Funding search · EIN 610444707 · Louisville, KY

Baptist Healthcare System

Name: Baptist Healthcare System grants, 2021–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

125
grants reported: $545.3M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $15,250
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

services subsidize

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Subsidizing services at its own Baptist Health Medical Group
Community health nonprofits: cancer, heart, stroke, clinics for uninsured
Chambers of commerce and regional economic development alliances
Youth, education and workforce training foundations in service markets
Local arts, festivals and sports in Paducah, Louisville, Southern Indiana

Typical grant

Strip out the internal transfers and this is a small-check community giving program. Median grant is $15,250 and the middle half runs $10,000 to $30,000, with most outside gifts under $50,000. The overwhelming majority of dollars, over $538 million across three years, goes to Baptist Health Medical Group Inc to subsidize services, plus recurring six-figure support to Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville. Repeat giving is the norm: American Heart Association, Kosair Charities, Refuge Clinic, Carson Center, Paducah Symphony and One Southern Indiana all show up in multiple years at similar amounts.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“General Support”
“Subsidize Services”
“Foundation”
“Development”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor to a funded health theme: cancer, heart, stroke, or free clinic care for uninsured patients.
Ask $10,000 to $30,000 for general support, not a restricted multi-year research budget.
Name the market: Louisville, Lexington, Paducah, Elizabethtown, Madisonville, or Southern Indiana.
Frame workforce or economic development angles; they fund chambers, Ivy Tech, and regional alliances.

Worth knowing: Nearly all money stays inside the system, so external giving is a modest community benefit budget concentrated in the counties where Baptist Health operates hospitals, especially Paducah and Louisville. Giving looks relationship-driven and event-driven, with the same civic organizations renewed year after year, so a warm introduction through a local Baptist Health facility matters more than a strong proposal.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Baptist Health Medical Group3 grants · $538.5M
Ivy Tech Foundation2 grants · $2.5M
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville2 grants · $800,000
Louisville South Fc Incorporated2 grants · $625,005
Louisville Healthcare Ceo Council1 grant · $306,820
American Heart Association3 grants · $254,100
Hope Center3 grants · $210,000
American Cancer Society3 grants · $167,900
Knox Regional Development Alliance3 grants · $130,000
Refuge Clinic3 grants · $120,000

Giving over time

$149.6M

2021

$189.9M

2022

$205.8M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 125 grants.

$204.2M
Baptist Health Medical Group · Louisville, KY · 2023
Subsidize Services
$188.4M
Baptist Health Medical Group · Louisville, KY · 2022
Subsidize Services
$145.9M
Baptist Health Medical Group · Louisville, KY · 2021
Subsidize Services
$2.5M
Ivy Tech Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2021
General Support
$450,000
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville · Madisonville, KY · 2023
General Support
$369,122
Louisville South Fc Incorporated · Louisville, KY · 2022
General Support
$350,000
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville · Madisonville, KY · 2022
General Support
$306,820
Louisville Healthcare Ceo Council · Louisville, KY · 2023
General Support
$255,883
Louisville South Fc Incorporated · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Support
$130,000
Hope Center · Lexington, KY · 2022
General Support
$112,650
American Cancer Society · Lexington, KY · 2023
General Support
$92,500
American Heart Association · Louisville, KY · 2022
General Support
$86,000
American Heart Association · Louisville, KY · 2023
General Support
$80,000
Knox Regional Development Alliance · Elizabethtown, KY · 2023
General Support
$75,600
American Heart Association · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Support
$75,000
Team Kentucky Covid-19 Memorial Fund · Frankfort, KY · 2021
General Support
$60,000
Refuge Clinic · Lexington, KY · 2021
General Support
$55,000
Hope Center · Lexington, KY · 2021
General Support
$50,000
Conference Board · New York, NY · 2021
General Support
$50,000
Lexington Strides Ahead Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2021
General Support
$43,065
One Southern Indiana · New Albany, IN · 2022
General Support
$40,269
Ky Baptist Convention · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Support
$38,500
One Southern Indiana · New Albany, IN · 2021
General Support
$38,000
American Cancer Society · Lexington, KY · 2022
General Support
$35,050
One Southern Indiana · New Albany, IN · 2023
General Support
$31,500
Paducah Public Schools Foundation · Paducah, KY · 2022
General Support
$30,000
Hildegard House · Louisville, KY · 2023
General Support
$30,000
Kosair Charities · Louisville, KY · 2023
General Support
$30,000
Refuge Clinic · Lexington, KY · 2023
General Support
$30,000
Refuge Clinic · Lexington, KY · 2022
General Support
$30,000
Greater Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Support
$30,000
Knox Regional Development Alliance · Elizabethtown, KY · 2021
General Support
$30,000
March of Dimes · Lexington, KY · 2021
General Support
$27,000
Kosair Charities · Louisville, KY · 2022
General Support
$26,000
Lincoln Heritage Council Boy Scouts of America · Louisville, KY · 2023
General Support
$25,300
Paducah Public Schools Foundation · Paducah, KY · 2021
General Support
$25,000
Hope Center · Lexington, KY · 2023
General Support
$25,000
Leadership Kentucky Foundation · Frankfort, KY · 2023
General Support
$25,000
Lexington Strides Ahead Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2023
General Support
$25,000
Sprocket · Paducah, KY · 2023
General Support
$25,000
Eastern Kentucky University · Richmond, KY · 2021
General Support
$25,000
Mission Lexington · Lexington, KY · 2021
General Support
$23,000
Ivy Tech Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General Support
$22,700
The Carson Center · Paducah, KY · 2023
General Support
$21,500
Lincoln Heritage Council Boy Scouts of America · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Support
$21,218
Louisville Parks and Recreation · Louisville, KY · 2022
General Support
$21,100
The Carson Center · Paducah, KY · 2022
General Support
$20,000
Greater Paducah Economic Development Center · Paducah, KY · 2023
General Support
$20,000
Ironcology Ii · Lexington, KY · 2023
General Support
$20,000
Greater Paducah Economic Development Center · Paducah, KY · 2022
General Support
$20,000
Ironcology Ii · Lexington, KY · 2022
General Support
$20,000
Knox Regional Development Alliance · Elizabethtown, KY · 2022
General Support
$20,000
Greater Paducah Economic Development Center · Paducah, KY · 2021
General Support
$20,000
Ironcology Ii · Lexington, KY · 2021
General Support
$20,000
Oldham County Board of Education · Crestwood, KY · 2021
General Support
$19,181
Paducah Lions Club · Paducah, KY · 2022
General Support
$18,695
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce · Frankfort, KY · 2021
General Support
$17,500
Build · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Support
$17,250
American Cancer Society · Lexington, KY · 2021
General Support
$17,000
The Carson Center · Paducah, KY · 2021
General Support
$16,600
Eastern Kentucky University · Richmond, KY · 2022
General Support
$15,820
McCracken County High School · Paducah, KY · 2022
General Support
$15,250
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2021
General Support
$15,000
Greater Louisville Medical Society Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
General Support
$15,000
McCracken County High School · Paducah, KY · 2023
General Support
$15,000
Murray State University · Murray, KY · 2023
General Support
$15,000
Paducah Symphony Orchestra · Paducah, KY · 2023
General Support
$15,000
Prosser Alumni Association · New Albany, IN · 2023
General Support
$15,000
Ymca of Greater Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
General Support
$15,000
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce · Frankfort, KY · 2022
General Support
$15,000
Lincoln Trail Area Development District · Elizabethtown, KY · 2022
General Support
$15,000
Paducah Symphony Orchestra · Paducah, KY · 2022
General Support
$15,000
Prosser Alumni Association · New Albany, IN · 2022
General Support
$15,000
Lincoln Trail Area Development District · Elizabethtown, KY · 2021
General Support
$15,000
McCracken County High School · Paducah, KY · 2021
General Support
$15,000
Paducah Symphony Orchestra · Paducah, KY · 2021
General Support
$14,500
Greater Louisville Sports Commission · Louisville, KY · 2023
General Support
$13,000
March of Dimes · Lexington, KY · 2023
General Support
$12,500
Book for Hope · Paducah, KY · 2023
General Support
$12,500
Mission Lexington · Lexington, KY · 2023
General Support
$12,500
Mission Lexington · Lexington, KY · 2022
General Support
$12,000
Jeffersontown Chamber of Commerce · Louisville, KY · 2022
General Support
$11,590
Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce · Paducah, KY · 2023
General Support
$11,500
United Way of Western Kentucky · Paducah, KY · 2023
General Support
$10,750
American College of Surgeons · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Support
$10,000
Jefferson Community and Technical College Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
General Support
$10,000
Kentucky and Southern Indiana Stroke Association · Louisville, KY · 2023
General Support
$10,000
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2023
General Support
$10,000
Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2023
General Support
$10,000
Bardstown-Nelson County Chamber of Commerce · Bardstown, KY · 2022
General Support
$10,000
Kentucky and Southern Indiana Stroke Association · Louisville, KY · 2022
General Support
$10,000
Oldham County Board of Education · Crestwood, KY · 2022
General Support
$10,000
Twisted Pinkinc · Louisville, KY · 2022
General Support
$10,000
Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2022
General Support
$10,000
Jefferson Community and Technical College Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Support
$10,000
Twisted Pinkinc · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Support
$9,500
Colon Cancer Prevention Project · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Support
$9,500
Kentucky and Southern Indiana Stroke Association · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Support
$9,000
Harvest Homecoming Festival Association · New Albany, IN · 2022
General Support
$8,275
Leadership Southern Indiana · Sellersburg, IN · 2023
General Support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.