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Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Memphis, TN EIN: 58-1544781 Website

An individual recipient Health Care is a public charity based in Memphis, Tennessee. Its 2025 filing reports 21 grants totaling $6,888,218, primarily to organizations and programs connected with health care, patient support, education, and research.

Key facts about Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc

In short: Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc gave $6.9M across 21 grants in 2025 (avg $328K), mostly in Tennessee. 5% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
58-1544781
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$6,888,218
Grants made (2025)
21
Average grant
$328,010
Median grant
$92,604
New grantees (estimate)
5% first-time grantees (1 of 21, 2025; small sample)
Total assets
$806,259,294
Primary geography
Tennessee (88% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$806.3M

+9.4% YoY

Annual Giving

$6.9M

-18.0% YoY

Grant Count

21

-12.5% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$328K

-6.3% YoY

Is Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc open to new grantees?

5%

first-time grantees, 2025

In 2025, 1 of 21 grantees (5%) were first-time recipients. With only 21 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 5 points. First grants averaged $42K; repeat grants $342K. How we count

Medians: $42K first-time, $94K repeat.

  • 90% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+7%). Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

The Foundation’s stated mission is to support an individual recipient Health Care in providing care in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi, advancing patient care, addressing health issues, helping people in need, and educating future health care professionals. Its website describes support for uninsured and underinsured patients, grief services, scholarships, research and technology, cancer care, pediatric services, and community health needs.

The filing describes board and officer grant programs, donor-restricted funds, and support for public charities furthering the health system’s purposes. Examples of supported needs include cancer research, services for people experiencing homelessness, medical education, care for people in need, women’s and children’s services, care for older adults, and home care and hospice. The filing also describes funding for hospital security, technology innovation, postpartum patient monitoring, and imaging artificial intelligence.

Among the 2025 grantees, an individual recipient Home Care described its mission as providing medical hospice services. An individual recipient Medical Group described providing direct primary-care services to the community, and Baptist Clinical Research Institute described facilitating medical and scientific research and education in clinical areas. These are the grantees’ stated missions, not descriptions of the funder’s own services.

Grantmaking

In filing year 2025, an individual recipient Health Care reported 21 grants totaling $6,888,218. Grants ranged from $5,800 to $1,828,134, with a median of $92,604.

The largest reported grants included $1,828,134 to an individual recipient Home Care Inc. for a hospice house and bereavement center; $1,501,639 to Baptist Memorial Hospital for medical and community programs; $729,506 to an individual recipient Health Care Corporation for community programs; and $715,828 to Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences Inc. for scholarships and tuition deferral. Other notable grants included $480,332 to Northeast Arkansas Clinic Charitable Foundation Inc. for community projects and patient assistance, and $124,407 to Baptist Clinical Research Institute Inc. for research studies.

The filing describes board and officer grant programs, including an officer program for smaller health-related requests of $100,000 or less.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

The 2025 grant dollars were distributed among recipients in Tennessee (88%), Arkansas (7%), and Mississippi (5%). The Foundation’s stated mission also identifies Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi as the states where it supports care.

Grant Distribution by State

6states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 21 itemized grants.

Cities

MemphisGermantownJonesboroSouthavenNew AlbanyColumbusCovingtonOxfordUnion CityBoonevilleLakelandDallasJacksonMeridianTowsonAtlantaCalhoun CityHuntingdonTownsend

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2.5M$5M$7.5M$10M20 grants2019 20 grants2020 17 grants2021 19 grants2022 19 grants2023 24 grants2024 21 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $5.1M (2019) to $8.4M (2024). In 2025 it made 21 grants totaling $6.9M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Baptist Memorial Home Care Inc: $1.8MBaptist Memorial Home Care Inc$1.8MBaptist Memorial Hospital: $1.5MBaptist Memorial Hospital$1.5MBaptist Memorial Health Care Corporation: $730KBaptist Memorial Health CareCorporation$730KBaptist Memorial Hospital-Jonesboro Inc: $713KBaptist MemorialHospital-Jonesboro Inc$713KNortheast Arkansas Clinic Charitable Foundation Inc: $480KNortheast Arkansas ClinicCharitable Foundation Inc$480KBaptist Memorial Medical Group Inc: $210KBaptist Memorial Medical GroupInc$210KBaptist Clinical Research Institute Inc: $124KBaptist Clinical ResearchInstitute Inc$124KBaptist Memorial Hospital-Desoto Inc: $100KBaptist MemorialHospital-Desoto Inc$100KMemphis Lung Physicians Foundation Inc: $95KMemphis Lung PhysiciansFoundation Inc$95KAnderson Regional Medical Center: $93KAnderson Regional MedicalCenter$93K

The largest 2025 recipient was Baptist Memorial Home Care Inc ($1.8M). Together the top 10 received $5.9M.

Organizations only. It also paid 1 individual scholarship ($715,828), which are not listed by name.

Grant Size Distribution

100 grants across all recorded years

39<$50K13$50–100K12$100–250K12$250–500K15$500K–1M9$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 39 grants of 100 (39%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Baptist Memorial Home Care Inc Memphis, TNHospice House and Bereavement Center$1,828,134
Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis, TNVarious Medical and Community Programs$1,501,639
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation Memphis, TNVarious Community Programs$729,506
1 individual scholarship Recipients not named —$715,828
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Jonesboro Inc Memphis, TNVarious Community Projects$712,729
Northeast Arkansas Clinic Charitable Foundation Inc Jonesboro, ARVarious Community Projects and Patient Assistance$480,332
Baptist Memorial Medical Group Inc Memphis, TNMedical and Outreach Programs$209,821
Baptist Clinical Research Institute Inc Memphis, TNVarious Research Studies$124,407
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Desoto Inc Southaven, MSVarious Medical and Community Programs$100,000
Memphis Lung Physicians Foundation Inc Memphis, TNVarious Medical and Community Programs$94,874

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Assets Revenue Expenses Grants
2025 $806,259,294 $66,415,217 $19,498,939 $6,888,218
2024 $737,198,481 $47,466,152 $19,681,578 $8,397,469
2023 $607,372,537 $67,196,840 $18,934,844 $5,937,558
Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$20M$40M$60M$80M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$806,259,294$737,198,481$607,372,537
Revenue$66,415,217$47,466,152$67,196,840
Expenses$19,498,939$19,681,578$18,934,844
Net Investment Income$54,273,858$36,705,880$57,951,597

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 13, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 12, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 11, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 14, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 14, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 14, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 13, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists these directors: Stephen C. Reynolds, Andrea Levy, Brandon Arrindell, Douglas Edwards, Eric Brown, Hal Fogelman, Henry W. Morgan Sr., Hope Dmuchowski, Johnnie D. Amonette, and Kathleen Blair.

Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc is led by Jason M. Little, President on every filing since 2019; 1 of 21 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jason M. Little

    President

    On filings since 2019

    1.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pace Cooper

    Chairman & Director

    Director → Chairman & Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pamela W. Crislip

    Senior Director-Advancement Services

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $104K (2025)

  • Brandon Arrindell

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Douglas Edwards

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Henry W. Morgan Sr.

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Johnnie D. Amonette

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kathleen Blair

    Director

    Chairman → Chairman & Director, 2024

    Chairman & Director → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kemmons Wilson Jr.

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen C. Reynolds

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Hal Fogelman

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Hope Dmuchowski

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nancy Benton

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Brown

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shannon Brown

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Threlkeld MD

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrea Levy

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robbie Johnson

    Vp-Chief Development Officer

    Executive Foundation Director → Vp-Chief Development Officer, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $127K (2019) → $0 (2025)

  • Gregory M. Duckett

    Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • William A. Griffin

    Former CFO

    CFO → Former CFO, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Kimberly O. Young

    CFO

    On filings since 2024

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (13)
  • Former: Webb Wilson (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Ann Duncan (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: James S. Fountain (2019–2023) — Former Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer
  • Former: Jennifer S. Nevels (2019–2023) — Executive Foundation Director
  • Former: Joseph Weller (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Lauren Wilson Young (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Bj Losch III (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Maury Bronstein MD (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Robert F. Fogelman (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Rodney Y. Wolf MD (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: L. Donald Jordan Sr. (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Donald L. Jordan Sr. (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Pamela Arrindell (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Pamela W Crislip — Senior Director-Advancement Services: $104KPamela W CrislipSenior Director-Advancement…$104K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $104K, to Pamela W Crislip (Senior Director-Advancement Services).

Contact

Mailing address: 350 N Humphreys Blvd, Memphis, TN 38120
Phone: (901) 227-7142
Website: https://bmhgiving.org

Frequently asked questions about Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc

How much does Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc give each year?

Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc gave $6.9M across 21 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $8.4M across 24 grants.

What is Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc's typical grant size?

Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc's median grant in 2025 was $92,604, and its average grant was $328,010, across 21 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc that year got $42K on average.

Where does Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc give grants?

Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc gives mostly in Tennessee: 88% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was Arkansas (7%). The most frequent recipient cities were Memphis, TN (10 grants), Southaven, MS (2 grants) and Germantown, TN (2 grants).

Does Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc give general operating support?

Yes: 33% of Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (7 of 21) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990. Recurring purposes include "Various Medical and Community Projects" (4 grants) and "Various Medical and Community Programs" (3 grants).

Who are Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc's largest grantees?

Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Baptist Memorial Home Care Inc ($1,828,134), Baptist Memorial Hospital ($1,501,639) and Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation ($729,506), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. It also paid 1 individual scholarship ($715,828), which are not listed by name. Together they received 59% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc?

Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc reported $806.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $66.4M.

What does Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc fund?

The Foundation’s stated mission is to support an individual recipient Health Care in providing care in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi, advancing patient care, addressing health issues, helping people in need, and educating future health care professionals. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc?

Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check bmhgiving.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.

What is Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc's EIN?

Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 58-1544781. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.

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