Missouri · Nonprofit
BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE
BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE (Missouri) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,238,910 to it, the largest being THE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL ($382,515). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0B
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $3.9B
What Bjc Health System Dba Bjc Healthcare does
Mission
Bjc health system (bjc) is the parent corporation of a nonprofit health care organization serving primarily the residents of metropolitan st. Louis, kansas city, mid-missouri, eastern kansas and southern illinois (see schedule o for remainder of mission statement) in urban, suburban and rural communities. Bjc operates 24 licensed hospitals and multiple community health locations which provide inpatient and outpatient care, rehabilitation, primary care, home care, hospice, long-term care, community mental health, workplace health and community health and wellness. Bjc also supports the training of future health professionals; advancement of medical research; regional health safety net services and emergency preparedness; community outreach and health literacy; and regional economic development
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In 2024, bjc health system and saint luke's health system completed a merger, resulting in the formation of a unified healthcare organization. With the merger, the integrated system initiated a range of new patient-focused programs designed to enhance healthcare delivery across missouri, southern illinois, and eastern kansas.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Bjc medical group employs 255 physicians with a range of medical and surgical specialties. The physicians serve patients in st. Louis, mo; farmington, mo; sullivan, mo; and southern illinois. Bjc medical group employs providers associated with bjc healthcare hospitals. The medical group also partners with private physicians and bjc hospitals to recruit physicians to growing markets. Physician recruits include both primary and specialty physicians. The organization had 877,890 visits.
$309,618,685 spentof which $3,500 as grants$309,618,685 earned by the program24% of program spendingBjc information services and technology services department plans, develops and supports information technology and telecommunications initiatives throughout bjc. The 400-person department maintains the organization's technology infrastructure and achieves specific strategic goals related to clinical care, patient safety and evidence-based medicine, process simplification and standardization, automation, education, workforce development, financial management and patient satisfaction. Bjc hospitals benefit from the centralized depth of information services knowledge and the commitment to innovative technology solutions.
$171,798,531 spent$171,798,531 earned by the program13% of program spendingBjc clinical engineering manages clinical assets across bjc, including operational support and maintenance management of diagnostic, treatment and patient support medical equipment such as biomedical equipment, clinical laboratory equipment and diagnostic imaging technology. Service engineers are deployed across the 24 licensed hospitals and other health service organizations as required to meet demand. Bjc clinical engineering works in collaboration with other bjc departments concerning patient safety for maintenance and product recalls; pre-purchase evaluation and support cost analysis; asset management planning from acquisition through disposal; project planning and management; and environmental rounds.
$87,600,538 spent$87,600,538 earned by the program7% of program spendingBjc is committed to improving the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves through leadership, education, innovation and excellence in medicine. Other programs and support services include: material services, quality management, finance, legal, and communications.
$708,968,056 spentof which $7,725,673 as grants$630,006,290 earned by the program55% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,277,985,810.
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 $5.5B to $6.9B (+26%).
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.
0% of BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $340k → $90k.
1 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE’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
BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 99% · 2019 58% · 2020 48% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 50% — 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
13% of BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% 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
89% of BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $162k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,075 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,075 health nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Government funding BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.1M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$8.1M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 48 related entities
- Physician Groups Lc · disregarded
- Bjc Healthcare Aco LLC · disregarded
- Bmca Private Equity LLC · disregarded
- Bmca Growth LLC · disregarded
- Bmca Income LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE?
- BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE (Missouri) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,238,910 to it, the largest being THE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL ($382,515). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $1,238,910 in grants to BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE?
- THE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL is the largest funder on record, with $382,515 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BJC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA BJC HEALTHCARE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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