Missouri · Public charity
Ascension Ministry & Mission Fund
Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities. We are advocates for a…
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,970,894
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,970,894
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $289k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 25% of the organizations Ascension Ministry & Mission Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $3.0M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $471k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $247k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $495k | 90% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $305k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $33k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Foundation | $2,970,894 | 1 | 33% |
| Ascension Health Alliance | $676,164 | 5 | 0% |
| St Vincent Medical Group Inc | $317,436 | 3 | 0% |
| Ascension Health-IS Inc | $177,210 | 2 | 0% |
| Henry Ford Health Genesys Foundation | $104,842 | 1 | 12% |
| Sacred Heart Foundation Inc | $70,376 | 1 | 1% |
| Ascension Health | $51,752 | 2 | 0% |
| Ascension Depaul Services | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Agnes Healthcare Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St John Medical Center Inc | $38,047 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Foundation | $2,970,894 | 1 | 33% |
| Ascension Health Alliance | $676,164 | 5 | 0% |
| St Vincent Medical Group Inc | $317,436 | 3 | 0% |
| Ascension Health-IS Inc | $177,210 | 2 | 0% |
| Henry Ford Health Genesys Foundation | $104,842 | 1 | 12% |
| Sacred Heart Foundation Inc | $70,376 | 1 | 1% |
| Ascension Health | $51,752 | 2 | 0% |
| Ascension Depaul Services | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Agnes Healthcare Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St John Medical Center Inc | $38,047 | 1 | 0% |
| St Agnes Foundation Inc | $14,354 | 1 | 0% |
| OMNI Medical Group Inc | $12,936 | 1 | n/a |
| St John Physicians Inc | $9,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart Health System Inc | $8,825 | 1 | 0% |
| Regional Medical Laboratories Inc | $6,662 | 1 | n/a |
| Jane Phillips Memorial Medical Center Inc | $5,704 | 1 | 0% |
| St Vincent's Medical Center-Clay County Inc | $5,700 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Ascension Ministry & Mission Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: St John Health System Foundation Inc · Ascension Health Alliance · American Cancer Society Inc · Reach Out and Read Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ascension Ministry & Mission Fund
- How much does Ascension Ministry & Mission Fund give?
- Ascension Ministry & Mission Fund reported 1 grants totaling $2,995,353 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Ascension Ministry & Mission Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (100%).
- Who are Ascension Ministry & Mission Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ascension Foundation ($3.0M), Ascension Health Alliance ($676k), St Vincent Medical Group Inc ($317k).
- Does Ascension Ministry & Mission Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ascension Ministry & Mission Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St John Health System Foundation Inc, Ascension Health Alliance, American Cancer Society Inc.
- Where is Ascension Ministry & Mission Fund based?
- Ascension Ministry & Mission Fund is based in MO.
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