California · Nonprofit
MERCY FOUNDATION NORTH
MERCY FOUNDATION NORTH (California) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,414,605 to it, the largest being DIGNITY HEALTH ($11,392,208). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Mercy Foundation North does
Mission
Mercy Foundation North raises, manages and distributes philanthropic support to benefit the sponsored and supported works of the sisters of mercy of the americas in the counties of shasta, tehama and siskiyou, in northern california. This philanthropic support primarily benefits programs and services of the following hospitals/organizations of dignity health, a california public benefit corporation: mercy medical center redding,st. Elizabeth community hospital, mercy medical center mt. Shasta, and dignity health connected living. Supported programs benefit the poor, sick, uneducated, elderly and/or distressed, including healthcare, education, social services, elderly and/or assistance to the disadvantaged and or/distressed. The foundation manages a fund development program that is multifaceted. The main office is located in redding, ca. Outlying offices are located in red bluff, ca and mt. Shasta, ca. The foundation implements annual giving, major giving and planned giving activities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Dignity health grant - engage in raising funds and carrying on activities on behalf of the congregation of the sisters of mercy of the americas, provide grants to dignity health for medical equipment and provision of medical care.
$3,544,243 spentof which $3,544,243 as grants75% of program spendingConnected living - assist seniors and disabled individuals to independence by providing meals, transportation, and recreational activities to enhance their dignity and encourage continued involvement in the community, provide services that promote independent living to seniors and disabled adults.
$96,324 spentof which $96,324 as grants2% of program spendingInspired 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. (continued on schedule o)
$1,094,453 spent23% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,735,020.
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 2021 to 2022, from $9.9M to $13M (+32%).
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% · 2019 0% · 2020 2% · 2021 0% · 2022 2% · 2023 2% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of MERCY FOUNDATION NORTH’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (72% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
David Civalier Md
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $1.6M.
8 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 NORTH’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
MERCY FOUNDATION NORTH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 NORTH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 96% · 2019 91% · 2020 84% · 2021 90% · 2022 70% · 2023 89% — 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
57% of MERCY FOUNDATION NORTH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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 NORTH draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $488k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 NORTH holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 369 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 369 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MERCY FOUNDATION NORTH
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Sisters of Mercy of the Americas · exempt
- Dignity Health · exempt
- Dignity Health Connected Living · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MERCY FOUNDATION NORTH: 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 NORTH?
- MERCY FOUNDATION NORTH (California) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,414,605 to it, the largest being DIGNITY HEALTH ($11,392,208). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MERCY FOUNDATION NORTH have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $13,414,605 in grants to MERCY FOUNDATION NORTH, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MERCY FOUNDATION NORTH?
- DIGNITY HEALTH is the largest funder on record, with $11,392,208 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MERCY FOUNDATION NORTH 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 28 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