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V N a Corporation

EIN 43-1337104 · Kansas City, MO

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthWeak44 out of 100GovernanceGood80 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

THE VNA CORPORATION IS A CHARITABLE, COMMUNITY-ORIENTED ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY HOME CARE AND RELATED MEDICAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE METROPOLITAN KANSAS CITY AREA AND THE 17 SURROUNDING COUNTIES. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Income
$13.7 million
Spending
$16.1 million
Spent on programs
82%
Reserves
0.8 months of spending
Largest source of income
fees for its services, 97%
Employees
152
Volunteers
11
Highest pay
$465,891, president/ceo end 06/24

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Weak: 44 out of 100. Higher than 22% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).

  • Reserves

    4 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 0.8 months of spending.

  • Debt

    10 of 20

    It owes 49% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    0 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 17% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 8% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    82% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Good: 80 out of 100. Higher than 14% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).

  • Independent board

    5 of 25

    0 of 3 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • Independent check of accounts

    15 of 15

    Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 (3)
  1. $9.9 million spent. IN 2024, VNA WAS A 3 STAR QUALITY RATED HOME HEALTH AND 5 STAR FOR PATIENT SATISFACTION. THESE HIGH RATINGS EXEMPLIFY VNAS DETERMINATION TO DELIVER QUALITY HEALTHCARE TO PATIENTS THROUGHOUT OUR 11 COUNTY COVERAGE AREA. THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AT VNA STRIVE TO BE OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND ONLY CALL WHEN A NEED ARISE. WITH SHORTENED HOSPITAL STAYS, THE NECESSITY FOR HOME HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS TO BRIDGE THE GAP OF CARE CONTINUES TO GROW. THIS NEED CONTINUES TO RISE AS FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT RATES CONTINUE TO DECLINE CREATING A FINANCIAL STRAIN ON HOME HEALTH PROVIDERS. VNA HOME HEALTH CLINICIANS PROVIDED CARE TO PATIENTS DURING 43,971 HEALTH CARE HOME VISITS DURING 2024. THESE HOME HEALTH VISITS HELP BRIDGE GROWING SOCIOECONOMIC GAPS IN HEALTHCARE BY PROVIDING IN-HOME CARE TO AN AGING POPULATION BY SERVING 2,121 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR MORE INFORMATION. OUR TOP FOUR PRIMARY DIAGNOSES WERE JOINT REPLACEMENT, HYPERTENSION WITH HEART FAILURE AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, AFTERCARE FOR CANCER SURGERY, AND HYPERTENSION. APPROXIMATELY 15% OF ALL ADMISSIONS ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT AND OTHER TYPES OF ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY AFTERCARE. THROUGHOUT 2024 OUR REHABILITATION (PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL AND SPEECH) THERAPISTS PERFORMED 27,701 VISITS (63% OF TOTAL ANNUAL VISITS). THE PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL AND SPEECH THERAPISTS AT VNA BRING THERAPY TO THE COMFORT OF THE PLACE THEY CALL HOME, ASSISTING PATIENTS TO GAIN ABILITY ACROSS MULTI AREAS OF DIMINISHED CAPABILITY. OUR THERAPISTS NOT ONLY DELIVER CUSTOM DESIGNED THERAPY SESSIONS THEY ALSO EDUCATE PATIENTS ON POST VISIT TASKS TO CONTINUALLY ENHANCE THEIR REHABILITATION BETWEEN THERAPY SESSIONS. THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION ALONG WITH THERAPY ASSISTS PATIENTS IN REGAINING GREATER SUCCESS OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR TREATMENT TIMELINE. WE ARE ALSO ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING HOME HEALTH AGENCIES WITH CERTIFIED WOUND CARE CLINICAL REGISTERED NURSES. THIS UNIQUE ASPECT SETS VNA APART IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. WOUND CARE PROVIDES A NECESSARY SERVICE TO PATIENTS WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE SEE GREATER HOSPITAL READMISSIONS. BY LIMITING UNDUE STRESS ON THE ALREADY OVERWHELMED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OUR VNA WOUND CARE SPECIALISTS ASSIST IN ALLEVIATING HOSPITAL READMISSIONS OF OUR PATIENTS. VNA IS PROUD TO HAVE AFFILIATION WITH LSVT BIG AND LVST LOUD CERTIFICATION. WITH THESE CERTIFICATIONS VNA IS EQUIPPED TO BETTER TREAT PATIENTS WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE OR OTHER NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. VNA'S LSVT BIG AND LSVT LOUD THERAPY PROVIDES CUSTOM DESIGNED TREATMENT PLANS TO BENEFIT OUR PATIENTS. MANY OF OUR PATIENTS IN RURAL AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PREMIER SERVICE WITHOUT VNA'S DEDICATION.
  2. $3.1 million spent. FOR HOSPICE CARE OF VNA, 92% OF OUR FAMILIES WE SERVED IN 2024 GIVE US THE HIGHEST "TOP BOX" SCORE IN OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH OUR AGENCY. OUR COMPASSIONATE HOSPICE TEAMS ENHANCE THE FINAL WEEKS, DAYS AND HOURS OF OUR PATIENTS' LIVES. IN 2024 VNA'S HOSPICE TEAM DELIVERED WORLD-CLASS CARE TO 352 PATIENTS IN KANSAS CITY AND THE SURROUNDING 11 COUNTY AREA. OUR PATIENTS AVERAGED 74.06 DAYS ON OUR HOSPICE SERVICE IN 2024 EQUATES TO AN AVERAGE DAILY CENSUS OF 47. ADDITIONALLY, OUR HOSPICE PROFESSIONALS ALSO PROVIDE INVALUABLE END OF LIFE EDUCATION TO FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES, AND WE CONTINUE PROVIDING CARE THROUGH OUR BEREAVEMENT SERVICES FOR 13 MONTHS FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE. AT VNA HOSPICE WE PROVIDE OUR SERVICES TO PATIENTS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUND.
  3. $120,481 spent. THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM HAS A FOCUS ON THE 65 AND OVER POPULATION IN THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING MISSOURI COUNTIES OF CASS, CLAY, JACKSON, PLATTE AND THE KANSAS COUNTIES OF JOHNSON AND WYANDOTTE. THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM COMPLETED A TOTAL OF 3,848 PATIENT ENCOUNTERS AT 46 LOCATIONS. OUR LOW-INCOME OLDER ADULTS SERVED BY THIS PROGRAM WERE PROVIDED 5,415 SCREENINGS FOR BLOOD SUGAR, CHOLESTEROL, AND BLOOD PRESSURE. OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR VNA PROVIDING A HEALTHIER OUTLOOK ON THEIR FUTURE. THE DEMOGRAPHIC MAKEUP OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FOR 2024: - 94% AGE 60+ - 74% FEMALE - 65% CAUCASIAN - 20% AFRICAN.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. 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.

  2. 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 October 13, 2026.

  3. 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.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since November 1990.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. 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 October 21, 2026.

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