Chi Health Connect at Home - Fargo
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
AS AN AFFILIATE OF COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH, WE MAKE THE HEALING PRESENCE OF GOD KNOWN IN OUR WORLD BY IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE VULNERABLE, WHILE WE ADVANCE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR ALL.TO FULFILL THIS MISSION, THE CORPORATION, AS A VALUES-BASED ORGANIZATION, WILL ASSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THE MINISTRY IN BOTH CURRENT AND DEVELOPING ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOP NEW MINISTRIES THAT INTEGRATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, PASTORAL, AND SOCIAL SERVICES; PROMOTE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND FORMATION FOR MINISTRY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION; ADVOCATE FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGES WITH SPECIFIC CONCERN FOR PERSONS WHO ARE POOR, ALIENATED, AND UNDERSERVED; AND STEWARD RESOURCES BY GENERAL OVERSIGHT OF THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION.
- Income
- $10.1 million
- Spending
- $14.4 million
- Spent on programs
- 95%
- Reserves
- -8.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 94%
- Employees
- 119
- Volunteers
- 22
- Highest pay
- $193,340, market vp operations
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 20 out of 100. Higher than 1% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 753% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 43% of income.
Income trend
5 of 15Income fell 18% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1595% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 78 out of 100. Higher than 14% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 256 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $13.7 million spent. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, CHI HEALTH CONNECT AT HOME - FARGO'S TOTAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT WAS $876,146 SERVING 5,598 PEOPLE. THE INCREASE IN COMMUNITY BENEFIT FROM FY24 WAS RELATED TO INCREASED UNPAID COST OF MEDICAID. IN FY24 WE ONLY HAD $0 REPORTED IN THIS CATEGORY AND WE HAD $810,927 IN FY25. WE ALSO HAD AN INCREASE IN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OF $27,402. WE SAW A DECREASE IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION IN FY25 THIS RELATED TO STAFFING ISSUES AND NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE AS MANY STUDENTS. DURING FY25, EBTIDA FOR THE YEAR ENDED AT ($4,107K), A DIFFERENCE OF ($4,145K) FROM A BUDGET OF $38K. CHI HEALTH CONNECT AT HOME - FARGO HAS BEEN IN OPERATION AS A STAND-ALONE HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE BUSINESS FOR 12 YEARS, ORIGINALLY STARTING WITH 10 SEPARATE AGENCY LOCATIONS ACROSS ND, MN AND SD. OF THOSE 10, 4 WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO 1, 1 WAS SOLD ALONG WITH THEIR HOSPITAL AND 1 RETURNED TO OPERATE WITH THEIR HOSPITAL. IN 2016, WE ADDED THE BISMARCK HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE AGENCY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PART OF THE ST. ALEXIUS MEDICAL CENTER. IN FY20, WE CONSOLIDATED OUR ALBANY, MN AGENCY INTO OUR LITTLE FALLS, MN AGENCY. IN 2019, WE BEGAN TO OFFER SERVICES TO THE FARGO, ND COMMUNITY AS A BRANCH OF THE BRECKENRIDGE OFFICE, HOWEVER, CLOSED THAT BRANCH IN APRIL, 2022. IN OCTOBER OF 2020, WE JOINED THE NATIONAL COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH LINE OF HEALTH AT HOME UNDER A MANAGED SERVICE AGREEMENT. AT THAT TIME, ST JOSEPH'S HOSPICE IN PARK RAPIDS, MN JOINED THE SERVICE LINE ALSO, UNDER THEIR OWN MSA, HOWEVER REMAIN A DEPARTMENT OF THEIR HOSPITAL. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A TOTAL OF 7 AGENCIES, 3 IN MN (BRECKENRIDGE, LITTLE FALLS, PARK RAPIDS) AND 4 IN ND (DICKINSON, WILLISTON, VALLEY CITY AND BISMARCK). OVERALL, WE SERVE APPROXIMATELY 53 COUNTIES IN ND AND MN. IN FY25 COMMUNITY BENEFIT, OFFERED AT ALL LOCATIONS, WAS FOR THE SERVICES SUCH AS BEREAVEMENT IN THE FORM OF GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS, COMMUNITY GRIEF EDUCATION EVENTS, MEMORIAL EVENTS FOR HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY BEREAVED, EDUCATION/PRECEPTORSHIP TO NURSING STUDENTS AS WELL AS VARIED TYPES OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION. IN FY22 WE BEGAN TO OFFER THE PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICE LINE AGAIN AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON GROWING THIS PROGRAM. OUR PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICE LINE IS ENTIRELY REMOTE AT THIS TIME, WHICH HAS ALLOWED US TO SERVE THOSE SERIOUSLY ILL PATIENTS UNABLE TO ACCESS A PALLIATIVE CARE CLINIC DUE TO HOMEBOUND STATUS OR RURAL BARRIERS. WE CONTINUE TO PROGRESS WITH PROGRAMMING FOR OUR PALLIATIVE SERVICE LINE AND WILL CONTINUE TO ADD ADDITIONAL PAYERS, ALLOWING US TO SERVE EVEN MORE CHRONICALLY ILL PATIENTS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE RECEIVING THE BEST SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THEIR HEALTH AND BE COMFORTABLE IN THEIR HOMES. OUR BUSINESS OFFERINGS ARE HOME HEALTH, HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE AND WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE ALMOST ENTIRELY IN RURAL ND AND MN, SERVING PATIENTS WHO LIVE IN SMALL COMMUNITIES AND RESIDE PERHAPS DOZENS OF MILES FROM THE CLOSEST HEALTHCARE FACILITY. OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THESE SMALL COMMUNITIES AND THEIR CITIZENS IS TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN ACCESS OUR SERVICES AND ARE AWARE OF HOW OUR SERVICES CAN HELP IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN THEIR HEALTH; THIS IS FUNDAMENTAL IN HOW WE CARRY OUR MISSION, VISION AND VALUES OF CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES/COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH. OUR REMOTE AND TELEHEALTH SERVICES, HELP US CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AND DEDICATE OUR CARE TO OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS OUR REMOTE PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM. CHI HEALTH CONNECT AT HOME - FARGO IS A NONPROFIT, TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATION THAT TAKES ALL NECESSARY MEASURES TO BE COMPLIANT WITH ALL LEGISLATION IN HEALTHCARE IN DETERMINING WHAT TO REPORT, HOW TO REPORT, AS WELL AS FOCUSING ON WHAT EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY MAY NEED. AS WE ARE SPREAD ACROSS SEVERAL COMMUNITIES WITH DIFFERING NEEDS, WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE WHAT SUPPORT WE ARE OFFERING TO BE SURE WE'RE BEST SERVING THE PATIENTS WHERE WE LIVE. WE WILL CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TOWARDS FINANCIAL STABILITY, AND INCREASE CASH FLOW TO ENSURE WE CAN KEEP INCREASING COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 2012.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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