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What Counts and Accounting for Community Benefit

Nonprofit hospitals impact the health and well-being of their communities in many ways. Community benefit is a well-defined set of activities, with specific categories that have detailed definitions and specific accounting guidelines that are well described by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and CHA.  

The purpose of this webinar is to review guidelines from IRS Form 990, Schedule H Instructions and CHA's A Guide for Planning and Reporting Community Benefit, including: 

  • Criteria for what counts (and what doesn't count) as community benefit,  
  • Categories of community benefit, and 
  • Principles for measuring, reporting, and accounting for community benefit. 

The presenters will address recent questions submitted to the CHA's What Counts Hotline. Time will also be provided for a question-and-answer session with participants.   

Who should attend: 

  • Hospital and health care staff in community benefit, mission, community health, communications, finance/tax, compliance, legal, leadership 
  • Advocates, researchers, and policymakers focused on not-for-profit hospital community benefit and finance/tax. 

Resources: 

The webinar is provided for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered tax or legal advice.  

Registration

Register
Date
Apr 29, 2026
Time
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST
Registration Fee
CHA Members:
$0/$50
Non-Members:
$100

Event Speakers

Trina Hackensmith

Trina Hackensmith

Vice President

Lyon Software

Nancy Zuech Lim, MPH, BSN

Nancy Zuech Lim, MPH, BSN

Director, Community Health Improvement

Catholic Health Association

Rocco Gonzalez, MPH, CPH

Rocco Gonzalez, MPH, CPH

Community Health Access and Informatics Director, Mission Integration

Mercy Washington

Fawn Preuss, MPH

Fawn Preuss, MPH

Region Director, Community Health & Benefits – South Region

CommonSpirit Health

Abraham Gossai

Sr. Financial Analyst, Community Health, Shared Services

Providence Community Health - Torrance

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