Georgia · Nonprofit
WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC
WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,243,664 to it, the largest being Wellstar Paulding Hospital Volunteers Inc ($574,931). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 56
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $59M
What Wellstar Foundation Inc does
Mission
To support the charitable activities of all WellStar Health System organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Program service accomplishments the wellstar foundation serves as the development and fundraising center for wellstar health system, a nonprofit organization recognized under irc section 501(c)(3). It is dedicated to serving our community by providing the tools and facilities needed to promote stronger and healthier lives. The foundation was established in response to the medical advances required by our healthcare system to continue delivering world-class care. Starting with a modest team of four dedicated and experienced members, the foundation has grown to a 21-member staff. It has been instrumental in rallying support from employees, volunteers, corporations, and the community for wellstar health system initiatives. Foundation members collaborate with community leaders to raise funds and provide programs and services that result in improved health outcomes for all. Payments to hospital projects during the reporting period exceeded $7.8 million. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the wellstar foundation plays a critical role in securing life-saving resources for the wellstar health system. In fy2025, the foundation raised more than $10.3 million for the system. Donations…
$7,065,053 spentof which $3,768,929 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $7,065,053.
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 2023 to 2024, from $46M to $55M (+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: 2022 7% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (80% 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.
Chief executive
Candice Saunders
President & CEO;fdn.brd.member
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $245k → $310k.
13 of 56 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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: $2.5M from 7 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 56 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
WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
78% 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 WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 39% · 2019 39% · 2020 36% · 2021 26% · 2022 18% · 2023 23% — 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
22% of WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
75% of WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $878k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 490 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 490 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like WELLSTAR 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 Georgia
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
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 26 related entities
- Cobb Hospital Inc · exempt
- Douglas Hospital Inc · exempt
- Kennestone Hospital Inc · exempt
- Paulding Medical Center Inc · exempt
- Wellstar Health System Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC: 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 WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC?
- WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,243,664 to it, the largest being Wellstar Paulding Hospital Volunteers Inc ($574,931). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 56 organizations giving $3,243,664 in grants to WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC?
- Wellstar Paulding Hospital Volunteers Inc is the largest funder on record, with $574,931 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 56 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