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MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,216,293 to it, the largest being MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ($3,550,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$740k
Funders on record
21
Grants received
$5.2M
Net assets
$3.1M
11/21 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Mercy Hospital Foundation does

Mission

Mercy Hospital Foundation,inc. Is a charitable, not-for-profit 501(c) 3 corporation with the purpose of raising new funds and stewarding resources which support, improve and promote the care and services provided by mercy hospital of buffalo, and wny catholic long term care, inc. Doing business as father baker manor.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The Mercy Hospital Foundation, inc. Provided funds for capital renovations and equipment purchases to ensure that our clinical caregivers have access to up-to-date facilities and state-of-the-art technology.

    $148,619 spentof which $148,619 as grants
    78% of program spending

  2. The Mercy Hospital Foundation, inc. Provided funding for staff education, including the reimbursement of travel and lodging expenses at national conferences. In addition, the foundation provided funds for continuing medical education for physicians, as well as "lunch & learn" programs to benefit the staff.

    $16,794 spentof which $16,794 as grants
    9% of program spending

  3. The Mercy Hospital Foundation, inc also serves as an important vehicle for associate programming, awards and recognition, underwriting some of the expenses associated with hospital week, passport to mercy (associate forum), the associate picnic and other associate recognition events. The foundation also supports breast cancer awareness month as well as various other patient focused enhancements such as spiritual care needs, resident activities in our long-term care facilities, etc. The foundation participates in and sponsors a variety of community events each year to promote awareness of mercy hospital of buffalo and their affiliated ministries.

    $25,351 spentof which $25,351 as grants
    13% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $190,764.

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 ($978k) Expenses 100 ($1.0M) Net assets 100 ($2.4M)2018 Revenue 143 ($1.4M) Expenses 84 ($857k) Net assets 116 ($2.8M)2019 Revenue 173 ($1.7M) Expenses 165 ($1.7M) Net assets 124 ($3.0M)2020 Revenue 84 ($821k) Expenses 70 ($706k) Net assets 130 ($3.2M)2021 Revenue 79 ($774k) Expenses 110 ($1.1M) Net assets 119 ($2.9M)2022 Revenue 109 ($1.1M) Expenses 64 ($646k) Net assets 124 ($3.0M)2023 Revenue 85 ($827k) Expenses 110 ($1.1M) Net assets 118 ($2.9M)2024 Revenue 76 ($740k) Expenses 58 ($593k) Net assets 128 ($3.1M)
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Revenue (76)Expenses (58)Net assets (128)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 2023 to 2024, from $5.1M to $7.1M (+40%).

$3.0M
$3.3M
$3.8M
$3.6M
$3.1M
$3.1M
$5.1M
$7.1M
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

65% of MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,828 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$38k
’17
$536k
’18
$16k
’19
$115k
’20
−$345k
’21
$418k
’22
−$295k
’23
$147k
’24
84
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.

Board chair

Richard Serra

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed151819192322227
Joined·+5+2+1+5+1+1+0
No longer listed·21112115
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $17k → $2.1M.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
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'25*
total
funders
5
4
5
6
8
10
6
2
2

3 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $57k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION raised.

From the IRS filings of MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 20 of 21 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 HOSPITAL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

68%
largest funder
88%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 51% · 2019 61% · 2020 61% · 2021 37% · 2022 36% · 2023 94% — growing more concentrated.

“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

33% of MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

99% of MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION's grant income comes from New York funders.

MI
NY
DE
NC

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

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $38k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · above the median
Months of reserve84.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like MERCY HOSPITAL 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 New York

Mount St Mary's Hospital Foundation Inc90%The Foundation of Catholic Health90%Kenmore Mercy Foundation90%Sisters of Charity Hospital Foundation89%Wny Catholic Long Term Care Inc87%Hospice Foundation of Wny Inc87%Catholic Health System Continuing Care Foundation85%Mercy Medical Center Foundation85%

Nationally

Mount St Mary's Hospital Foundation Inc90%The Foundation of Catholic Health90%Kenmore Mercy Foundation90%Sisters of Charity Hospital Foundation89%Wny Catholic Long Term Care Inc87%Hospice Foundation of Wny Inc87%Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation86%Mother of Mercy Foundation86%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

32% of spending goes to programs.

Program 32%Management 26%Fundraising 42%

Governance

7
board members
57%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

46%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Mercy Hospital of Buffalo · exempt

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MERCY HOSPITAL 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 HOSPITAL FOUNDATION?
MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,216,293 to it, the largest being MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ($3,550,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $5,216,293 in grants to MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION?
MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,550,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 21 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