Arkansas · Nonprofit
MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH
MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH (Arkansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,347,269 to it, the largest being ARKANSAS COLLEGES OF HEALTH EDUCATION ($1,304,002). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $571M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $394M
What Mercy Hospital Fort Smith does
Mission
As the sisters of mercy before us, we bring to life the healing ministry of jesus through our compassionate care and exceptional service.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith provides quality medical health care regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age or ability to pay by offering essential health services to its community. In active pursuit of this mission, Mercy Hospital Fort Smith provides a wide variety of services in their 361 bed facility and in fy25, had 423,560 total cases.at Mercy Hospital Fort Smith, cancer care is about more than providing clinical treatments. Mercy hospital name also offers support services to help you maintain your physical, mental and emotional health. Mercy's cancer specialists care for almost every type of cancer and participate in clinical research to bring you the most advanced cancer treatment available. In fy25, Mercy Hospital Fort Smith had 21,152 cases and 3,139 patient days for this service line.
$50,294,708 spentof which $1,339,727 as grants$71,234,197 earned by the program13% of program spendingMercy Hospital Fort Smith offers comprehensive heart and vascular services, a wide variety of treatment options and advanced technologies to diagnose and treat a full range of conditions. Mercy Hospital Fort Smith also provides a full complement of cardiac rehabilitation, therapy and education services. In fy25, mercy hospital name had 18,603 cases and 9,117 patient days for this service line.
$38,950,066 spent$55,166,375 earned by the program10% of program spendingMercy Hospital Fort Smith has a team of expert doctors, nurses and technicians that blend compassionate care with the latest, most advanced diagnostic and treatment resources in providing emergency care. Mercy Hospital Fort Smith's emergency department is ready 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year with fast, experienced and professional care. In fy25, mercy hospital name had 112,740 cases for this service line.
$35,898,705 spent$50,844,623 earned by the program9% of program spendingIn addition to the program services described above, Mercy Hospital Fort Smith also serves patients in additional service lines, including but not limited to the following areas: gastroenterology; neuroscience; orthopedics; pulmonary; women & infants.
$272,348,814 spent$385,737,386 earned by the program69% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $397,492,293.
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 2023 to 2024, from $303M to $381M (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 1% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $15k → $585k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $10M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Mercy Health Foundation Fort Smith). These are real filings, and they are not money MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH raised.
From the IRS filings of MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH’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 HOSPITAL FORT SMITH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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 MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 96% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH's grant income comes from Arkansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,241 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,241 health nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Organizations like MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH
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 Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 80 related entities
- Casa de Misericordia · exempt
- McAuley Portfolio Management Company · exempt
- Mercy Aco Clinical Services Inc · exempt
- Mercy Clinic East Communities · exempt
- Mercy Clinic Fort Smith Communities · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH?
- MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH (Arkansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,347,269 to it, the largest being ARKANSAS COLLEGES OF HEALTH EDUCATION ($1,304,002). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,347,269 in grants to MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH?
- ARKANSAS COLLEGES OF HEALTH EDUCATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,304,002 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. 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 2 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