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GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN

GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN (Alabama) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,435,728 to it, the largest being THOMAS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ($10,264,228). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$430M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$10M
Net assets
$132M
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Gulf Health Hospitals Inc Dba Thomas Hospital North Baldwin does

Mission

To advance the promotion of health & to participate in any activity designed to promote health or healing in the gulf coast region.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Gulf health hospitals, inc. (ghhi) operates north baldwin infirmary (nbi), a 70 bed nonprofit acute care hospital in bay minette, baldwin county, alabama and thomas hospital, a 150 bed nonprofit acute care hospital in fairhope, baldwin county, alabama. Both hospitals provide services necessary to deliver essential health care to the gulf coast community regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap or age. North baldwin infirmary is a community hospital that serves a rural community in the northern part of baldwin county. During its time under ghhi, the organization implemented 25 million dollars in expansions to improve the healthcare of residents of baldwin county. For the fiscal year ended march 31, 2025, north baldwin infirmary provided nearly 13,000 inpatient days of care, delivered 180 babies, performed 3,476 surgeries & treated over 15,900 emergency cases in its emergency department. Nbi participates in the medicare and medicaid programs. Thomas hospital is the largest community hospital in baldwin county, alabama, one of the fastest-growing counties in alabama. The ability to keep up with the ever-increasing demand for health services in the community is…

    $353,459,040 spent$425,777,121 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $353,459,040.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($215M) Expenses 100 ($207M) Net assets -186 ($-19608600)2018 Revenue 105 ($226M) Expenses 106 ($218M) Net assets -125 ($-13165691)2019 Revenue 116 ($250M) Expenses 118 ($245M) Net assets -97 ($-10184963)2020 Revenue 121 ($262M) Expenses 123 ($254M) Net assets -120 ($-12574317)2021 Revenue 132 ($284M) Expenses 131 ($270M) Net assets 100 ($11M)2022 Revenue 159 ($342M) Expenses 152 ($315M) Net assets 369 ($39M)2023 Revenue 155 ($333M) Expenses 149 ($308M) Net assets 602 ($63M)2024 Revenue 164 ($354M) Expenses 163 ($337M) Net assets 799 ($84M)2025 Revenue 200 ($430M) Expenses 185 ($383M) Net assets 1260 ($132M)
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Revenue (200)Expenses (185)Net assets (1260)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $329M to $412M (+25%).

$186M
$201M
$217M
$222M
$272M
$255M
$281M
$329M
$412M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (1% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,211 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$8.6M
’17
$8.1M
’18
$5.2M
’19
$7.1M
’20
$14M
’21
$27M
’22
$25M
’23
$17M
’24
$47M
’25
2.5
months of
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

D Mark Nix

Pres/CEO

Board chair

John Baker Iii

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed191819181818192221
Joined·+1+5+3+1+2+3+3+2
No longer listed·24412203
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $1.9M → $318k.

Funder
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total
funders
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
2

Left out of every figure on this page: $532k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest North Baldwin Infirmary Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN raised.

From the IRS filings of GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN’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

GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN.

98%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 99% · 2022 96% · 2023 85% — 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.

Where its funders are

98% of GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN's grant income comes from Alabama funders.

AL
GA
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Alabama out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,241 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin11% · top quartile
Months of reserve2.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,241 health nonprofits over $100M, FY2025

Government funding GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $902k on record — $902k federal, $14 state.

Federal$902k
grants $900kcontracts $2k
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Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$900k
  • Department of Justice$2k
State$14
Top programs
  • FEES - GENERAL - COMMODITIES $14

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 GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN

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In Alabama

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
86%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 12 related entities

  • Gulf Health Properties Inc · exempt
  • Infirmary Foundation Inc · exempt
  • Infirmary Health Hospitals Inc · exempt
  • Infirmary Health System Inc · exempt
  • Mobile Infirmary Association · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN?
GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN (Alabama) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,435,728 to it, the largest being THOMAS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ($10,264,228). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $10,435,728 in grants to GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN?
THOMAS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,264,228 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC DBA THOMAS HOSPITAL NORTH BALDWIN find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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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 4 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