Tennessee · Public charity
Wellmont Health System
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.
- $985k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $902k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $22,900
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $390,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $539M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Wellmont Health System funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $191k 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 | 16 | $902k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $1.3M | 44% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $944k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $2.8M | 73% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $11M | 54% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $463k | 69% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $65k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $159k | 62% |
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 Foundation | $6,350,764 | 2 | 39% |
| East Tennessee State University | $4,546,167 | 1 | n/a |
| Zoll Medical Corporation | $1,683,814 | 2 | n/a |
| Milligan University | $1,022,950 | 2 | 2% |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $720,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Streamworks Inc | $536,867 | 3 | 15% |
| Appalachian School of Law | $390,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Birthplace of Country Music Inc | $280,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Southwest Virginia Community College (Swcc College) | $247,252 | 2 | n/a |
| Kingsport Chamber Foundation Inc | $198,764 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 80 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Wellmont Health System supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 59 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: Mountain States Health Alliance · Food City Charitable Foundation · Eastman Credit Union · East Tennessee Foundation · Ballad Health · The McGlothlin Foundation · The James W and Frances Gibson McGlothlin Foundation · The United Company Foundation · Speedway Children's Charities · Williams-Berry Charitable Foundation · Eastman Foundation · The Columbus Phipps Foundation
How this is measured
About Wellmont Health System
- How much does Wellmont Health System give?
- Wellmont Health System reported 16 itemized grants totaling $902,473, out of $985,054 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Wellmont Health System fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (68%), Education (12%), Public Safety & Disaster (9%).
- Who are Wellmont Health System's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: East Tennessee State University Foundation ($6.4M), East Tennessee State University ($4.5M), Zoll Medical Corporation ($1.7M).
- Does Wellmont Health System fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wellmont Health System?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mountain States Health Alliance, Food City Charitable Foundation, Eastman Credit Union.
- Where is Wellmont Health System based?
- Wellmont Health System is based in TN.
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