California · Nonprofit
MERCY FOUNDATION
MERCY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,283,841 to it, the largest being DIGNITY HEALTH ($19,326,252). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $28M
- Net assets
- $56M
What Mercy Foundation does
Mission
Inspired by the mission of the sisters of mercy to connect those with resources to those in need, Mercy Foundation raises philanthropic support and community awareness to enhance the lives of people in the communities we serve. Mercy Foundation focuses on healthcare, education, housing, and care for the poor and elderly.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Many ministries, one missionMercy Foundation raises funds on behalf of the following ministries supported by the sisters of mercy within the sacramento region, with one mission: to enhance the lives of people in the community.health care (partial list)dignity health cancer institute of greater sacramentodignity health heart and vascular institute of greater sacramentodignity health neurological institute of northern californiamercy general hospitalmercy hospital of folsommercy san juan medical centermethodist hospital of sacramentomercy medical groupmercy hospicems achievement center educationeducationcristo rey high school sacramentohousingmercy housing california other ministriesother ministriesbruceville terracecare for the poor and elderlymercy center auburnmercy mcmahon terracemercy pedalerssacramento loaves & fishesMercy Foundation receives an operating grant from dignity health enabling one hundred percent of a donor's contribution to go directly to the program/ministry of their choice.for more information on how you can partner with Mercy Foundation to further the mission of the sisters of mercy and have a positive impact on those in need in our community, visit our…
$7,995,340 spentof which $7,814,618 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $7,995,340.
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 $50M to $59M (+18%).
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 2% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 2% · 2022 0% · 2023 4% · 2024 10% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of MERCY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Kevin Duggan
President and CEO mercy fo
Board chair
Thomas Johnson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 21 funders, grant income fell $2.8M → $2.6M.
10 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 MERCY FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 funders by total. 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
MERCY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 MERCY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 66% · 2019 57% · 2020 66% · 2021 76% · 2022 57% · 2023 65% — 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
48% of MERCY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
MERCY FOUNDATION draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.9M 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
MERCY FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like MERCY FOUNDATION
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 2 related entities
- Sisters of Mercy of the Americas · exempt
- Dignity Health · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MERCY FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MERCY FOUNDATION?
- MERCY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,283,841 to it, the largest being DIGNITY HEALTH ($19,326,252). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MERCY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $28,283,841 in grants to MERCY FOUNDATION, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MERCY FOUNDATION?
- DIGNITY HEALTH is the largest funder on record, with $19,326,252 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MERCY FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 48 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