Registration
- Legal name
- Health Frontiers
- EIN
- 34-1694322
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3) charitable
- Foundation type
- Public charity (supports gov)
- NTEE code
- Q300: International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
- Exempt since
- 1992-05
- Address of record
- 44500 66Th Avenue Way, Kenyon, MN 55946
- In care of
- Erik Torjesen
- Phone
- (612) 462-8668
- Website
- healthfrontiers.org
- Filings on ProPublica
- 25 (organization page)
Gifts to a 501(c)(3) are deductible for the donor.
Latest return: Form 990, tax year 2025
Revenue fell short of expenses by $17,426 in the 2025 year, and net assets stood at $329,811 at year end.
| Form | 990 |
|---|---|
| Tax year | 2025 |
| Filed | Feb. 13, 2026 |
| Gross receipts | $110,037 |
| Total revenue | $110,037 |
| Contributions and grants received | $94,333 |
| Program service revenue | $0 |
| Total expenses | $127,463 |
| Grants paid out | $81,543 |
| Salaries and benefits | $0 |
| Total assets, end of year | $329,811 |
| Total liabilities, end of year | $0 |
| Net assets, end of year | $329,811 |
| Employees | 0 |
| Volunteers | 20 |
| Return signed by | Karen Torjesen, Medical Director |
| Books in care of | Karen Torjesen |
| Schedules filed | 990, Schedule A, Schedule B, Schedule F, Schedule O |
Form 990 is the full return, required once gross receipts reach $200,000 or assets $500,000. It carries the statement of revenue and expenses, the balance sheet, program descriptions and the officer list with compensation. Source: full text of this return on ProPublica.
Mission and programs
Health frontiers is a volunteer outreach of health professionals focused on medical education in laos and the special needs of children in disasters.
Program services reported
- Laos project - this has been our flagship project since our inception. Hundreds of volunteers have helped the lao university of health sciences establish the first graduate medical education training programs in lao history. It has grown into successful training programs in pediatrics internal medicine and emergency medicine. Graduates are now helping to transform healthcare in one of asias neediest populations and taking increasing responsibility for the residency programs. We are now able to reduce our support for these programs while increasing our support for the subspecialty training of lao graduates in collaboration with khon kaen university and other regional centers.
- Children in conflict and humanitarian disasters - health frontiers provides training for relief workers to assist children in conflict and humanitarian emergencies. We also supply material support for feel better packs distributed to aid children affected by these emergencies.
- Muang sing noma project-provides support for the secondary and higher education for poor childred in rural northern laos as well as for people suffering from the devastating effects of noma.
As stated on the latest return, Part I and Part III.
Officers, directors and key staff
| Name | Title | Compensation |
|---|---|---|
| Erik Torjesen | President | — |
| Kristine Torjesen Md | Vice President | — |
| Georgine Busch | Treasurer | — |
| Hakon Torjesen | Past President | — |
| Melanie Anspacher Md | Board Member | — |
| Elizabeth Clarke Md | Board Member | — |
| Marisa Herran Md | Board Member | — |
| Christine Johns Md | Board Member | — |
| Bryan Watt | Board Member | — |
| Karen Olness Md | Medical Director | — |
10 people listed on the 2025 return, Part VII; 0 received reportable compensation.
Year by year
| Tax year | Revenue | Expenses | Surplus | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $86,743 | $117,496 | -$30,753 | $329,978 |
| 2022 | $258,673 | $111,268 | $147,405 | $367,703 |
| 2021 | $45,324 | $104,286 | -$58,962 | $221,480 |
| 2020 | $52,510 | $119,015 | -$66,505 | $264,568 |
| 2019 | $271,520 | $140,733 | $130,787 | $318,603 |
| 2018 | $110,000 | $187,867 | -$77,867 | $188,392 |
| 2017 | $165,389 | $158,117 | $7,272 | $268,437 |
| 2016 | $79,056 | $146,751 | -$67,695 | $256,293 |
| 2015 | $74,367 | $142,899 | -$68,532 | $291,869 |
| 2014 | $228,080 | $150,485 | $77,595 | $366,416 |
| 2013 | $172,397 | $187,077 | -$14,680 | $275,397 |
| 2012 | $184,548 | $202,233 | -$17,685 | $273,638 |
| 2011 | $204,065 | $277,377 | -$73,312 | $245,625 |
Every filing ProPublica holds for this EIN; years missing from the table were not filed or were 990-N postcards.
Sources: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Minnesota extract, 2026; ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, EIN 34-1694322; City of Kenyon council packets and minutes 2019–2026. Compiled September 2026. This page is independent of the organization; figures are as filed and may lag the current year.