2023-10-13T11:00:12-04:00 2022-12-31 273408302 KOLQUIST SEITZ & GOLDMAN LLC 130 W SUPERIOR ST STE 926 DULUTH MN 558022056 990 2022-01-01 582678884 THE VOOM FOUNDATION VOOM 9792293532 1602 ROCK PRAIRIE ROAD SUITE 130 COLLEGE STATION TX 77845 GREG GOLDMAN TREASURER 2187278030 2023-10-13 true GREG GOLDMAN XXX-XX-XXXX true GREG GOLDMAN P00143890 2187278030 2023-10-13 X 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X VINCENT OHAJU 6025 AUGUSTA CIRCLE COLLEGE STATION TX 77845 233635 false X WWW.VOOMFOUNDATION.ORG X 2004 MN WHO WE ARE THE VINCENT OBIOMA OHAJU MEMORIAL (VOOM) FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO RAISE STANDARD OF CARE AND CREATE A SUSTAINABLE MEDICAL PROGRAM IN NIGERIA. VOOM FOUNDATION WAS BORN FROM THE VISION OF DR. VINCENT OHAJU, CHIEF OF SURGERY & MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR TRAUMA SERVICES AT CHI ST. JOSEPH HEALTH IN BRYAN, TEXAS. ORIGINALLY FROM THE TOWN OF IHITTE, IN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA, DR. OHAJU HAD PERSONALLY WITNESSED THE EFFECTS OF INADEQUATE AVAILABLE MEDICAL CARE ON FRIENDS AND FAMILY. HIS FATHER, VINCENT OBIOMA OHAJU PASSED AWAY IN 1983 AT THE AGE OF 56 DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM PULMONARY ASPIRATION. A SIMPLE PROCEDURE SUCH AS BRONCHOSOCOPY READILY AVAILABLE IN EVEN THE SMALLEST HOSPITAL IN THE UNITED STATES COULD HAVE PREVENTED HIS DEMISE. IT WAS A CLOSE AND PERSONAL REMINDER TO DR. OHAJU THAT OVER 95% OF THE PEOPLE IN NIGERIA LIVE WITHOUT ESSENTIAL MEDICAL SERVICES. IN 2016 THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION RANKED NIGERIA 163 OUT OF 190 COUNTRIES IN HEALTHCARE. THE NIGERIAN HEALTHCARE SYST 11 11 1 50 0 247669 232541 0 0 5721 1094 253390 233635 0 0 91287 110866 0 6307 87582 185269 178869 296135 74521 -62500 196735 136786 32783 35334 163952 101452 X WHO WE ARE THE VINCENT OBIOMA OHAJU MEMORIAL (VOOM) FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO RAISE STANDARD OF CARE AND CREATE A SUSTAINABLE MEDICAL PROGRAM IN NIGERIA. VOOM FOUNDATION WAS BORN FROM THE VISION OF DR. VINCENT OHAJU, CHIEF OF SURGERY & MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR TRAUMA SERVICES AT CHI ST. JOSEPH HEALTH IN BRYAN, TEXAS. ORIGINALLY FROM THE TOWN OF IHITTE, IN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA, DR. OHAJU HAD PERSONALLY WITNESSED THE EFFECTS OF INADEQUATE AVAILABLE MEDICAL CARE ON FRIENDS AND FAMILY. HIS FATHER, VINCENT OBIOMA OHAJU PASSED AWAY IN 1983 AT THE AGE OF 56 DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM PULMONARY ASPIRATION. A SIMPLE PROCEDURE SUCH AS BRONCHOSOCOPY READILY AVAILABLE IN EVEN THE SMALLEST HOSPITAL IN THE UNITED STATES COULD HAVE PREVENTED HIS DEMISE. IT WAS A CLOSE AND PERSONAL REMINDER TO DR. OHAJU THAT OVER 95% OF THE PEOPLE IN NIGERIA LIVE WITHOUT ESSENTIAL MEDICAL SERVICES. IN 2016 THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION RANKED NIGERIA 163 OUT OF 190 COUNTRIES IN HEALTHCARE. THE NIGERIAN HEALTHCARE SYST false false 153743 2022 - VOOM PARTNERS WITH THE DAME IRENE OKWUOSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN ORAIFITE, NIGERIA TO OPEN A NEW STATE-OF-THE ART HOSPITAL, THE DAME IRENE OKWUOSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL/DIOM, WHERE VOOM FOUNDATION WILL SERVE AS THE MEDICAL PARTNER AND PROVIDE MEDICAL EXPERTISE TO ALL ASPECTS OF HEALTHCARE CARE. THIS FACILITY WILL INCLUDE A CATH LAB, BLOOD BANK AND ELECTRONIC RECORD SYSTEM TO BETTER ENHANCE PATIENT EXPERIENCE. IN MAY, A VOOM FOUNDATION OPEN-HEART MEDICAL TEAM VISITED THE HOSPITAL AND PERFORMED SEVEN OPEN-HEART CASES. 2021 - IN SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER THE VOOM FOUNDATION PERFORMED 7 MEDICAL MISSIONS BRINGING THE TOTAL OF MEDICAL MISSIONS TO 30. THE MEDICAL TEAMS HAVE PERFORMED A TOTAL OF 152 OPEN-HEART PROCEDURES SINCE ITS INCEPTION. EACH VOOM MEDICAL MISSION TYPICALLY INCLUDES A GROUP OF UP TO 15 MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS THE NATION - AS WELL AS OTHER COUNTRIES, CANADA, UNITED KINGDOM, AND INDIA AND AFRICA. 153743 true false false false false false false false false false true false false false 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 false false false false false false false false 1 0 1 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 11 11 false false false false false false false true true false false true false false false true false false TX GREG GOLDMAN 9792293532 130 W SUPERIOR ST SUITE 926 DULUTH MN 55802 X ADANNA AKUJUO BOARD MEMBER X 0 0 0 WANDA ELAM BOARD MEMBER X 0 0 0 MICHAEL ESSIEN SECRETARY X X 0 0 0 GREG GOLDMAN TREASURER X X 0 0 0 PAUL JAHN BOARD MEMBER X 0 0 0 RAZA KAHN BOARD MEMBER X 0 0 0 REZA KHODAVERDIAN BOARD MEMBER X 0 0 0 JEFFREY MCNEIL BOARD MEMBER X 0 0 0 HENRY MUSOMA BOARD MEMBER X 0 0 0 VINCENT OHAJU CHAIRMAN X X 0 0 0 1 false false false 232541 232541 1094 1094 1094 233635 1094 102987 102987 7879 7879 TRAVEL - MISSIONS 68004 68004 MISSION COSTS & EXPENSE 60666 60666 OTHER COSTS & EXPENSES 21140 21140 DONATION DIOM HOSPITAL 20000 20000 15459 5073 4079 6307 296135 153743 136085 6307 188046 128097 5000 5000 3689 3689 3689 196735 136786 32783 35334 32783 35334 X 163952 101452 163952 101452 196735 136786 -62500 X false false X 177762 170643 157009 247669 232541 985624 177762 170643 157009 247669 232541 985624 985624 5721 1094 6815 992439 0.99310 0.99450 X PART II, LINE 10 OTHER INCOME 6,815 3689 3689 3689 MISSION EXPENSES PRIOR YEAR 27488 PAYROLL AND TAXES 7846 35334 FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION WHO WE ARE THE VINCENT OBIOMA OHAJU MEMORIAL (VOOM) FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO RAISE STANDARD OF CARE AND CREATE A SUSTAINABLE MEDICAL PROGRAM IN NIGERIA. VOOM FOUNDATION WAS BORN FROM THE VISION OF DR. VINCENT OHAJU, CHIEF OF SURGERY & MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR TRAUMA SERVICES AT CHI ST. JOSEPH HEALTH IN BRYAN, TEXAS. ORIGINALLY FROM THE TOWN OF IHITTE, IN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA, DR. OHAJU HAD PERSONALLY WITNESSED THE EFFECTS OF INADEQUATE AVAILABLE MEDICAL CARE ON FRIENDS AND FAMILY. HIS FATHER, VINCENT OBIOMA OHAJU PASSED AWAY IN 1983 AT THE AGE OF 56 DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM PULMONARY ASPIRATION. A SIMPLE PROCEDURE SUCH AS BRONCHOSOCOPY READILY AVAILABLE IN EVEN THE SMALLEST HOSPITAL IN THE UNITED STATES COULD HAVE PREVENTED HIS DEMISE. IT WAS A CLOSE AND PERSONAL REMINDER TO DR. OHAJU THAT OVER 95% OF THE PEOPLE IN NIGERIA LIVE WITHOUT ESSENTIAL MEDICAL SERVICES. IN 2016 THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION RANKED NIGERIA 163 OUT OF 190 COUNTRIES IN HEALTHCARE. THE NIGERIAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS POORLY DEVELOPED AND SUFFERS FROM SEVERAL RECENT EPIDEMICS. DESPITE NIGERIANS STRATEGIC POSITION IN AFRICA, THE COUNTRY IS GREATLY UNDERSERVED IN THE HEALTHCARE SPHERE. HEALTH FACILITIES, EXPERTISE, PERSONNEL, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND MAJOR DIAGNOSTIC MODALITIES ARE INADEQUATE, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. MISSION WORK OUR INAUGURAL VOOM FOUNDATION MEDICAL MISSION TOOK PLACE IN MAY 2011. ALTHOUGH, THIS MISSION WAS EDUCATIONAL ONLY, VOOM SENT A TEAM OF EIGHT VOLUNTEERS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA TEACHING HOSPITAL, ENUGU. THE MISSION OPENED A NETWORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VOOM FOUNDATION AND NIGERIAN MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND FORMED THE FOUNDATION FOR THE SUBSEQUENT CLINICAL MISSIONS. SINCE THEN, EACH VOOM MEDICAL MISSION TYPICALLY INCLUDES A GROUP OF UP TO 15 MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS THE NATION RECENTLY EXPANDING TO INCLUDE TEAMS WITH MEMBERS FROM UNITED KINGDOM AND PAKISTAN. EACH TRIP IS APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS LONG AND INCLUDES EVALUATION OF PATIENTS AND CONFIRMATION OF DIAGNOSES. EACH MISSION INVOLVES CARDIAC SURGEONS, A CARDIOLOGIST, AN INTENSIVIST, AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST, PERFUSION TEAM, A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST, ICU NURSES AND A BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER. EACH MEDICAL VOLUNTEER JOINS THE MISSION WITH THE INTENTION TO PROVIDE MEDICAL EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE, TEACHING BEST PRACTICES TO THE LOCAL MEDICAL STAFF. IN AUGUST 2015, THE LOCAL TEAM PERFORMED THE FIRST UNASSISTED OPEN-HEART SURGERY SINCE THE CLINICAL MISSIONS BEGAN IN 2013. ALTHOUGH THIS IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT, VOOM CONTINUES TO PURSUE THE MISSION OF EDUCATING NIGERIAN MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS TO ALLOW THEM TO ADVANCE STANDARD OF CARE. DURING A MISSION, OUR MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS EXPAND VOOM REACH BY PERFORMING MORE THAN JUST HEART SURGERY. IN ORDER TO IMPACT CHANGE AND BE IN LINE WITH OUR MISSION TO REACH INDIGENT PATIENTS IN NEED, VOOM VOLUNTEERS ENGAGE IN THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES DURING THEIR TWO WEEK STAY: MEDICAL MISSIONS VOOM FOUNDATION CURRENTLY LEADS NIGERIA IN OPEN-HEART PROCEDURES PERFORMED. ALTHOUGH WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THIS STATISTIC, IT IS A STATISTIC THAT SHOULD NOT EXIST. OVER SIXTY PERCENT OF NIGERIA IS CURRENTLY LIVING IN POVERTY AND OVER NINETY PERCENT LIVES WITHOUT ESSENTIAL HEALTHCARE. VOOM FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO UTILIZING OUR RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE TO CHANGE THE CURRENT STATE OF HEALTHCARE WITHIN THE COUNTRY AND TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER SERVICES TO THE UNDERSERVED. MEDICAL SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT IS SHIPPED TO NIGERIA FROM VOOM FOUNDATION YEARLY. VOOM EQUIPPED TWO OPERATING THEATRES AND FOUR ICU BEDS WITH VENTILATORS AND DRIPS ALLOWING UNTH TO CONDUCT HEART SURGERY THROUGHOUT DURATION OF THE YEAR. VOOM BRING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF SUPPLIES TO ASSIST WITH THE SUCCESS OF OUR PARTNER HOSPITALS. EDUCATION & TRAINING OVER 300 PROSPECTIVE AND CURRENT NIGERIAN MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ATTENDED TRAINING CONDUCTED BY THE VOOM FOUNDATION VOLUNTEERS, SO THE GOOD WORKS CAN CONTINUE LONG AFTER THE MISSION. HEALTH FAIR TO EXPAND OUR REACH AND SERVE THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF NIGERIA DURING EACH MISSION, VOOM FOUNDATION MEDICAL STAFF TRAVELS TO THE RURAL AREAS TO CONDUCT HEALTH FAIRS. PATIENT RELEASE VOOM FOUNDATION MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS VISIT INDIGENT PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL WARDS THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THEIR HOSPITAL BILL. IN NIGERIA, PATIENTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO PAY ARE REQUIRED TO STAY IN A WARD AT THE HOSPITAL UNTIL SUCH DEBTS ARE SETTLED. VOOM VOLUNTEERS VISIT PATIENTS AND EVALUATE THEIR MEDICAL CONDITIONS TO SEE IF DISCHARGE IS A FEASIBLE OPTION FOR A POSITIVE OUTCOME. IF SO, MEDICAL STAFF AND VOOM FOUNDATION PAY OFF THE PATIENTS BALANCE SO THE PATIENT CAN BE RELEASED TO THEIR HOMES AND HEAL IN THE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A 2022 - VOOM PARTNERS WITH THE DAME IRENE OKWUOSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN ORAIFITE, NIGERIA TO OPEN A NEW STATE-OF-THE ART HOSPITAL, THE DAME IRENE OKWUOSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL/DIOM, WHERE VOOM FOUNDATION WILL SERVE AS THE MEDICAL PARTNER AND PROVIDE MEDICAL EXPERTISE TO ALL ASPECTS OF HEALTHCARE CARE. THIS FACILITY WILL INCLUDE A CATH LAB, BLOOD BANK AND ELECTRONIC RECORD SYSTEM TO BETTER ENHANCE PATIENT EXPERIENCE. IN MAY, A VOOM FOUNDATION OPEN-HEART MEDICAL TEAM VISITED THE HOSPITAL AND PERFORMED SEVEN OPEN-HEART CASES. 2021 - IN SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER THE VOOM FOUNDATION PERFORMED 7 MEDICAL MISSIONS BRINGING THE TOTAL OF MEDICAL MISSIONS TO 30. THE MEDICAL TEAMS HAVE PERFORMED A TOTAL OF 152 OPEN-HEART PROCEDURES SINCE ITS INCEPTION. EACH VOOM MEDICAL MISSION TYPICALLY INCLUDES A GROUP OF UP TO 15 MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS THE NATION - AS WELL AS OTHER COUNTRIES, CANADA, UNITED KINGDOM, AND INDIA AND AFRICA. 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