Missouri · Public charity
Mercy Health Springfield Communities
As the sisters of mercy before us, we bring to life the healing ministry of jesus through our compassionate care and exceptional service.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $234M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Mercy Health Springfield Communities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k 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 | 24 | $956k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $376k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $521k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $174k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $266k | 87% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $454k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $169k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $146k | 75% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drury University | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mercy Health Foundation Springfield | $432,158 | 3 | 15% |
| Springfield Business Development Corporation | $285,175 | 6 | 6% |
| Missouri State University Foundation | $272,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce Inc | $267,051 | 5 | 2% |
| Foundation for Springfield Public Schools | $254,030 | 4 | 9% |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Ozarks | $143,600 | 4 | 3% |
| Buffalo Sports Properties LLC | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $117,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks | $107,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 46 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($58k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mercy Health Springfield 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: Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc · Arvest Foundation · The Charlie & Mary Beth O'Reilly Family Foundation · Stanley & Elaine Ball Charitable Tr · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Musgrave Foundation · Ozarks Health Advocacy Foundation · Robert M - Bobby - Allison Charitable Tr · Cook Family Foundation · Forvis Mazars Foundation · Bee Payne-Stewart Foundation · Larry P O'Reilly and Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Mercy Health Springfield Communities
- How much does Mercy Health Springfield Communities give?
- Mercy Health Springfield Communities reported 25 itemized grants totaling $1,005,920, out of $1,324,034 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mercy Health Springfield Communities fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Health (25%), Community Improvement (20%).
- Who are Mercy Health Springfield Communities's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Drury University ($500k), Mercy Health Foundation Springfield ($432k), Springfield Business Development Corporation ($285k).
- Does Mercy Health Springfield Communities fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mercy Health Springfield Communities?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc, Arvest Foundation, The Charlie & Mary Beth O'Reilly Family Foundation.
- Where is Mercy Health Springfield Communities based?
- Mercy Health Springfield Communities is based in MO.
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