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Mercy Hospital South

As the sisters of mercy before us, we bring to life the healing ministry of jesus through our compassionate care and exceptional service.

$2.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.1M
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 2025.

Health$5.0MReligion$244kHuman Services$113kEducation$31kCommunity Improvement$16kAnimals$8k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $1,228,557, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,967,460 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $738,903 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 · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $110k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.1M
$35,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$539M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION SOUTH$1,119,040
YMCA$37,500
IFM COMMUNITY MEDICINE$35,000
OFFICE OF WORSHIP ARCHDIOC STL$27,017
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY24–25, $113k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, 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%YMCA: $75k → 21%YMCA: $38k → 21%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.
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.3M · 9 repeat orgs$113k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
8

Total granted

$5.3M
$113k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
-7%

Still filing today

78%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • MH
    MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION SOUTH
    6× · 2019–2025 · $4.6M · revenue +41% · 54% of their budget
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN FAMILY MEDICINE
    7× · 2018–2025 · $220k · revenue +195%
  • GR
    GATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $113k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • SL
    ST LOUIS INTEGRATED HEALTH NETWORKgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $61k · revenue +152%
  • CS
    CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF GREATER ST LOUIS
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +5%
  • AD
    ACS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY II INC
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue -88%
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
Ssm Health Foundation - St Louis

Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the health presence of god.

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2
Ssm Health Care St Louis

Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the healing presence of god.

Health
3
Truman Medical Center Incorporated

University health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.

Health
4
St Lukes Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals

We are dedicated to providing exceptional care to every patient, every time.

Health
5
Missouri State Medical Association

Msma's mission is to serve its members through promotion of the science & art of medicine, protection of the health of the public & betterment of the medical profession in missouri.

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6
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
7
Ssm St Clare Health Center Foundation

Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the healing presence of God.

—
8
Mcleod Physician Associates Ii

Mcleod physician associates ii operates as a part of the mcleod health system. the mission of mcleod health is to improve the overall health and well being of people living within south carolina and eastern north carolina by providing…

Health
9
Ssm Health Care of Oklahoma Inc

Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the healing presence of god.

Health
10
Ssm-Sluh Inc

Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the healing presence of god.

—
11
Mercy Hospital Cassville

As the sisters of mercy before us, we bring to life the healing ministry of jesus through our compassionate care and exceptional service.

Health
12
St Mary's Hospital Centralia Illinois

Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the healing presence of god.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy Health Foundation St Louis; the most unlike its peers is Fenton Area Chamber of Commerce. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 17 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION SOUTH: $4,636,492 · HealthMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION SOUTHINSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN FAMILY MEDICINE: $220,470 · Health+4 more: $135,950 · HealthARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS: $169,033 · OtherFRANCISCANS PROVINCE OF THE SACRED HEART: $75,000 · OtherFENTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $16,000 · Other+5 more: $29,455 · OtherGATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $112,500 · Human ServicesMARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL: $25,000 · EducationTHE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION: $7,500 · Animals
Health$4,992,912Other$289,488Human Services$112,500Education$25,000Animals$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION SOUTH: $4,636,492 over 6y, 54% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN FAMILY MEDICINE: $220,470 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetGATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $112,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS INTEGRATED HEALTH NETWORK: $60,950 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION ST LOUIS: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFENTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $16,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetACS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY II INC: $8,205 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ST LOUIS MEN'S GROUP AGAINST CANCER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION ST LOUIS REGIONAL CHAPTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMISSOURI STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PHYSICIANS HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

Washington UniversitySt Louis Community Fo…MHM Support ServicesMoneta Group Charitab…United Way of Greater…Commerce Bancshares F…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …
Washington UniversityMO17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Washington University · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · MHM Support Services · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Hospital South funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mercy Hospital South. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 17 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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