Florida · Nonprofit
BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC
BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $765,394 to it, the largest being THE BEATITUDE FOUNDATION INC ($255,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $765k
- Net assets
- $10M
What Big Bend Hospice Foundation Inc does
Mission
Big bend hospice foundation is a not-for-profit organization that was established to solicit contributions and other community support to support big bend hospice, a related organization whose mission is "to inspire hope by positively impacting the way our community experiences serious illness or grief - one family at a time."
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Big bend hospice foundation, inc. Was established in 1996 with the sole purpose of supporting the mission, programs, and services of big bend hospice, inc. (bbh), a related tax-exempt organization. The foundation serves as the primary fundraising arm of bbh, securing philanthropic contributions to enhance compassionate end-of-life care for patients and their families. Funds raised by the foundation support a variety of specialized programs, including the bereavement services program, which provides professional counseling and emotional support to children and adolescents coping with the loss of a loved one. Licensed counselors help young individuals develop healthy strategies for navigating grief. (continued on schedule o)
$1,455,692 spentof which $817,579 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,455,692.
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 2020 to 2021, from $5.4M to $7.2M (+34%).
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 0% · 2020 4% · 2021 2% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
William Wertman
CEO/administrator bbh
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $3k → $145k.
8 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC’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
BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
36% 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 BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 87% · 2019 36% · 2020 46% · 2021 66% · 2022 60% · 2023 47% — 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
30% of BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
63% of BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $220k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Big Bend Hospice Inc · exempt
- Canopy Inc · exempt
- 7 Oaks Healthcare Inc · exempt
- 7 Oaks Practice Management Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC?
- BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $765,394 to it, the largest being THE BEATITUDE FOUNDATION INC ($255,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $765,394 in grants to BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC?
- THE BEATITUDE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $255,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 26 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