Grants for specialty hospitals

165 specialty hospitals received at least $2.5 billion in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 2,790 grants made from 1,876 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 1,876 foundations, 87% made just a single grant to specialty hospitals, and 2% made grants to four or more specialty hospitals. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$2,469,972,994
Total grant dollars given to specialty hospitals
2,790
Number of grants made annually to specialty hospitals
1,876
Number of grantmakers funding specialty hospitals
$1,000
Median grant size to specialty hospitals

Foundations that support specialty hospitals

Out of all grants made to specialty hospitals, 85% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 79% of the dollar-value of grants to specialty hospitals. Foundations funding specialty hospitals also made grants to scholarship organizations, colleges, universities, multiservice human service organizations, and youth development programs.

Foundation size

Foundation size Number of grantmakers
Small
 
1,597
Medium
 
141
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
 
21
Private
 
1,652
Corporate
 
80
Other
 
123

Grants made

Grants made to specialty hospitals Number of grantmakers
1
 
1,637
2-3
 
199
4-10
 
25
11+
 
15

Top 10 foundations supporting specialty hospitals

Grantmaker State Geographic focus Percent of grant dollars to specialty hospitals Number of grants made to specialty hospitals Median grant size
Chubb Charitable Foundation PA National 0.3% 119 $60
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT) TN Metro 0.1% 98 $25
Baxter IL National 0.1% 93 $50
Baird Foundation WI National 0.6% 52 $87
Westrock Foundation GA National 0.3% 36 $65
Salesforce Com Foundation CA National 0.0% 33 $150
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) NJ National 0.0% 27 $125
Albemarle Foundation NC National 0.4% 25 $500
The Rhode Island Foundation RI Metro 0.1% 24 $465
LPL Financial Foundation MA National 0.4% 15 $150

Specialty hospitals grantees

Specialty hospitals with more than $5 million in total revenues received 98% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 96% of all specialty hospitals.

Grant amounts

Size of grant Number of grants
<$10k
 
2,693
$10k-$25k
 
0
$25k-$100k
 
0
$100k+
 
97

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue Median grant size
<$100k
 
$750
$100k-$500k
 
$1,000
$500k-$1M
 
n/a
$1M-$5M
 
$3,750
>$5M
 
$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee Number of grants
Tennessee
 
1,635
New York
 
284
Massachusetts
 
111
Illinois
 
107
Other
 
653

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee Number of grants
Memphis
 
1,632
New York City
 
286
Boston
 
111
Chicago
 
107
Other
 
613

Top 25 grants made to specialty hospitals

Grantee Grant size Purpose Grantmaker
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) $519,805,597 FMV The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) $519,805,597 FMV The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) $143,965,410 To Benefit Chop The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation
Seattle Children's Hospital $123,351,952 Pediatric Care, Medical Research, Teaching Seattle Children's Foundation
Cook Children's Physician Network $75,625,445 Subsidize Operations Cook Children's Health Care System
Cook Children's Physician Network $75,625,445 FMV Cook Children's Health Care System
Cook Children's Physician Network $75,625,445 FMV Cook Children's Health Care System
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego (RCHSD) $47,585,648 Support Hospital Rady Children's Hospital Foundation
Children's Wisconsin / Children's Hospital and Health System Inc $39,507,189 Grants To Affiliate Children's Wisconsin / Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc (CHW)
Children's Wisconsin / Children's Hospital and Health System Inc $39,106,386 Cash Paid/received Children's Wisconsin / Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc (CHW)
Pediatric Faculty Foundation $36,233,863 Mission Support Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Massachusetts General Hospital Nurses Alumni Associations $34,124,545 To Carry on Charitable Organization's Activities Phillip and Susan Ragon Foundation
Cook Children's Physician Network $32,774,515 FMV Cook Children's Health Care System
Children's Hospital (CHNOLA) $30,969,084 Cost LCMC Health
Valley Children's Hospital $30,022,916 Equipment and Operational Expenses Valley Children's Healthcare Foundation
Lurie Childrens Surgical Foundation $26,696,486 Mission Support Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) $24,999,160 Hospital Operations and Charitable Care Choc Foundation
Kennedy Krieger Children's Hospital $21,703,843 FMV Madison Street Properties
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland $18,207,611 Unrestricted General Support and Various Donor Designated University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospitals Foundation
Children's National Hospital $17,991,409 Prog. Support Children's National Hospital Foundation
Shriners Hospitals for Children $17,428,064 To Provide Funds for Patients Needs at the Two Shriners Hospitals for Children in Massachusetts, Which Include Employees Salaries, Medical Supplies, and Other Necessary Expenses. Shriners Hospitals for Children
Shriners Hospitals for Children $17,428,064 Cash Transfers Shriners Hospitals for Children
Children's Surgical Associates (CSA) $16,727,485 FMV The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation
Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) $16,437,044 General Support Arkansas Children's Foundation (ACH)
Boston Children's Hospital $15,346,161 General Support Boston Children's Hospital (BCH)
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 "Specialty hospitals" category for this page is determined by the "E24: Hospital, Specialty" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.