Fundacja Wspierajmy Zdrowie in Bolesławiec still does not want to answer questions concerning the organization of the Gala Przyszłości Szpitala Św. Łukasza. Instead of complying with the judgment of the Voivodeship Administrative Court in Wrocław and clearly examining the request for public information, the Foundation filed a cassation complaint with the Supreme Administrative Court.
The Foundation has the status of a public benefit organization, uses the 1.5 percent tax mechanism, operates at the hospital and declares goals related to supporting healthcare. Meanwhile, for months it has avoided simple answers about costs, sponsors, donations, catering, alcohol and the settlement of the gala.
The matter concerns an event held on October 25, 2025. After the gala, we asked the Foundation, among other things, about the event’s total cost, sources of financing, agreements with sponsors, the costs of renting the hall and technical facilities, the value of catering, the number of people who made donations, the number of people invited free of charge, and the purpose for which funds from donations and sponsors were used.
The Foundation gave a general answer. It wrote, among other things, that the gala was financed with funds from donors and sponsors, that settlement work was ongoing, that some costs were covered by sponsors through services or in-kind donations, and that detailed data would be shown in a future report. However, it did not provide the most important amounts.
The case was brought before the Voivodeship Administrative Court in Wrocław. On May 7, 2026, the court found that Fundacja Wspierajmy Zdrowie had been inactive in examining some points of our request. At the same time, it ordered the Foundation to examine questions concerning, among other things, the gala’s costs, sources of financing, agreements with sponsors, rental costs, catering, the number of donors and the purpose for which the funds were used.
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The court clearly indicated that the Foundation, as a public benefit organization, is an entity obliged to provide public information. The court emphasized that public benefit organizations perform public tasks or manage public funds, and that the right to information “follows” public assets.
In its reasoning, the court also noted that the Foundation’s answers were not clear. The court stated that no clear information had been provided about the gala’s costs, the sources and amount of financing, support amounts, agreements or the value of catering. The court held that an answer cannot force the applicant to guess and interpret general statements.
Despite this, the Foundation did not give up. On July 2, 2026, represented by a legal counsel, it filed a cassation complaint with the Supreme Administrative Court. In the complaint, it seeks to have the judgment of the Voivodeship Administrative Court set aside, or alternatively to have the judgment set aside and our complaint dismissed.
The Foundation’s main line of defense is that the Voivodeship Administrative Court allegedly failed to establish whether the requested information existed and was in the Foundation’s possession on the date the answers were provided. The Foundation also claims that the court effectively required it to prepare a final settlement of the event or create new information.
In our view, this is an attempt to turn the matter on its head. We did not ask for a new document to be created to meet our expectations. We asked for specific information about an event that had already taken place: costs, sponsors, donations, agreements, catering, people invited free of charge and how the money was used. If the Foundation did not have something, it should have stated this clearly. If it had partial data, it should have disclosed it. If it believed that something could not be disclosed, it should have used the procedure provided for by law.
The alcohol issue is particularly disturbing. The case files contained documents concerning the purchase of some of the alcohol and bartending services. In the procedural filing, we indicated a VAT invoice for PLN 45,202.50, a pro forma invoice for PLN 5,830.20, and an agreement concerning bartending services. The documents showed that the payer was Jolanta Sawczak, the Foundation’s president, acting as a private individual. The Foundation had previously limited itself to stating that the alcohol had been purchased by “a private individual.”
This is precisely why transparency is so important in this case. It is not about our curiosity, but about the transparency of an organization operating for the public benefit, associated with the hospital and raising funds from donors. Residents have the right to know how much the gala cost, who financed it, and what portion of the money was spent on the event and what portion on genuine support for the hospital and patients.
The court ordered the Foundation’s representative to correct a formal defect in the cassation complaint because the original power of attorney had been signed contrary to the method of representation disclosed in the National Court Register. According to the National Court Register, submitting declarations of intent and signing documents on behalf of the Foundation requires the joint action of two management board members. According to information in the case files, the Foundation corrected this defect. The filing was signed by Jolanta Sawczak and doctor Jarosław Luboński.
The case will therefore continue. We will submit a response to the cassation complaint and seek its dismissal. Our position is simple: a foundation that operates as a public benefit organization, enjoys public trust and raises funds for health-related purposes should not hide behind general statements.
The further prolonging of the case through the cassation complaint shows how far the Foundation is prepared to go to avoid disclosing full information about the hospital gala.