Tennessee · Nonprofit
The Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc
The Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,160 to it, the largest being STOWERS MACHINERY FOUNDATION INC ($1,160). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $582k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What The Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Dr. Robert F. Thomas Foundation raises funds, and administers and distributes charitable support to LeConte Medical Center in support of the hospital's mission to improve the quality of life in our community through better health.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Each year funds are contributed, primarily through Covenant Health's annual WeCare Employee Giving Campaign, to assist employees and patients in times of crisis. Support includes assistance with housing, transportation, food, clothing, medicines/medical supplies, utilities, childcare, and unexpected funeral expenses. In 2023, assistance was provided to 37 individuals at LeConte Medical Center.
$23,986 spentof which $23,986 as grants57% of program spendingJust over $8,500 was distributed in 2023 to LeConte Medical Center to support scholarships for five patients in need of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation services who do not have insurance coverage or the ability to pay.
$8,759 spentof which $8,759 as grants21% of program spendingIn 2023, through the Paint the Mountains Pink campaign, the foundation provided funding for free screening mammograms for uninsured/underinsured women and for breast health education materials used throughout our community to educate hundreds of people about the importance of mammography screenings.
$5,271 spentof which $5,271 as grants13% of program spendingContributions to the foundation supported the production of postpartum and newborn education booklets in both English and Spanish for parents whose babies were born at LeConte as well as staff education.
$4,034 spentof which $4,034 as grants10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $42,050.
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 $6.5M to $7.2M (+10%).
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.
40% of The Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
James D VanderSteeg
President & CEO
Board chair
Jeannie Allen
Director/Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
Left out of every figure on this page: $48k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Covenant Health). These are real filings, and they are not money The Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of The Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc’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.
Where its funders are
100% of The Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
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
The Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like The Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
15% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 29 related entities
- Covenant Health · exempt
- LeConte Medical Center · exempt
- Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center · exempt
- Parkwest Medical Center · exempt
- Methodist Medical Center · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc?
- The Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,160 to it, the largest being STOWERS MACHINERY FOUNDATION INC ($1,160). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,160 in grants to The Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of The Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc?
- STOWERS MACHINERY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,160 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Dr Robert F Thomas Foundation Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 1 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