Grants for hospital systems

Name: Top 25 grants made to community health and hospital systems
Creator: Cause IQ
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478 community health and hospital systems received at least $11.9 billion in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 699 grants made from 460 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $5,000. Of these 460 foundations, 81% made just a single grant to hospital systems, and 5% made grants to four or more hospital systems. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$11,947,895,855

Total grant dollars given to hospital systems

699

Number of grants made annually to hospital systems

460

Number of grantmakers funding hospital systems

$5,000

Median grant size to hospital systems

Foundations that support community health and hospital systems

Out of all grants made to hospital systems, 59% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 77% of the dollar-value of grants to hospital systems. Foundations funding hospital systems also made grants to community clinics, multiservice human service organizations, colleges, universities, and general hospitals.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	274
Medium	47
Large	138

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	19
Private	265
Corporate	27
Other	149

Grants made

Grants made to hospital systems	Number of grantmakers
1	374
2-3	62
4-10	19
11+	5

Top 10 foundations supporting community health and hospital systems

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to hospital systems	Number of grants made to hospital systems	Median grant size
Ascension Health	MO	National	62.5%	23	$22,097,303
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation	TN	Metro	11.9%	14	$9,747,708
Partners Healthcare System	MA	Metro	42.6%	12	$13,100,589
Amga Foundation	VA	National	2.6%	11	$5,000
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.0%	11	$31
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	10	$200
Sutter Bay Hospitals (CPMC)	CA	Metro	93.7%	9	$7,820,919
Geisinger Health Foundation	PA	Metro	92.2%	9	$46,322,990
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.0%	9	$1,000
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.0%	9	$500

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Community health and hospital systems grantees

Hospital systems with more than $5 million in total revenues received 99% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 88% of all hospital systems.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	454
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	245

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,500
$100k-$500k	$2,000
$500k-$1M	$1,625
$1M-$5M	$3,500
>$5M	$5,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
Minnesota	140
Massachusetts	70
California	57
Pennsylvania	55
Other	377

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Rochester, MN	137
Boston	68
Ann Arbor	45
New York City	35
Other	393

Top 25 grants made to hospital systems

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Presence Health Presence Healthcare Presence Health Care	$1,789,855,695	Actual Amount Paid/transferred	Ascension Health
Ascension Southeast Michigan St John Providence Health Oncology Research Nsortium	$1,158,183,060	Actual Amount Paid/transferred	Ascension Health
Sutter Health	$963,452,867	FMV	Sutter Bay Hospitals (CPMC)
WellSpan Health	$524,650,819	General Ledger	York Hospital
Saint Joseph Health (SJH)	$452,623,043	FMV	Providence St Jude Medical Center
St Vincent	$360,831,322	Actual Amount Paid/transferred	Ascension Health
Orlando Health Physician Group	$347,870,717	FMV	Orlando Health
Sutter Health	$328,486,975	FMV	Sutter Bay Hospitals (CPMC)
Saint Thomas Health (STHe)	$276,407,834	Actual Amount Paid/transferred	Ascension Health
Franciscan Health System	$248,705,755	See Statement - SCH. R Part Vii	CommonSpirit Health
Geisinger Health System (GHS)	$240,139,923	Gaap	Geisinger Health Foundation
Geisinger Health System (GHS)	$240,000,000	Gaap	Geisinger Health Foundation
Temple University Health System (TUHS)	$230,872,000	FMV	Temple University (TU)
Dignity Health Medical Foundation	$208,286,453	Medical Foundation Support	Dignity Health
North Shore Medical Center	$166,440,000	FMV	Partners Healthcare System
UC Health	$150,445,706	Cash and Securities	Medical Center Fund of Cincinnati
Orlando Health Physician Group	$140,500,000	FMV	Orlando Health
Ascension Via Christi Health	$128,354,059	Actual Amount Paid/transferred	Ascension Health
Borgess Health Alliance	$122,171,894	Actual Amount Paid/transferred	Ascension Health
Columbia St Mary's	$120,132,988	Actual Amount Paid/transferred	Ascension Health
Saint Lukes Physician Group	$95,655,137	Support for Health Care Needs	St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City
Bon Secours St Francis Health System	$88,078,974	Cost	Bon Secours Mercy Health
Bon Secours St Francis Health System	$88,078,974	Cost	Bon Secours Mercy Health
Dignity Health Medical Foundation	$83,371,562	See Part Vii	Dignity Community Care
WellSpan Health	$77,786,963	General Ledger	York Hospital

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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 "Hospital systems" category for this page is determined by the "E21: Community Health Systems" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.