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Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries.

$10M
Granted FY2019
33
Grants FY2019
8
States reached
$7.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Health$19MReligion$2.7MHuman Services$470kEducation$201kCommunity Improvement$192kArts & Culture$175kRecreation & Sports$127kPhilanthropy$96kOther$0
02FY2019 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 33 grants below total $8,048,929, the rows itemized in this filing. The $10,175,967 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,127,038 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k8 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $374k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+2 grants · $7.6M
$12,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation$7,018,713
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$547,500
CINCINNATI BALLET$50,000
DEPAUL CRISTO REY High School$48,000
HEALTHY MOMS & BABES$40,000
TOLEDO ROADRUNNERS CLUB$29,000
BLACK AND WHITE CANCER SURVIVORS FDN$25,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$18,500
FAMILY SVC SOCIETY$18,000
CLERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$17,631
PADUCAH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$15,000
TENDER MERCIES$15,000
LPGA FDN$15,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER CINCINNATI$13,500
MT CARMEL CEMETERY FUND$13,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FAMILY SERVICE SOCIETY INC: $10k → 15%TALBERT HOUSE: $8k → 16%TALBERT HOUSE ITD: $8k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE: $8k → 16%HEALTHSOURCE FOUNDATION: $7k → 16%BLACK AND WHITE CANCER SURVIVORS FDN: $25k → 16%BLACK AND WHITE CANCER SURVIVORS FDN: $22k → 16%BLACK AND WHITE CANCER SURVIVORS FOUNDATION: $13k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
IA
IN
OH
KY
VA
NC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 100% of Mercy Health’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 94% of the giving stays in OH; by stated purpose, 0%.

Mercy Healthlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20M · 20 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2019, 1 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
30

Total granted

$20M
$3.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+33%

Still filing today

90%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $157k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19
HealthHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BS
    Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation
    3× · 2017–2019 · $18M · revenue +208%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $911k · revenue +33%
  • HM
    Healthy Moms & Babes Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $285k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • SO
    SISTERS OF THE HUMILITY OF MARY
    one grant, 2017 · $2.5M
  • SO
    SISTERS OF MERCY OF THE AMERICAS SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $150k
  • FC
    Fairfield City School District
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber Foundation

To develop and promote economic development, talent initiatives and the unique offerings in the cincinnati region.

Community Improvement
2
Ohio Chamber of Commerce

As the state's leading business advocate and resource, the ohio chamber of commerce aggressively champions free enterprise, economic competitiveness and growth for the benefit of all ohioans.

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3
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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4
Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce

The chamber is a member association designed to be the leading advocate for the business community of the greater dayton region. its mission is to work shoulder to shoulder with businesses to help them succeed.

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5
Cincinnati Business Committee

The cbc is an organization of chief executives of the greater cincinnati area committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues the members consider especially important to the long-term economic vitality and well-being…

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6
Ohio Business Roundtable

To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.

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7
Greater Cincinnati Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc

The cincinnati usa convention & visitors bureau is an aggressive sales, marketing, and service organization. our primary responsibility is to positively impact the region's area economy through convention, tradeshow and visitor…

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8
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
9
Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce

To solve critical business challenges in order to create vibrant economic opportunities for all in our region.

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10
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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11
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

As a trusted and connected partner, we inspire generous people to invest in a more equitable and vibrant region now and for generations to come.

Philanthropy
12
Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio

The hospital council of northwest ohio is a member-driven organization that represents and advocates on behalf of its member hospitals and health systems, and provides collaborative opportunities to enhance the health status of the…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Toledo Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Toledo Roadrunners Club. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

50 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 50 of the 67 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/50
Grantees still filing
40/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation: $18,033,637 · ReligionBon Secours Mercy Health FoundationSISTERS OF THE HUMILITY OF MARY: $2,500,000 · OtherSISTERS OF THE H…SISTERS OF MERCY OF THE AMERICAS SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY INC: $150,000 · Other+40 more: $767,833 · Other+40 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc: $910,716 · HealthHealthy Moms & Babes Inc: $285,000 · HealthMercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc: $112,500 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $83,750 · Health+8 more: $135,420 · HealthBLACK AND WHITE CANCER SURVIVORS FOUNDAT: $59,650 · Human ServicesTALBERT HOUSE: $15,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $8,250 · Human ServicesThe HealthSource Foundation: $7,000 · Human ServicesTOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $15,750 · PhilanthropyTHE NORTHERN CINCINNAI FOUNDATION: $5,300 · PhilanthropyThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc: $75,000 · Arts & CultureTOLEDO ALLIANCE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $20,000 · Arts & CultureJewish Community Center Of Cincinnati: $62,500 · Recreation & SportsCINCINNATI GOLDEN GLOVES FOR YOUTH: $12,500 · Recreation & Sports
Religion$18,033,637Other$3,417,833Health$1,527,386Human Services$100,400Philanthropy$96,050Arts & Culture$95,000Recreation & Sports$75,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBon Secours Mercy Health Foundation: $18,033,637 over 3y, 22% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $910,716 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHealthy Moms & Babes Inc: $285,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetMercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc: $112,500 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $83,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJewish Community Center Of Cincinnati: $62,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOND HILL ROSELAWN COLLABORATIVE: $40,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetPADUCAH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $40,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $27,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPADUCAH AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $25,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE LPGA FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTENDER MERCIES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetMAYFIELD EDUCATION & RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPERRYSBURG AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetTOLEDO ALLIANCE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE SOCIETY INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCLERMONT COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $17,631 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetPADUCAH JUNIOR COLLEGE INC: $16,667 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $15,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTALBERT HOUSE: $15,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetZERO PROSTATE CANCER: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN PERRYSBURG INC: $15,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetCINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI SCHOLASTIC FOUNDATION: $13,500 over 1y, 30% of budgetACCESS HEALTH MAHONING VALLEY INC: $12,500 over 1y, 75% of budgetCINCINNATI GOLDEN GLOVES FOR YOUTH: $12,500 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S PROTECTIVE SERVICE OF THE OHIO HUMANE SOCIETY DBA FAMILIESFORWARD: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF GREATER CINCINNATI AND NKY: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetCancer Family Care Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBethany House Services Inc: $9,300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $8,250 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLEADERSHIP TOLEDO: $8,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGreater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe HealthSource Foundation: $7,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONECITY FOR RECOVERY INC: $5,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE NORTHERN CINCINNAI FOUNDATION: $5,300 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Bon Secours Mercy Hea…The Greater Cincinnat…United Way of Greater…Millstone FundTr Uw Jacob Schmidlap…Sutphin Family Founda…Bon Secours Mercy Hea…Marge & Charles J Sch…The Wohlgemuth Hersch…The Thomas J Emery Me…Andrew Jergens Founda…Carol Ann and Ralph V…
Bon Secours Mercy Health IncOH36.2× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bon Secours Mercy Health Inc · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Millstone Fund · Tr Uw Jacob Schmidlapp #1 · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation · Marge & Charles J Schott Foundation · The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Mercy Health funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mercy Health. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 67 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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