Tennessee · Public charity
Mountain States Health Alliance
Honor those we serve by delivering the best possible care.Ballad Health is dedicated to improving the health of the 29-county Appalachian Highlands region.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $470,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $788M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Mountain States Health Alliance funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $374k 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 | 12 | $1.1M | 58% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $1.8M | 27% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $919k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $3.2M | 57% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $12M | 42% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $1.9M | 57% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $1.2M | 55% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $841k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Tennessee State University | $9,268,485 | 9 | n/a |
| East Tennessee State University Foundation | $7,293,774 | 4 | 42% |
| Emory & Henry University | $2,298,792 | 1 | 3% |
| Appalachian School of Law | $925,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Appalachian Mountain Project Access Inc | $709,089 | 3 | 5% |
| United States of Care Campaign | $400,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $360,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Carter County Emergency Rescue Squad | $327,926 | 1 | 6% |
| City of Johnson City | $272,100 | 3 | n/a |
| K-Play Sports Council Inc | $223,179 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 78 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Mountain States Health Alliance supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 58 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Wellmont Health System · Eastman Credit Union · Food City Charitable Foundation · East Tennessee Foundation · Speedway Children's Charities · Ballad Health · United Way of East Tennessee Highlands Inc · Tennessee Health Foundation Inc · The James W and Frances Gibson McGlothlin Foundation · The Joe W and Frankie Mae Street Foundat · The United Company Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc
How this is measured
About Mountain States Health Alliance
- How much does Mountain States Health Alliance give?
- Mountain States Health Alliance reported 14 itemized grants totaling $1,116,489, out of $1,172,377 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mountain States Health Alliance fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (71%), Education (21%), Public Safety & Disaster (1%).
- Who are Mountain States Health Alliance's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: East Tennessee State University ($9.3M), East Tennessee State University Foundation ($7.3M), Emory & Henry University ($2.3M).
- Does Mountain States Health Alliance fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mountain States Health Alliance?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wellmont Health System, Eastman Credit Union, Food City Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Mountain States Health Alliance based?
- Mountain States Health Alliance is based in TN.
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