Tennessee · Nonprofit
THE STERN CARDIOVASCULAR FOUNDATION INC
THE STERN CARDIOVASCULAR FOUNDATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $16,551 to it, the largest being Joseph Feldschuh Foundation Inc ($16,551). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $63M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $17k
- Net assets
- $-394359391
What The Stern Cardiovascular Foundation Inc does
Mission
The stern cardiovascular foundation, inc.'s primary mission is to promote community health through the provision of health care services and establish, equip, and maintain geographically dispersed outpatient clinic locations at which such services will be provided.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The stern cardiovascular foundation, inc. Provides quality medical health care regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, or age. Patients of every race, creed and socioeconomic group come tothe stern cardiovascular foundation, inc. From several states, with most of its patients coming from west tennessee, east arkansas, and north mississippi. Although reimbursement for services rendered is critical to the operation and stability of the stern cardiovascular foundation, inc., it is recognized that not all individuals possess the ability to purchase essential medical services, and further, that our mission is to serve the community with respect to providing health care services and health care education. Therefore, in keeping with our commitment to serve all members of our community, the stern cardiovascular foundation, inc. Provides the following:- free care and/or subsidized care where the need and/or an individual's inability to pay coexist,- care provided to persons covered by governmental programs at below cost, and- health activities and programs to support the community.these activities include wellness programs, community education programs, programs for the…
$109,249,181 spent$62,401,493 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $109,249,181.
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 2019 to 2020, from $11M to $17M (+61%).
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: 2020 3% · 2021 3% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of THE STERN CARDIOVASCULAR FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 9 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.
Chief executive
Deborah Eddlestone
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of THE STERN CARDIOVASCULAR 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
THE STERN CARDIOVASCULAR FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 1 state in all.
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 STERN CARDIOVASCULAR FOUNDATION INC's revenue grew 34% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE STERN CARDIOVASCULAR 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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 69 related entities
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE STERN CARDIOVASCULAR FOUNDATION INC?
- THE STERN CARDIOVASCULAR FOUNDATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $16,551 to it, the largest being Joseph Feldschuh Foundation Inc ($16,551). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE STERN CARDIOVASCULAR FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $16,551 in grants to THE STERN CARDIOVASCULAR FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE STERN CARDIOVASCULAR FOUNDATION INC?
- Joseph Feldschuh Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $16,551 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE STERN CARDIOVASCULAR 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.
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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 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