Mercy Healthcare Foundation
The Mercy Healthcare Foundation is a non-profit organization conceived with the sole purpose of helping our community through our community hospital. We are dedicated to the support of programs and projects that will expand and enhance healthcare, education, and other health-related services throughout the area. By providing support to mercy hospital with supplemental funding for capital and program needs essential to the hospital's growth and development, we are striving to build and maintain a high quality of life in our community by providing the finest healthcare possible, at the most affordable cost possible. This will be done by: 1. Receiving, holding, investing, and dispensing the assets donated and raised for health care and charitable activities. 2. Providing a return on investment that ensures growth to the funds.
Mercy Healthcare Foundation at a glance
In short: Mercy Healthcare Foundation gave $665K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $665K), mostly in North Dakota. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $664,504
- +1089.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $664,504
- +1089.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $664,504
- Total assets
- $5,765,818
- -1.0% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- North Dakota (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Mercy Healthcare Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Mercy Hospital of Valley City ($665K).
Grant Size Distribution
6 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 2 grants of 6 (33%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Mercy Healthcare Foundation gives
- Giving grew 250% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1K (2023) to $665K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $665K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital of Valley City Valley City, ND | General Support | $664,504 |
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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 | $5,765,818 | $397,535 | $712,558 | $664,504 | 1 | $297,730 |
| 2024 | $5,821,271 | $229,831 | $77,532 | $55,889 | 1 | $193,993 |
| 2023 | $5,264,436 | $454,793 | $16,659 | $1,000 | Total only | $107,767 |
| 2022 | $4,814,027 | $377,052 | $206,974 | $189,626 | 2 | $298,846 |
| 2021 | $5,487,502 | $459,622 | $451,995 | $451,797 | 2 | $400,923 |
| 2020 | $4,452,613 | $274,677 | $31,553 | $24,615 | 1 | $227,606 |
| 2019 | $4,295,627 | $160,103 | $128,331 | $78,666 | 1 | $134,655 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Mercy Healthcare Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Mercy Healthcare Foundation is a public charity focused on Health, based in Phoenix, AZ. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $5.8M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $665K. Net investment income was $298K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Mercy Healthcare Foundation is led by D. Ryan Fowler, President Mhvc on every filing since 2022; none of the 11 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
D. Ryan Fowler
President Mhvc
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rachael Storbeck
Board Member & Chair
Board Member → Board Member & Chair, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kayla Beilke
Board Secretary & Foundation Director
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cindy Waagen
Board Member
Vice Chair → Chair, 2022
Chair → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Beth Smith
Former Officer & Manager Finance
Treasurer & Mercy Hosp. CFO → Treasurer & Manager Finance, 2024
Treasurer & Manager Finance → Former Officer & Manager Finance, 2025
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
James Jensen
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jessica Galt
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nick O'Tool
Former Officer
Div Vice President Finance → Market CFO, 2024
Market CFO → Former Officer, 2025
On filings since 2023
No compensation reported
Amber Stowman
Treasurer & Vice President Finance
Treasurer & Vice President Op Finance → Treasurer & Vice President Finance, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tim Schnack
Market CFO
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rebecca Bleese
Former Officer
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Former officers (18)
- Former: Tim Ost (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Stephen Spickenreuther (2021–2024) — Former Foundation Director
- Former: Rebecca Thompson (2022–2024) — Former Interim President
- Former: Jackie Cordie (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Kristin Petersen (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Joshua Senger (2019–2022) — Former Treasurer & Mercy Hosp. CFO
- Former: Keith Heuser (2019–2022) — Administrator Mhvc
- Former: Lisa Urbatsch (2019–2022) — Board Secretary
- Former: Nancy Hermanson (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Sharla Barnett (2019–2022) — Chair
- Former: Kayla Brademeyer (2022) — Board Secretary
- Former: Rachael Koch (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Dayne Zachrison (2019–2020) — Vice Chair
- Former: Sr Stella Olson (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Andrea Hochhalter (2020) — Foundation Director
- Former: Amy Noeske (2019) — Former Secretary
- Former: Nikki Nielson (2019) — Board Member -
- Former: Stephanie Mayfield (2019) — Foundation 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.
Frequently asked questions about Mercy Healthcare Foundation
How much does Mercy Healthcare Foundation give each year?
Mercy Healthcare Foundation gave $665K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $56K across 1 grant.
How large is Mercy Healthcare Foundation?
Mercy Healthcare Foundation reported $5.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $398K.
What is Mercy Healthcare Foundation?
Mercy Healthcare Foundation is a public charity focused on Health, based in Phoenix, AZ. It holds $5.8M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Mercy Healthcare Foundation operate?
Mercy Healthcare Foundation has awarded grants in North Dakota.
What is Mercy Healthcare Foundation's EIN?
Mercy Healthcare Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 45-0435338. 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 May 13, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 14, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 11, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 14, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 8, 2024)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024
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