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Mercy Hospital Fort Smith

Public charity · Grantmaker Fort Smith, AR EIN: 71-0240352 Website

As the sisters of mercy before us, we bring to life the healing ministry of jesus through our compassionate care and exceptional service.

Key facts about Mercy Hospital Fort Smith

In short: Mercy Hospital Fort Smith gave $1.3M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $1.3M), mostly in Arkansas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
71-0240352
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$1,339,727
Grants made (2025)
1
Average grant
$1,339,727
Median grant
$1,339,727
Total assets
$445,417,700
Primary geography
Arkansas (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$445.4M

+16.8% YoY

Annual Giving

$1.3M

+30.6% YoY

Grant Count

1

+0.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$1.3M

+30.6% YoY

How Mercy Hospital Fort Smith gives

  • Giving grew 415% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

About Mercy Hospital Fort Smith

Based on IRS filings

Mercy Hospital Fort Smith is a public charity focused on Health, based in Fort Smith, AR. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $445.4M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $1.3M. Net investment income was $2.4M.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Fort Smith

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5MTotal only2019 Total only2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $330 (2020) to $1.3M (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $1.3M.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Mercy Health Foundation Fort Smith: $1.3MMercy Health Foundation FortSmith$1.3M

The largest 2025 recipient was Mercy Health Foundation Fort Smith ($1.3M).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K2$250–500K1$500K–1M2$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 2 grants of 5 (40%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Mercy Health Foundation Fort Smith Fort Smith, ARGeneral Support$1,339,727

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$200M$400M$600M$800M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$445,417,700$381,228,460$302,826,803
Revenue$571,103,098$540,511,160$481,715,176
Expenses$491,126,901$446,444,781$409,948,523
Net Investment Income$2,402,016$6,880,813$1,865,171

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 6, 2024)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 12, 2025)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 12, 2026)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 9, 2020)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 13, 2021)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Mercy Hospital Fort Smith is led by Gehrig Ryan, President & Mercy Ar Communities since 2025 (on filings since 2019); none of the 14 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Gehrig Ryan

    President & Mercy Ar Communities

    Former Officer → President & Mercy Arkansas Communities, 2024

    President & Mercy Arkansas Communities → President & Mercy Ar Communities, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    $669K (2019) → $0 (2025)

  • Ciaramita Md Jeffrey

    President & Spec Serv Lines-Mercy Health

    Senior Vice President Chief Physician Executive → President & Specialty Service Lines, 2023

    President & Specialty Service Lines → President & Spec Serv Lines-Mercy Health, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Hunton Md David

    Former Key Employee

    Chief Medical Officer → President - Clinic, 2021

    President - Clinic → Former Key Employee, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    $684K (2019) → $0 (2025)

  • Stec Julianne

    Vice President & Patient Services

    Chief Operating Officer → Vice President - Operations, 2022

    Vice President - Operations → Vice President & Patient Services, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    10 hrs/week

    $287K (2019) → $0 (2025)

  • Wilcher Greta

    CFO & Treasurer

    Vice President Finance & Treasurer → Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, 2023

    Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer → CFO & Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    20 hrs/week

    $260K (2019) → $0 (2025)

  • Geib Ryan C.

    Former Key Employee

    Chief Operating Officer → Former Key Employee, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

  • Mohart Md John

    Executive Vice President, Coo-Mercy Health & Board Member

    President, Mercy Communities & Chairman of Board → Executive Vice President, Coo-Mercy Health & Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sock Shannon

    Executive Vice President, Cso, COO & Board Member

    Executive Vice President - Cso & COO → Executive Vice President, Cso & COO, 2023

    Executive Vice President, Cso & COO → Executive Vice President, Cso, COO & Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Al-Ghussain Emad

    Hospitalist

    On filings since 2024

    50 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anower Mohammad

    Hospitalist

    On filings since 2024

    50 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Doraiswamy Mohankumar

    Physician

    On filings since 2024

    50 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Wilke Jamie

    Associate Counsel & Secretary

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cox Md Michael

    Physician

    New on the 2025 filing

    50 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Vizconde Roland

    Hospitalist

    New on the 2025 filing

    50 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (42)
  • Former: Eckhardt Christie (2022–2024) — Vice President, Chief Operations Counsel & Secretary
  • Former: Anand Md Dheeraj (2024) — Hospitalist
  • Former: Patil Monali (2024) — Physician
  • Former: Piercy Jacqueline (2022–2023) — Charge Rn
  • Former: Rowe Jonathan (2022–2023) — Registered Nurse
  • Former: Mikel Sylvia (2023) — Registered Nurse
  • Former: Whittington Gary (2023) — Clinical Pharmacist Hospital
  • Former: Williams Eric (2023) — Charge Rn
  • Former: Marion Tanya (2019–2022) — Regional Vice President - Human Resources
  • Former: Reynolds Scott (2019–2022) — Former Officer
  • Former: Swope Jon (2019–2022) — Former Key Employee
  • Former: Davis Melinda (2021–2022) — Registered Nurse
  • Former: Phillips Mary C. (2021–2022) — Pharmacist
  • Former: Sutphin Candace (2022) — Registered Nurse
  • Former: Atkins RSM Sr Lisa (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Echols Jr Walter (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Gusdorf Michael (2019–2021) — Pharmacist
  • Former: Hennessey III William (2019–2021) — Former Key Employee
  • Former: Hubbard Brent (2019–2021) — Former Key Employee
  • Former: Kiss Csaba (2019–2021) — Physician & Board Member
  • Former: Koorie RSM Sr Diane (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: McClellan David (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Post Frank (2019–2021) — Pharmacist
  • Former: Richardson MD Derrick (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Schreiber Martin (2019–2021) — Former Key Employee
  • Former: Woolley Eric (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Clayton Justin (2020–2021) — Physician & Board Member
  • Former: Gaborni Pamela (2020–2021) — Physician & Board Member
  • Former: McClain DO Rance (2020–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Bailey DDS Robbins (2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Thames Michael D (2021) — Director - Hospice & Pharmacy
  • Former: Adams Eric B (2019–2020) — Pharmacist
  • Former: Bryson Jared (2019–2020) — Former Key Employee
  • Former: Drolshagen Leo (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Hawkins Andrea C (2019–2020) — Charge Rn
  • Former: Thomas Jennifer (2019–2020) — Chief Nursing Officer
  • Former: Mager Jeffrey (2020) — Perfusionist
  • Former: Bean MD Paul (2019) — Physician & Board Member
  • Former: Carpenter Larry D (2019) — Pharmacist
  • Former: Hembree Lawson (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Vitiello Jonathan (2019) — Senior Vice President Finance Officer & Former Officer
  • Former: Wagner MD Kendal (2019) — Physician & Board Member

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

No officer or director reported compensation in the available filings.

Frequently asked questions about Mercy Hospital Fort Smith

How much does Mercy Hospital Fort Smith give each year?

Mercy Hospital Fort Smith gave $1.3M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.0M across 1 grant.

How large is Mercy Hospital Fort Smith?

Mercy Hospital Fort Smith reported $445.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $571.1M.

What is Mercy Hospital Fort Smith?

Mercy Hospital Fort Smith is a public charity focused on Health, based in Fort Smith, AR. It holds $445.4M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Mercy Hospital Fort Smith operate?

Mercy Hospital Fort Smith has awarded grants in Arkansas.

What is Mercy Hospital Fort Smith's EIN?

Mercy Hospital Fort Smith's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 71-0240352. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

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