN DISTANCE OF 83 MILES AND STAYED AN AVERAGE OF 2.0 NIGHTS. TOP DIAGNOSTIC GROUPS REMAINED ONCOLOGY, ORTHOPEDIC AND HEART PATIENTS, WITH THE TOP THREE COUNTIES BEING SERVED FROM CUMBERLAND, ROBESON AND RICHMOND. OVER 108 OF THOSE NIGHTS WERE DEDICATED TO PROVIDER RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND THOSE IN SERVICE TO FIRSTHEALTH. CLARA'S HOUSE REMAINED A CENTRAL HUB FOR COMMUNITY NAVIGATION, OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY, HOSTING 11 DIFFERENT SUPPORT GROUPS. OVER 1,612 VISITS HAD BEEN MADE TO PARKINSON'S, DEMENTIA, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, STROKE RECOVERY AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE GROUPS. MUSIC AND ART THERAPY, AS WELL AS CENTERING PRAYER AND BOOK CLUB, WERE STILL GOING STRONG AFTER BEING IN SERVICE MORE THAN A DECADE FROM THIS LOCATION. ADDITIONALLY, THREE FIRSTHEALTH DEPARTMENTS OPERATED OUT OF CLARA'S HOUSE, INCLUDING FIRSTFUTURES AND TELEHEALTH SERVICES. CLARA'S HOUSE HOSTED 584 MEETINGS IN SHADOWLAWN AND THE HOUSE AT LARGE, IN SUPPORT OF THE SPACE NEEDS ON THE FIRSTHEALTH MOORE REGIONAL HOSPITAL CAMPUS.
  Expenses $11,777,136 · grants $10,790,692

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 September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

51-0191937

Tax-exempt status

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

Foundation status

Supporting organization (509(a)(3))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Supporting organization of unknown type

Exempt since

1976

Accounting year ends

September

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Assets (IRS master file)

$104,669,446

Income (IRS master file)

$23,607,468

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 51-0191937).

Questions about FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC

What is the EIN of FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC is 51-0191937.

Is FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1976.

Are donations to FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Supporting organization of unknown type).

Which annual return does FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC 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 FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.

Who is the principal officer of FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names DANA CASSON.

Who are the officers and directors of FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 29 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.

How much revenue does FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $18,176,230, expenses of $12,869,997 and total assets of $104,669,446 at year end.

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