North Carolina · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,244,391 to it, the largest being UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA INC ($11,681,418). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.1M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $31M
- Net assets
- $44M
What University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Foundation Inc does
Mission
The purpose of the university health systems of eastern carolina foundation (dba ecu health foundation), a non-profit corporation, is to give hope to eastern north carolina and beyond by inspiring philanthropy to improve health, education, and well-being.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ecu health foundation supports the general public and communities served by university health systems of eastern carolina dba ecu health and its subsidiaries, affiliates, or equity partners by assisting and supporting financially the regional hospitals that are part of the ecu health system, and any other qualified health care provider, governmental entity and charitable organization formed for the promotion of health and wellness. This support is conducted through contributions to be used for equipment, research, education, patient and family support, community benefit, and direct health care services.
$4,057,062 spentof which $4,057,062 as grants100% of program spendingDuring the fiscal year, ecu health foundation raised $3,276,763 in support on behalf of not-for-profit hospitals in the ecu health system. These contributions are considered agency transactions under generally accepted accounting principles and are not recorded as revenue by the foundation.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,057,062.
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 $35M to $48M (+40%).
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 13% · 2018 8% · 2019 16% · 2020 12% · 2021 6% · 2022 26% · 2023 15% · 2024 20% · 2025 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Mr Mitch Jones
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $2.0M → $624k.
10 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 23 of 24 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
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 94% · 2019 85% · 2020 77% · 2021 91% · 2022 86% · 2023 80% — 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
50% of UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
98% of UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $727k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC?
- UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,244,391 to it, the largest being UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA INC ($11,681,418). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $31,244,391 in grants to UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC?
- UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA INC is the largest funder on record, with $11,681,418 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing