How do I find funders for a large health nonprofit?

Start with the funders most focused on large health organizations, currently American Lebanese Syrian Associated, Mgb Pooled Holdings LLC, Gothic Hsp Corporation. Donor-advised funds and mega-funds are excluded, so these are funders that genuinely back organizations your size, not pass-through accounts.

What counts as a large organization here?

Size is the organization's median total revenue across its filings: large ($10M and up). Cause is its NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File.

How much grant money goes to large health organizations?

$50.6B reached 4,067 large health organizations from 20,480 funders. Money parked in the regranting layer is netted out.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings across recent fiscal years. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Causes · Health · large

Who funds large health organizations

The most committed funder, American Lebanese Syrian Associated, gives large health organizations 6× the national rate.

$50.6B

granted

4,067

organizations

20,480

funders

The short version

20,480 funders gave $50.6B to 4,067 large health organizations (large ($10M and up)) across recent IRS filings.
The most focused funder is American Lebanese Syrian Associated, giving 6× the national rate to large health organizations.
The largest non-DAF funder is Mayo Clinic Group Return, at $5.2B.
The large health organization drawing the most is Mayo Clinic, at $5.6B.

Funders most focused on large health organizations

Not the biggest checks, the most committed: each gives this size and cause an outsized share of its budget against the national rate, shrunk toward that rate so a small specialist needs real volume to rank.

American Lebanese Syrian Associated6×$2.5B · 100% of its giving Mgb Pooled Holdings LLC6×$2.4B · 100% of its giving Gothic Hsp Corporation6×$825M · 100% of its giving Alfred I Dupont Charitable Trust6×$787M · 100% of its giving Scott & White Healthcare6×$774M · 100% of its giving Community Hospital of the Monterey6×$421M · 100% of its giving Seattle Children's Foundation6×$319M · 100% of its giving Mayo Clinic Group Return6×$5.2B · 99% of its giving

Largest funders by dollars

Real grantmakers giving the most to large health organizations (donor-advised and mega-funds excluded).

1Mayo Clinic Group Return$5.2B 2American Lebanese Syrian Associated$2.5B 3Mgb Pooled Holdings LLC$2.4B 4Baptist Health South Florida Inc$1.1B 5Gothic Hsp Corporation$825M 6Alfred I Dupont Charitable Trust$787M 7Scott & White Healthcare$774M 8Mass General Brigham Incorporated &$725M

Large health organizations that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

4,057 other large health organizations$35B

Mayo Clinic$5.6B St Jude Children's Research Hospital$2.8B

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a large health nonprofit?: Start with the funders most focused on large health organizations, currently American Lebanese Syrian Associated, Mgb Pooled Holdings LLC, Gothic Hsp Corporation. Donor-advised funds and mega-funds are excluded, so these are funders that genuinely back organizations your size, not pass-through accounts.
What counts as a large organization here?: Size is the organization's median total revenue across its filings: large ($10M and up). Cause is its NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File.
How much grant money goes to large health organizations?: $50.6B reached 4,067 large health organizations from 20,480 funders. Money parked in the regranting layer is netted out.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings across recent fiscal years. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

By state

where grant money is based, and what stays home

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Size is median total revenue; cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File. Read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML across recent fiscal years, among (c)(3) funders and recipients resolved by EIN, with the regranting layer netted out. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.