Grants for general hospitals

1,735 general hospitals received at least $20.2 billion in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 1,775 grants made from 993 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $5,000. Of these 993 foundations, 76% made just a single grant to general hospitals, and 6% made grants to four or more general hospitals. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$20,159,739,593
Total grant dollars given to general hospitals
1,775
Number of grants made annually to general hospitals
993
Number of grantmakers funding general hospitals
$5,000
Median grant size to general hospitals

Foundations that support general hospitals

Out of all grants made to general hospitals, 63% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 61% of the dollar-value of grants to general hospitals. Foundations funding general hospitals also made grants to hospital systems, multiservice human service organizations, community clinics, universities, and emergency assistance programs.

Foundation size

Foundation size Number of grantmakers
Small
 
630
Medium
 
122
Large
 
240
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type Number of grantmakers
Community
 
30
Private
 
615
Corporate
 
44
Other
 
304

Grants made

Grants made to general hospitals Number of grantmakers
1
 
764
2-3
 
168
4-10
 
43
11+
 
18

Top 10 foundations supporting general hospitals

Grantmaker State Geographic focus Percent of grant dollars to general hospitals Number of grants made to general hospitals Median grant size
Adventist Health CA State 80.3% 37 $25,107,956
Ascension Health MO National 14.4% 35 $12,614,571
The Rhode Island Foundation RI Metro 0.2% 34 $1,500
CommonSpirit Health CO National 61.4% 33 $8,006,144
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT) TN Metro 0.1% 32 $1,800
UnityPoint Health IA Metro 88.5% 26 $6,538,211
Healthcare Services Group Charitable Foundation MO State 26.3% 21 $3,000
Bon Secours Mercy Health OH National 50.0% 20 $13,062,023
CHRISTUS Health TX State 88.4% 18 $17,810,077
Bronson Healthcare Group MI Metro 86.8% 14 $10,799,809

General hospitals grantees

General hospitals with more than $5 million in total revenues received 99% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 99% of all general hospitals.

Grant amounts

Size of grant Number of grants
<$10k
 
1,052
$10k-$25k
 
0
$25k-$100k
 
0
$100k+
 
723

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue Median grant size
<$100k
 
$1,500
$100k-$500k
 
$2,429
$500k-$1M
 
$5,000
$1M-$5M
 
$5,000
>$5M
 
$5,000

Grantee states

State of grantee Number of grants
New York
 
231
California
 
159
Massachusetts
 
114
Missouri
 
108
Other
 
1,163

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee Number of grants
New York City
 
207
Boston
 
108
St. Louis
 
76
Los Angeles
 
59
Other
 
1,124

Top 25 grants made to general hospitals

Grantee Grant size Purpose Grantmaker
Mount Sinai Hospital $1,957,622,000 Cost Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai Hospital $1,957,622,000 Cost Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Providence Health and Services $893,823,416 Cost Swedish Medical Center
Providence Health and Services $893,823,416 Accrual Swedish Medical Center
Stanford Health Care $862,877,651 Book Stanford University
Children's Wisconsin / Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc (CHW) $351,209,864 Net Book Value Children's Wisconsin / Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc
Adventist Health Ctr-Hanford (AHCVN) $243,263,197 Loan Balance Adventist Health
Sentara Hospitals $227,933,918 Corp Books/rec Martha Jefferson Hospital
Ascension Seton $227,826,753 Actual Amount Paid/transferred Ascension Health
Mayo Clinic Arizona $205,210,473 Support Charitable Programs Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic Arizona $187,471,112 Gaap Mayo Clinic
Glendale Adventist Medical Center (GAMC) $185,651,660 Notes Payable Adventist Health
Lafayette General Health (LGH) $172,142,713 Cost Lafayette General Health System (LGH)
Alegent Creighton Health $170,726,674 See Statement - SCH. R Part Vii CommonSpirit Health
White Memorial Medical Center (WMMC) $155,647,057 Cash MGT Funds Adventist Health
White Memorial Medical Center (WMMC) $155,647,057 Cash Transfer Amount Adventist Health
Methodist Healthcare - Memphis Hospitals $147,869,425 Intercompany Transaction Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Bronson Methodist Hospital $138,242,866 Method Based on Actual Cost Bronson Healthcare Group
UNMC Physicians $136,621,573 General Support Nebraska Medicine
Avera McKennan $124,034,028 General Ledger Avera Health
Miami Valley Hospital $121,843,297 Building & Improvements Good Samaritan Hospital
Sacred Heart Health System $121,808,025 Actual Amount Paid/transferred Ascension Health
Providence Health and Services Oregon $121,573,408 Cost Providence St Vincent Medical Foundation
St Vincent Evansville $113,735,946 Actual Amount Paid/transferred Ascension Health
SCL Health $111,002,102 FMV Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System
Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "General hospitals" category for this page is determined by the "E22: Hospital, General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.