Colorado · Nonprofit
THE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION
THE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,817,642 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($1,323,370). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $5.3M
What The Memorial Health System Foundation does
Mission
See schedule oThe Memorial Health System Foundation supports and advances uchmhs and its affiliated nonprofit healthcare entities by identifying charitable needs, fostering community and philanthropic engagement, and responsibly receiving, managing, and distributing contributions in alignment with donor intent. Through these activities, the foundation furthers the charitable, educational, and scientific purposes of uchmhs and strengthens healthcare services in southern colorado.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Patient assistance,service line support, and employee education -the foundation provides financial assistance to ensure that patients facing economic hardship can access essential medical care. In fy25, assistance was provided to 587 patients to support continuity of treatment. The foundation also funded critical service line needs, including clinical equipment, technology, and programmatic enhancements that improve patient care across the memorial health system. Additionally, the foundation supported workforce development through continuing education and scholarships for 33 uchealth employees in southern colorado and for students enrolled in the uchealth memorial hospital school of radiologic technology.
$409,023 spentof which $409,023 as grants63% of program spendingWhole blood resuscitation - providing first responders with low-titer, o positive whole blood and the necessary equipment to transfuse blood in the field - when and where it is needed most. Since program launch in may of 2024, more than 100 lives have been saved.
$97,349 spent15% of program spendingUchealth forensic center of excellence - the foundation supports the forensic center of excellence (fcoe), the first hospitalbased program providing traumainformed medical forensic care to more than 4,000 victims of interpersonal violence each year. The foundation enhances this work by increasing access to essential postassault medications and funding specialized equipment used to treat patients, train forensic nurses, and deliver telehealth support to rural hospitals across colorado. In addition, the foundation supports the expansion of forensic nurse examiner education to ensure survivors statewide receive expert, timely care.
$42,934 spent7% of program spendingProvide financial assistance and essential resources to 587 patients facing barriers to care. Support clinical service lines through funding for equipment and program needs that enhance patient services. Provide scholarships and continuing education to 35 uchealth employees and students, including support for clinical certifications not covered under uchealth's education reimbursement program.
$104,584 spentof which $98,938 as grants16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $653,890.
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 $4.5M to $3.7M (−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: 2023 33% · 2024 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of THE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 Brockway
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $19k → $91k.
10 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 THE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION’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
THE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 THE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 84% · 2019 90% · 2020 69% · 2021 43% · 2022 45% · 2023 55% — 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
38% of THE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
74% of THE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $738k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M 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
THE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM 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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION?
- THE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,817,642 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($1,323,370). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $2,817,642 in grants to THE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,323,370 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 24 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing