St Mary's Health Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker St. Louis, MO EIN: 23-7045370

St. Mary's Health Foundation, Inc. supports the charitable programs of St. Mary's Health, Inc. in pursuit of its mission: "Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually centered, holistic care, which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities. We are advocates for a compassionate and just society through our actions and our words.

St Mary's Health Foundation Inc at a glance

In short: St Mary's Health Foundation Inc gave $898K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $449K), mostly in Missouri. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$897,803
+7.9% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
-33.3% vs 2024
Average grant
$448,902
+61.8% vs 2024
Median grant
$448,902
Total assets
$19,227,954
+9.4% vs 2024
Primary geography
Missouri (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who St Mary's Health Foundation Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

St Mary's Health Inc: $862KSt Mary's Health Inc$862KSt Vincent Health Inc: $36KSt Vincent Health Inc$36K

The largest 2025 recipient was St Mary's Health Inc ($862K). Together the top 2 received $898K.

Grant Size Distribution

16 grants across all recorded years

8<$50K2$50–100K1$100–250K1$250–500K3$500K–1M1$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 8 grants of 16 (50%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

Cities

St. LouisEvansvilleBoonville

How St Mary's Health Foundation Inc gives

  • Giving grew 99% 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

$0$1M$2M$3M$4M6 grants2019 5 grants2020 3 grants2021 4 grants2022 4 grants2023 3 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $451K (2022) to $3.4M (2019). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $898K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
St Mary's Health Inc St. Louis, MOCapital/Operating Support$862,001
St Vincent Health Inc St. Louis, MOGeneral Support$35,802
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$19,227,954$1,842,207$1,259,374$897,8032$479,802
2024$17,578,099$2,931,688$1,220,461$832,3393$903,990
2023$14,871,108$1,326,605$1,633,861$1,155,0384$247,416
2022$13,561,586$2,186,598$928,561$450,8044$1,071,163
2021$15,364,601$2,263,955$1,359,720$799,3493$1,571,426
2020$14,508,903$2,793,755$2,058,185$1,492,0155$1,653,364
2019$15,236,436$2,115,266$4,027,237$3,353,7786$734,110

About St Mary's Health Foundation Inc

Based on IRS filings

St Mary's Health Foundation Inc is a public charity, based in St. Louis, MO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $19.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $898K. Net investment income was $480K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

St Mary's Health Foundation Inc is led by Jennifer Lynn Whitaker, Executive Director on every filing since 2024; none of the 18 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jennifer Lynn Whitaker

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • Ken Haynie

    Chair

    Secretary → Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patrick Griffin

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Evernham

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amber Sheffer

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shay Phillips

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Allison R. Melton MD

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

  • Justin Soderlund

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Blalock

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kyle Markle

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Natalie Hedde

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christian Alexander Beuschel MD

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Daniel A. Parod

    Former Officer

    President → Ex-Officio & President, 2020

    Ex-Officio & President → Former Officer, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Sarah Hardy

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Zach Zirkelbach

    Vice President & Finance

    Interim Vice President, Finance & Vice President → Vice President & Finance, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • John S. Greaney

    Former Officer

    Ex-Officio & Interim Executive Director → Former Officer, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

  • Parveen Chand

    Former Officer

    Ex-Officio & Interim President → Former Officer, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

  • Ted Ziemer

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (24)
  • Former: Otha Warren (2019–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Lane Young (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Robert Allan Henson (2023–2024) — Executive Director
  • Former: Mark D. Browning MD (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Paul Wallace (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Taylor Payne (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Lori Sutton (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Rina Harris (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jody Giles (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Sean Georges (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Debra D. Hinton (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Randy Miller (2022) — Director
  • Former: Rob Henson (2022) — Ex-Officio & Executive Director
  • Former: Christine Keck (2019–2021) — Chair
  • Former: Craig A. Polkow (2019–2021) — Former Officer
  • Former: James Miller (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Minhthy Nguyen PhD (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Roger F. Johnson MD (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Tom Bailey (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Cathy Gray (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Jann Allen (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Rob Wathen (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Daniel Carwile (2019) — Director
  • Former: Ruth Jenkins (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.

Frequently asked questions about St Mary's Health Foundation Inc

How much does St Mary's Health Foundation Inc give each year?

St Mary's Health Foundation Inc gave $898K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $832K across 3 grants.

How large is St Mary's Health Foundation Inc?

St Mary's Health Foundation Inc reported $19.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.8M.

Where does St Mary's Health Foundation Inc operate?

St Mary's Health Foundation Inc has awarded grants in Indiana, Missouri.

What is St Mary's Health Foundation Inc's EIN?

St Mary's Health Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7045370. 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

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 14, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 15, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 8, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 8, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 9, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 3, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 9, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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