To demonstrate the love of Christ by providing and coordinating care and improving health in our communities.
A single 2025 grant of $691,781 to Baptist Healthcare System Inc in Louisville points to how Baptist Healthcare Foundation Inc works: through partnership-driven support for Baptist Health initiatives that combine capital projects, hospital operations, patient support, and employee support. The foundation’s stated purpose is to demonstrate the love of Christ by providing and coordinating care and improving health in its communities, and its current program structure centers on corporate and foundation giving tied to Baptist Health service areas. Its active giving programs describe a focus on community health, clinical care and practice, workforce development and education, and cancer care and heart care, with an emphasis on increasing access to care, innovation, and patient experience. The recent grant list shows support flowing to a hospital system rather than individuals, matching the foundation’s institutional grantmaking profile. Leadership is listed under Gerard Colman, and the foundation also reports program-related investments as part of its activity. Across the available data, the pattern is local and closely aligned to Baptist Health operations in Kentucky.
Community health is a recurring theme in the foundation’s active programs, including corporate and foundation giving aimed at Baptist Health initiatives across Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The program description ties that work to increasing access to care and improving patient experience. Workforce development and education is another explicit focus. In both active grant programs, the foundation names workforce development and education alongside clinical care and community health, showing that staff and training needs sit alongside direct service priorities. Clinical practice and patient experience also appear in the program language, along with cancer care and heart care. Those priorities frame the foundation’s support for health-system operations rather than for individuals, and they indicate a preference for grants or investments that strengthen Baptist Health service delivery.
The only recent grant on file is $691,781, and the grant-size distribution is flat at p25 $691,781, median $691,781, and p75 $691,781. That makes the current sample a single-point profile rather than a varied grant book. The recent award went to an institutional recipient, Baptist Healthcare System Inc, for capital projects, hospital operations, and patient and employee support. The foundation reports making program-related investments, and its active corporate and foundation giving programs are partnership-driven rather than unsolicited, with unsolicited applications marked false for one program.
$692K
$10.3M
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Most grants fall between $692K and $692K, with a median of $692K.
25th Percentile
$692K
Median
$692K
75th Percentile
$692K
Gerard Colman
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Grantmaking shown in the file is entirely local: 100% of grants go to recipients in Kentucky, and Kentucky is the top state by grant count. The recipient city on the recent grant is Louisville, matching the foundation’s strongest giving geography. Active programs also reference Kentucky and Southern Indiana, but the grant record itself places the funded organization in Louisville, KY.
The foundation funds Baptist Health initiatives tied to community health, clinical care and practice, workforce development and education, cancer care, and heart care. The recent grant record also shows support for hospital operations, capital projects, patient support, and employee support.
The current grant-size distribution is a single amount: p25 $691,781, median $691,781, and p75 $691,781. The latest grant on file is also $691,781.
One of the active corporate and foundation giving programs is marked as not accepting unsolicited requests. The giving model is described as partnership-driven support for Baptist Health initiatives.
The recent grant list shows an institutional recipient: Baptist Healthcare System Inc in Louisville, KY. The beneficiary types listed for the foundation are patients, hospital employees, and hospitals or healthcare institutions.
The grant record is local, with 100% of grants to recipients in Kentucky. Active program language also references Baptist Health service areas in Kentucky and Southern Indiana.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Healthcare System Inc | Louisville, KY | $691,781 | 2025 | Assistance for capital projects, hospital operations and patient and employee support. |
| Baptist Healthcare System Inc | Louisville, KY | $155,984 | 2024 | General Support |
Assistance for capital projects, hospital operations and patient and employee support.