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Mercy Hospitals East Communities

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

$3.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$2.1M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Health$14MReligion$342kArts & Culture$218kHuman Services$193kInternational$190kEducation$58kRecreation & Sports$29kYouth Development$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 7 grants below total $2,331,922 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $3,341,900 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,009,978 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $107k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $132k
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.1M
$28,017
Median grant
4
States reached
$936M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION ST LOUIS$2,092,962
MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION WASHINGTON$132,443
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$36,500
OFFICE OF WORSHIP ACCHDIOC STL$28,017
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$22,000
PINK RIBBON GOOD INC$10,000
STREET MED STL$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–21, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Youth in Need: $10k → 5%FRANKLIN COUNTY CHILDREN & FAMILY COMMUNITY RESOURCE BOARD ASSOCIATION: $5k → 9%Friends of Kids with Cancer: $5k → 11%Friends of Kids with Cancer: $5k → 11%Friends of Kids with Cancer: $5k → 11%Friends of Kids with Cancer: $5k → 11%MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF MO: $10k → 11%St Louis Arc: $5k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$15M · 26 repeat orgs$224k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +33% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

26 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
23

Total granted

$15M
$214k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+9%

Still filing today

81%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsPublic Safety & DisasterFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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 ST LOUIS
    8× · 2017–2025 · $12M · revenue +43% · 46% of their budget
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS
    5× · 2018–2023 · $300k · revenue +73%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    5× · 2017–2025 · $109k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • UR
    US RENAL CARE CREVE COEUR
    one grant, 2020 · $52k
  • CO
    CITY OF CREVE COEUR
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • TS
    The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -4%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

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
Ssm Health Care St Louis

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

Health
6
St Luke's Des Peres Episcopal- Presbyterian Hospital

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

Health
7
Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
8
Ssm St Clare Health Center Foundation

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

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9
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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10
Mercy Health Southwest Missourikansas Communities

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

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11
Ssm-Sluh Inc

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

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12
Saint Louis Counseling Inc

The mission of saint louis counseling is to bring the healing, help, and hope of jesus christ to those in need with a compassionate caring presence. the purpose of saint louis counseling is "guided by the teachings of jesus christ, saint…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Missouri and Kansas and the most unlike its peers is American Academy of Fertility Care Professionals. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%2%<5yr13%2%5–10yr17%12%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr16%27%35–55yr19%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr17%1%10–20yr16%90%20–35yr16%3%35–55yr19%6%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 4% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
4%
2/50
the rest of the field
14%
1,705/11,881

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 43 of the 50 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/43
Grantees still filing
26/43
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION ST LOUIS — $11,868,176 · HealthMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION ST LOUISMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION WASHINGTON — $932,552 · HealthMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION WASHINGTON+18 more — $656,250 · HealthARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS — $342,222 · OtherARCHDIOCE…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS — $300,000 · OtherRONALD MC…CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI — $200,000 · OtherCURATORS …GOOD SHEPHERD CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES — $78,338 · OtherGOOD SHEP…SUSAN G KOMEN MISSOURI — $75,000 · OtherSUSAN G K…US RENAL CARE CREVE COEUR — $52,400 · OtherTHE ST LOUIS MEN'S GROUP AGAINST CANCER — $47,500 · Other+11 more — $139,000 · Other+11 moreMARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL — $45,000 · EducationWESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — $7,500 · EducationST LOUIS UNIVERSITY — $5,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER — $20,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH IN NEED — $10,000 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI AND KANSAS — $10,000 · Human ServicesST LOUIS ARC INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesFRANKLIN COUNTY CHILDREN & FAMILIES COMM UNITY RESOURCE BOARD ASSOCIATION — $5,000 · Human ServicesCAMP RAINBOW FOUNDATION — $15,000 · Recreation & SportsJUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION OF GREATER ST LOUIS — $5,000 · Recreation & SportsRESPONDER RESCUE INC — $6,650 · Public Safety & DisasterOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC — $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Health$13,456,978Other$1,234,460Education$57,500Human Services$50,000Recreation & Sports$20,000Public Safety & Disaster$6,650Food & Nutrition$5,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION ST LOUIS — $11,868,176 over 8y, 46% of budgetMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION WASHINGTON — $932,552 over 8y, 45% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS — $300,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $213,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $109,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC — $98,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES — $78,338 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE ST LOUIS MEN'S GROUP AGAINST CANCER — $47,500 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetNAMI St Louis — $47,500 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetMARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL — $45,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT — $37,500 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetMISSOURI STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PHYSICIANS HEALTH FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS — $22,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetGENERATE HEALTH STL — $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER — $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPINK RIBBON GOOD INC — $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP RAINBOW FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN AMATEUR GOLF ASSOCIATION INC — $11,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetYOUTH IN NEED — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MS CENTER OF SAINT LOUIS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI AND KANSAS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERFAITH RESIDENCE D/B/A DOORWAYS — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS SPORTS COMMISSION INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRESPONDER RESCUE INC — $6,650 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC — $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD CENTER-MARYGROVE — $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Academy Of Fertility Care Professionals — $5,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetJUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION OF GREATER ST LOUIS — $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCATCH-22 FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetST FRANCIS COMMUNITY SERVICES — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS ARC INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION318 — $5,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetHAVENHOUSE ST LOUIS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY CHILDREN & FAMILIES COMM UNITY RESOURCE BOARD ASSOCIATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

St Louis Community Fo…World Wide Technology…United Way of Greater…Moneta Group Charitab…St Louis Community Fo…Employees Community F…Edward Jones Foundati…Centene FoundationEdward Jones Foundati…Bjc Health System Dba…The E Walter Hausstet…Pott Foundation
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO39.3× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · World Wide Technology Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Edward Jones Foundation · Centene Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Bjc Health System Dba Bjc Healthcare · The E Walter Hausstette Charitable Foundation C/O Mike Moloney Big Sky · Pott Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Mercy Hospitals East Communities funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    9report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 50 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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