Arkansas · Public charity
Mercy Health Fort Smith Communities
As the sisters of mercy before us, we bring to life the healing ministry of jesus through our compassionate care and exceptional service.
- $470k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $390k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $16M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Mercy Health Fort Smith Communities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 13 | $390k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $312k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $309k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $271k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $248k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $399k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $289k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Smith Public Schools | $530,000 | 7 | n/a |
| United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc | $419,250 | 7 | 3% |
| Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce | $313,712 | 7 | 10% |
| Good Samaritan Clinic | $245,933 | 7 | 16% |
| Chapaheart | $209,233 | 2 | n/a |
| Fort Smith Symphony Association | $136,600 | 7 | 4% |
| Cancer Support Foundation | $80,000 | 4 | 5% |
| University of Arkansas Fort Smith | $65,500 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Arkansas Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas Colleges of Health Education | $34,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Smith Public Schools | $530,000 | 7 | n/a |
| United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc | $419,250 | 7 | 3% |
| Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce | $313,712 | 7 | 10% |
| Good Samaritan Clinic | $245,933 | 7 | 16% |
| Chapaheart | $209,233 | 2 | n/a |
| Fort Smith Symphony Association | $136,600 | 7 | 4% |
| Cancer Support Foundation | $80,000 | 4 | 5% |
| University of Arkansas Fort Smith | $65,500 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Arkansas Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas Colleges of Health Education | $34,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkoma Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| US Marshals Museum Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Subiaco Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arkansas Hospital Education and Research Trust Inc | $17,649 | 1 | 5% |
| Park Partners of Fort Smith Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Pack Shack | $10,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Hamilton Center for Child Advocacy | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Immaculate Conception Catholic School | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mercy Health Fort Smith Communities supplied at peak.
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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: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Mercy Hospital Fort Smith · Arvest Foundation · Maurras Family Charitable Trust · Walter O Caldwell Foundation · William Thomas & May Pitman Hennessy Foundation · The Degen Foundation · The Griffin Charitable Organization · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Mercy Health Fort Smith Communities
- How much does Mercy Health Fort Smith Communities give?
- Mercy Health Fort Smith Communities reported 13 itemized grants totaling $390,399, out of $470,042 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Mercy Health Fort Smith Communities fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Health (20%), Philanthropy (19%).
- Who are Mercy Health Fort Smith Communities's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Fort Smith Public Schools ($530k), United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc ($419k), Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce ($314k).
- Does Mercy Health Fort Smith Communities fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mercy Health Fort Smith Communities?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arkansas Community Foundation Inc, Mercy Hospital Fort Smith, Arvest Foundation.
- Where is Mercy Health Fort Smith Communities based?
- Mercy Health Fort Smith Communities is based in AR.
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