Arizona · Nonprofit
ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM
ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM (Arizona) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,522,630 to it, the largest being CHI HEALTH FOUNDATION ($7,021,931). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $838M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $7.5M
- Net assets
- $1.0B
What Alegent Health - Bergan Mercy Health System does
Mission
As an affiliate of commonspirit health, we make the healing presence of god known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Alegent health-bergan mercy medical center and mercy hospital, council bluffs offer patients the most comfortable and comprehensive operating room services.
$131,215,258 spentof which $96,441 as grants$210,177,237 earned by the program18% of program spendingBergan mercy medical center is equipped with the latest technologies in the diagnostic center. The center is completely digital so patients are never waiting on films. Female patients can count on expert imaging tests including ultrasound, bone density testing, stereotactic breast biopsy and digital mammography. There are a wide range of available tests at the diagnostic center that include the following: digital mammography, mri and open mri, ct, pet ct and cardiac ct, 64-slice ct, fluoroscopy, pulmonary function testing, ultrasound, cardiovascular imaging, phlembotomy, nuclear medicine, digital imaging, eeg, ekg and emg, stress testing and arteriogram.
$86,521,974 spentof which $112,766 as grants$245,755,104 earned by the program12% of program spendingBergan mercy medical center and mercy hospital, council bluffs offer a wide range of cardiovascular services in the region, using a team approach to address the total needs of the cardiovascular patient. Alegent health-bergan mercy health system provides a comprehensive range of cardiac services, including but not limited to: vascular and cardiac surgery, heart scans and heart checks, cardiac rehabilitation, vascular ultrasound, nuclear stress tests, dual source ct scanner and angioplasty. In 2006, mercy hospital opened a new state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization lab, allowing physicians to perform procedures such as heart catheterizations, coronary interventions including balloon angioplasty and stenting, as well as implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators.
$44,642,017 spentof which $40,201 as grants$87,611,910 earned by the program6% of program spendingBergan mercy medical center and mercy hospital, council bluffs provide a large range of hospital services including but not limited to:emergency department, inpatient hospital facilities, procedure center, orthopedic services, digestive health center, family life center, radiology, urology and physical therapy. Patients are at the center of everything done at bergan mercy medical center and mercy hospital,council bluffs.
$486,235,287 spentof which $124,201 as grants$270,674,403 earned by the program65% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $748,614,536.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $958M to $1.1B (+15%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 4% · 2021 1% · 2022 1% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (1% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Tim Bricker
Ex-officio bm/ president & CEO chi health
Board chair
Kevin Fitzgerald Phd
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $285k → $910k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 84% · 2020 73% · 2021 89% · 2022 59% · 2023 95% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
40% of ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
94% of ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $52k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,241 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,241 health nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Organizations like ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 333 related entities
- Alegent Creighton Clinic · exempt
- Alegent Creighton Health · exempt
- Alegent Health - Bergan Mercy Health System · exempt
- Alegent Health - Comm Mem Hospital of Mo Valley Ia · exempt
- Alegent Health - Immanuel Medical Center · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM?
- ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM (Arizona) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,522,630 to it, the largest being CHI HEALTH FOUNDATION ($7,021,931). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $7,522,630 in grants to ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM?
- CHI HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,021,931 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing