Baptist Healthcare System Inc
Louisville, KY · EIN 61-0444707. Reported 176 grants totalling $684.4M to 81 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Baptist Healthcare System Inc, the IRS classifies it under health care rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE E210) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 81 distinct organizations, with 98% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is extreme concentration. A grantmaker sending three quarters of its money to one organization is in practice a support fund for that organization, whatever its classification says, and an unsolicited request is very unlikely to go anywhere.
- How much its list changes. 65% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,535. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $31,500; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $204.2M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
11 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $6,100,629 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Medical Group Inc | Louisville, KY | $669.8M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sos International Inc | Louisville, KY | $4,051,634 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ivy Tech Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $2,523,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Baptist Health Foundation Hardin | Elizabethtown, KY | $1,906,492 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Louisville South Fc Incorporated | Louisville, KY | $809,775 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville Inc | Madisonville, KY | $800,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Floyd Memorial Foundation Inc | New Albany, IN | $693,139 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hope Center Inc | Lexington, KY | $365,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $310,600 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Louisville Healthcare Ceo Council Inc | Louisville, KY | $306,820 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $208,400 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Refuge Ministries Inc | Lexington, KY | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| One Southern Indiana Inc | New Albany, IN | $146,615 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Knox Regional Development Alliance Inc | Elizabethtown, KY | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| City of Lancaster Kentucky | Lancaster, KY | $91,702 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| G P E D C Inc | Paducah, KY | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ironcology II Inc | Lexington, KY | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Luther F Carson Four Rivers Center Inc | Paducah, KY | $75,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lexington Strides Ahead Foundation | Lexington, KY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mission Lexington Inc | Lexington, KY | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Team Kentucky Covid-19 Memorial Fund | Frankfort, KY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| March of Dimes Inc | Arlington, VA | $73,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mccracken County High School Football Booster Club | Paducah, KY | $60,820 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Paducah Symphony Orchestra Inc | Paducah, KY | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Whas Crusade for Children Inc | Louisville, KY | $60,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kosair Charities Committee Inc | Louisville, KY | $57,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Paducah Public Schools Foundation Inc | Paducah, KY | $56,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Louisville, KY | $53,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Conference Board Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leadership Kentucky Foundation Inc | Frankfort, KY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Paducah Junior College Corp | Paducah, KY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kentucky and Southern Indiana Stroke Association Inc | Louisville, KY | $44,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Eastern Kentucky Univ Foundation Inc Giltner Crt 007 38 6206718 | Richmond, KY | $41,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greater Louisville Inc | Louisville, KY | $41,499 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Kentucky Baptist Convention | Louisville, KY | $40,269 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | Rye Brook, NY | $40,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Inc | Frankfort, KY | $39,195 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Twisted Pink Inc | Louisville, KY | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce | Paducah, KY | $31,605 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Oldham Chamber & Economic Development Inc | La Grange, KY | $30,725 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hildegard House | Louisville, KY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lincoln Trail Area Development District | Elizabethtown, KY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Prosser Alumni Association Inc | New Albany, IN | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Louisville | Louisville, KY | $25,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sprocket Inc | Paducah, KY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Good Health Ideas Inc | Louisville, KY | $21,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Greater Louisville Sports Commission | Louisville, KY | $21,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Louisville Parks and Recreation | Louisville, KY | $21,218 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leadership Southern Indiana Inc | Sellersburg, IN | $21,095 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jefferson Community and Technical College Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Roaring Brook Foundation Inc | Lexington, KY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Paducah Lions Club Telethon Inc | Paducah, KY | $19,181 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jeffersontown Chamber of Commerce Inc | Jeffersontown, KY | $18,700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Way of the Bluegrass Inc | Lexington, KY | $17,650 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| B U I L D Incorporated | Chicago, IL | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Market House Theatre of Paducah Kentucky Inc | Paducah, KY | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Citizens of Louisville Organized and United Together Inc | Louisville, KY | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Citizens of Louisville Organized and United Together Inc | Louisville, KY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friend for Life a Cancer Support Network Inc | Louisville, KY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Greater Louisville Medical Society Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Murray State University Foundation | Murray, KY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oscar Cross Boys & Girls Club of Paducah | Paducah, KY | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Book for Hope Inc | Paducah, KY | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kentuckiana Health Collaborative | Louisville, KY | $12,400 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| American College of Surgeons Ky Chapter | Lexington, KY | $10,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bardstown-Nelson County Chamber of Commerce Inc | Bardstown, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Candid | New York, NY | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc | Louisville, KY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical College | Elizabethtown, KY | $7,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kentucky Derby Museum Corporation | Louisville, KY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pattie a Clay Hospital Auxiliary | Richmond, KY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spalding University | Louisville, KY | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Ahec Organization Inc | Alachua, FL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oldham Co Historical Society Inc | Lagrange, KY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Women Aware Incorporated | Paducah, KY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Madisonville North Hopkins High School | Madisonville, KY | $5,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Paducah Tilghman High School | Paducah, KY | $5,100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kentucky Chamber Foundation Inc | Frankfort, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Leadership Paducah Foundation Inc | Paducah, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
47 of 81 (58%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 53 of 81 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 43 | $133.0M | $15,000 |
| 2021 | 43 | $151.6M | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 43 | $192.1M | $15,820 |
| 2023 | 47 | $207.6M | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
99% of its giving went to organizations in Kentucky. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $15,535 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Kentucky.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Baptist Healthcare System Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 41 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 6 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1901 Campus Place, Louisville, KY, 40299.
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