2020-02-08T05:15:44-06:00 2019-09-30 411690619 BAKER and AXELSON LTD PO BOX 215W WANAMINGO MN 55983 990 2018-10-01 341694322 HEALTH FRONTIERS HEAL 5077896725 44500 66TH AVE WAY KENYON MN 55946 HAKON TORJESEN FOUNDING PRESIDENT 5077896725 2019-01-30 DEAN BAKER P00416464 5078242676 2020-01-30 167.68.16.49 2020-02-08 05:15:44 CS P 648C8AD4B4919CE9EA9754D96F8D5D1D695341EB A7C22AA24D7A78CE5033AEF849F0E3A860488B27 2018 2020-09-22 18:59:49Z HEALTH FRONTIERS HAKON TORJESEN 44500 66TH AVE WAY KENYON MN 55946 271520 false X WWW.HEALTHFRONTIERS.ORG X 1991 MN HEALTH FRONTIERS IS A VOLUNTEER OUTREACH OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FOCUSED ON MEDICAL EDUCATION IN LAOS, AND THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN IN DISASTERS. 9 9 0 30 0 101428 258079 0 8572 13441 0 110000 271520 113767 84453 0 6575 0 0 0 67525 56280 187867 140733 -77867 130787 188392 318603 0 188392 318603 X HEALTH FRONTIERS (HF) IS AN OUTREACH OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FOUNDED IN 1991 AND FOCUSED ON OUTCOMES IN GLOBAL HEALTH AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT THAT DEPEND ON A VOLUNTEER EFFORT. false false 137265 81058 LAOS PROJECT - THIS HAS BEEN OUR FLAGSHIP PROJECT FOR THE LAST 29 YEARS. HUNDREDS OF HEALTH FRONTIERS VOLUNTEERS HAVE HELPED THE LAO UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES ESTABLISH THE FIRST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION IN LAO HISTORY. IT HAS GROWN INTO SUCCESSFUL TRAINING PROGRAMS IN PEDIATRICS AND INTERNAL MEDICINE, GRADUATING 118 SPECIALISTS TO DATE. THEY ARE NOW HELPING TO TRANSFORM HEALTH CARE IN ONE OF ASIA'S NEEDIEST POPULATIONS AND TAKING INCREASING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE THREE YEAR TRAINING PROGRAMS. WE ARE ALSO IN YEAR THREE OF HELPING THE LAO UNIVERSITY TO BUILD A NEW RESIDENCY IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE. WE ARE NOW ABLE TO REDUCE OUR SUPPORT TO THESE PROGRAMS WHILE INCREASING OUR SUPPORT FOR THE SUBSPECIALTY TRAINING OF TOP LAO GRADUATES IN COLLABORATION WITH KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY AND OTHER REGIONAL CENTERS. THE LAO SUBSPECIALISTS WILL INCREASINGLY REPLACE OUR HEALTH FRONTIER VOLUNTEERS. 163 CHILDREN IN DISASTERS PROJECT -THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN IN DISASTERS HAS BEEN AN HF FOCUS SINCE 1996. OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE HELPED CONDUCT WORKSHOPS ON CHILDREN IN DISASTERS IN MORE THAN 20 COUNTRIES. IN THE CURRENT REPORTING YEAR, A WORKSHOP WAS CONDUCTED IN PANAMA. WORKSHOPS ARE CURRENTLY PLANNED IN MANILLA (DEC 2019) AND ABU DHABI (JAN 2020). 3280 3250 UGANDA PROJECT: THIS PROJECT HAS ROOTS IN HIV INFECTED INFANTS STUDIED DURING THE 1990'S. THOSE WHO SURVIVED TO SCHOOL AGE HAVE HAD THEIR SCHOOL FEES PAID BY THE INVESTIGATOR AND FRIENDS. THE PROJECT WAS LATER BROADENED BY A MARYLAND FAMILY AFTER ONE OF THEM HAD AN UNFORGETABLE ASSIGNMENT IN THE HIV/AIDS CHILDRENS WARD AT MULAGO HOSPITAL. SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE ASSEMBLED AN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION FOR THE NEEDIEST CHILDREN AT MULAGO. NOW OTHERS ARE CONTRIBUTING. WE SEND THESE FUNDS TO THE MAKERERE JOHNS HOPPKINS RESEARCH COLLABORATION IN KAMPALA WHERE TRUSTED COLLEAGUES GUARNATEE THEY WILL BE WELL SPENT WHERE MOST NEEDED. 140708 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 0 false true LA false false false false false false X 9 9 true false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false MN X HAKON TORJESEN 5077896575 44500 66TH AVE WAY KENYON MN 55946 X HAKON TORJESEN FOUNDING PRE X 0 0 0 MELANIE ANSPACHER MD BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 GEORGINE BUSCH TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 KRISTINE TORJESEN MD VICE PRESIDE 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MARISA HERRAN MD BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ERIK TORJESEN PRESIDENT 4.00 X X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH CLARKE MD BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTINE JOHNS MD BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 BRYAN WATT BOARD MEMBER 4.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 6995 251084 258079 13441 13441 271520 13441 84453 84453 5360 5360 5283 5258 25 500 500 15520 15520 8617 8617 3800 3800 VOLUNTEER STIPENDS 17200 17200 140733 140708 25 0 2779 1460 69870 64858 115743 252285 188392 318603 0 0 X 188392 318603 188392 318603 188392 318603 130787 -576 X false false false X 60718 68848 158700 101428 258079 647773 60718 68848 158700 101428 258079 647773 647773 647773 22013 1.00000 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false LAOS 1 4 PROGRAM SERVICES POSTGRAD MED. ED. 137265 UGANDA GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS GRANTS 3280 1 4 1 4 140545 140545 LAOS 81203 DISBURSED false false false false false false SCHEDULE F, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3 LAOS 137,265 0 UGANDA 3,280 0 FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A LAOS PROJECT - THIS HAS BEEN OUR FLAGSHIP PROJECT FOR THE LAST 29 YEARS. HUNDREDS OF HEALTH FRONTIERS VOLUNTEERS HAVE HELPED THE LAO UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES ESTABLISH THE FIRST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION IN LAO HISTORY. IT HAS GROWN INTO SUCCESSFUL TRAINING PROGRAMS IN PEDIATRICS AND INTERNAL MEDICINE, GRADUATING 118 SPECIALISTS TO DATE. THEY ARE NOW HELPING TO TRANSFORM HEALTH CARE IN ONE OF ASIA'S NEEDIEST POPULATIONS AND TAKING INCREASING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE THREE YEAR TRAINING PROGRAMS. WE ARE ALSO IN YEAR THREE OF HELPING THE LAO UNIVERSITY TO BUILD A NEW RESIDENCY IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE. WE ARE NOW ABLE TO REDUCE OUR SUPPORT TO THESE PROGRAMS WHILE INCREASING OUR SUPPORT FOR THE SUBSPECIALTY TRAINING OF TOP LAO GRADUATES IN COLLABORATION WITH KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY AND OTHER REGIONAL CENTERS. THE LAO SUBSPECIALISTS WILL INCREASINGLY REPLACE OUR HEALTH FRONTIER VOLUNTEERS. FORM 990, PART V, LINE 4B LAOS FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 HAKON TORJESEN KAREN OLNESS MD PAST PRES MEDICAL DIRE SPOUSE ERIK TORJESEN HAKON TORJESEN PRESIDENT PAST PRES SON FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THREE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE FORM 990 ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.