Ephraim McDowell Health Inc
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Ephraim McDowell Health Inc at a glance
In short: Ephraim McDowell Health Inc reported $42K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $41,600 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- +81.5% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $313,973,465
- +20.6% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $11,724,250
- +1.4% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $6,483,538
- -21.8% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $8,748,196
- +14.1% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Ephraim McDowell Health Inc funds
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1K (2021) to $42K (2025). In 2025 it reported $42K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $313,973,465 | $11,724,250 | $8,748,196 | $41,600 | Total only | $6,483,538 |
| 2024 | $260,372,005 | $11,558,146 | $7,664,998 | $22,924 | Total only | $8,290,033 |
| 2023 | $238,402,380 | $9,559,300 | $7,164,300 | $1,603 | Total only | $5,237,191 |
| 2022 | $234,389,398 | $8,895,600 | $6,921,467 | $5,621 | Total only | $3,088,199 |
| 2021 | $232,084,910 | $9,374,281 | $6,441,350 | $1,292 | Total only | $3,323,778 |
| 2020 | $193,248,022 | $7,628,237 | $7,568,891 | $11,500 | 1 | $3,325,511 |
| 2019 | $150,587,028 | $5,927,368 | $5,900,138 | — | — | $2,974,152 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Ephraim McDowell Health Inc
Based on IRS filings
Ephraim McDowell Health Inc is a public charity focused on Health, based in Danville, KY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $314.0M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $42K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $6.5M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Ephraim McDowell Health Inc is led by Daniel McKay, President & CEO since 2024 (on filings since 2019); 27 of 29 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Daniel McKay
President & CEO
President & CEO → President & CFO, 2023
President & CFO → President & CEO, 2024
On filings since 2019
20 hrs/week
$283K (2019) → $916K (2025)
Rebecca Chatham MD
Medical Staff President
Board Member → Medical Staff President, 2024
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
$3K (2019) → $3K (2025)
David Grigson
Chair
Board Member → Treasurer, 2024
Treasurer → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
$750 (2020) → $3K (2025)
Chris Davis
Em Health Care Foundation Chair
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
$750 (2025)
Jeremy Cocanougher
Director Marketing
Director of Marketing → Director Marketing, 2024
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$93K (2023) → $96K (2025)
Marilyn Peterson
Director Risk Management
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$104K (2025)
William Staples
Director Risk & Legal
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$144K (2025)
Chris Whitworth
Treasurer
Board Member → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
$2K (2019) → $4K (2025)
Eric Guerrant MD
Vice Chair
Secretary → Vice Chair, 2022
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
$6K (2019) → $6K (2025)
James W. Dunn
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
$5K (2019) → $5K (2025)
Mike W. Taylor
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
$4K (2019) → $3K (2025)
Scott Bottoms
Past Chair
Chair → Board Member, 2022
Board Member → Past Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
$3K (2019) → $3K (2025)
Tammy Ensslin
Chief Legal Officer
Legal Counsel & Corp Compliance → General Council, 2022
General Council → Chief Legal Officer, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$260K (2019) → $324K (2025)
Thomas Hager
Board Member
Board Member → Treasurer, 2020
Treasurer → Board Member, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
$3K (2019) → $3K (2025)
Amanda Kinman
CFO
Part-Year CFO → CFO, 2022
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$176K (2021) → $355K (2025)
Joetta Wickliffe
Board Member
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
$6K (2022) → $5K (2025)
Jeremy Tarter MD
Board Member
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
$4K (2022) → $3K (2025)
Tiffany Yeast
Vice Chair
Board Member → Secretary, 2024
Secretary → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
5 hrs/week
$900 (2022) → $3K (2025)
Linda Tillman
Board Member
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
$4K (2024) → $3K (2025)
David Montgomery MD
Medical Staff Vice President
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
$750 (2024) → $11K (2025)
Libby Mayes
Assistant Vice President Community Engagement
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$223K (2024) → $230K (2025)
Nicholas Spoonmore
Vice President Strategic Initiatives
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$260K (2024) → $324K (2025)
Shawn Markham
Board Member
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
$4K (2025)
David Meade
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
$750 (2025)
Rickey Jansen
Vice President System Operations
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$171K (2025)
Shay Pendygraft
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
$2K (2025)
Woods Adams
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
$750 (2025)
Brian Little
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Justin Lande MD
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (23)
- Former: Brian Ellis MD (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Julian Gander (2019–2024) — Chair
- Former: Eric Caldwell (2022–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Kay Richardson (2023–2024) — Em Health Care Foundation Chair
- Former: Josh Greeman (2019–2023) — Director Practice Management
- Former: Sheree Gilliam (2019–2023) — Secretary
- Former: William Snapp III (2019–2023) — Vice President & CFO
- Former: Anne Turcea MD (2020–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Gary Bunch (2021–2023) — CMO
- Former: Aaron Rowland (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Cliff Ed Irvin (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Susan Roush (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Allen White (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Burt Piper (2019–2021) — Former Executive Vice President & COO
- Former: James Turpin MD (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Robert Keith Bridges (2019–2021) — Former Vice President Community Engagement
- Former: Christy Mullins (2019–2020) — Director of Population Health
- Former: Douglas Greenburg (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Susie Roush (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Hussam Hamdalla MD (2019) — Board Member
- Former: John D. Trisler (2019) — Treasurer
- Former: Mark Milner (2019) — Former Vice President & Cno
- Former: Sally Davenport (2019) — Former CEO
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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $916K, to Daniel McKay (President & CEO). 27 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Ephraim McDowell Health Inc
How much does Ephraim McDowell Health Inc give each year?
Ephraim McDowell Health Inc reported $42K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it reported $23K in grants paid.
How large is Ephraim McDowell Health Inc?
Ephraim McDowell Health Inc reported $314.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $11.7M.
What is Ephraim McDowell Health Inc?
Ephraim McDowell Health Inc is a public charity focused on Health, based in Danville, KY. It holds $314.0M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Ephraim McDowell Health Inc operate?
Ephraim McDowell Health Inc has awarded grants in Kentucky.
What is Ephraim McDowell Health Inc's EIN?
Ephraim McDowell Health Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 61-1324736. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 11, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 13, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 15, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 1, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 10, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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