Tennessee · Public charity
Ballad Health Foundation
BALLAD HEALTH FOUNDATION's primary purpose is to build relationships with others to fulfill the mission and vision of ballad health through philanthropy. Working together around a common set of objectives, we can transform our community's health and well-being.
- $5.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,532,407
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $65M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Ballad Health Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 9 | $5.9M | 67% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $2.2M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $17M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $5.1M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $1.3M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $3.0M | 75% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $3.5M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $2.7M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballad Health | $33,793,730 | 6 | 24% |
| Wellmont Health System | $5,807,150 | 2 | 0% |
| The Gap Partnership Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 77% |
| Mission Dental Virginia Inc | $175,304 | 3 | 11% |
| Appalachia Service Project Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc | $84,884 | 2 | 1% |
| Smyth County Community Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 7% |
| United Way of Bristol Tn-Va Inc | $73,644 | 2 | 3% |
| Project Fit America | $68,462 | 4 | 16% |
| Holston Habitat for Humanity Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Ballad Health Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 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: Eastman Credit Union · United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc · Wellmont Health System · United Way Worldwide · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ballad Health Foundation
- How much does Ballad Health Foundation give?
- Ballad Health Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $5,898,693 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Ballad Health Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (98%), Education (1%), Philanthropy (0%).
- Who are Ballad Health Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ballad Health ($34M), Wellmont Health System ($5.8M), The Gap Partnership Foundation ($200k).
- Does Ballad Health Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ballad Health Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastman Credit Union, United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc, Wellmont Health System.
- Where is Ballad Health Foundation based?
- Ballad Health Foundation is based in TN.
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