Louisiana · Public charity
General Health System
GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM's (ghs) primary exempt purpose is to provide efficient health care services by providing centralized management, governance and administrative services to related tax-exempt healthcare provider organizations.
- $280k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $265k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $323M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations General Health System 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 | 4 | $260k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $268k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $292k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $74k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $341k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $394k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $184k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $296k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baton Rouge Health District | $1,065,000 | 7 | 26% |
| Baton Rouge Area Chamber | $466,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Hope Ministries of Baton Rouge | $160,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Mid City Redevelopment Alliance | $150,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Forekids Foundations Inc Dba Zurich Classic of New Orleans | $110,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Front Yard Bikes | $80,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $44,085 | 4 | 0% |
| Baton Rouge Green Association Inc | $38,000 | 1 | 6% |
Show all 24 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
General Health System supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 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: The Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge Foundation · Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation · The Huey & Angelina Wilson Foundation · Albemarle Foundation · Baton Rouge Area Foundation · Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation · The Merice Boo Johnston Grigsby Foundation · Irene W & Cb Pennington Private Foundation · Capital Area United Way · Shell USA Company Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation
How this is measured
About General Health System
- How much does General Health System give?
- General Health System reported 5 itemized grants totaling $265,000, out of $280,171 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does General Health System fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (41%), Community Improvement (21%), Philanthropy (20%).
- Who are General Health System's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Baton Rouge Health District ($1.1M), Baton Rouge Area Chamber ($467k), Hope Ministries of Baton Rouge ($160k).
- Does General Health System fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as General Health System?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge Foundation, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation, The Huey & Angelina Wilson Foundation.
- Where is General Health System based?
- General Health System is based in LA.
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