About Johns Hopkins Health System
To deliver the highest quality patient care, advance medical research, and educate future health professionals as part of the Johns Hopkins Medicine system while improving community health and access to care.
Focus Areas
Health care deliveryMedical researchHealth professions educationCommunity health and outreach
Who They Fund
local community residents (Baltimore)patients/clients of health care public charitiesgeneral community populations served by community programs
Funding Style
direct service supportcommunity program supportsupport for public charitiesproject-level/grant funding
About Johns Hopkins Health System
Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation’s largest recent grant was $21,084,000 to Johns Hopkins Community Physicians in Baltimore for promoting and advancing healthcare, followed by a $9,387,000 grant for the same purpose in 2023. That pattern signals a funder that uses major institutional support to strengthen care delivery inside the Johns Hopkins Medicine system while also funding community-facing work. The foundation’s giving reaches both large internal health-system recipients and smaller public charities serving local residents, patients, and community programs. Recent grants also show support for Johns Hopkins All Children’s Foundation in St. Petersburg and for neighborhood and service organizations in Baltimore. The mix suggests a health system funder that ties medical care, research, education, and community health together through project-level grants and direct service support. Alongside its large awards, it makes smaller grants to organizations such as Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition, Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Maryland, and Charm City Care Connection, showing attention to community health and access to care in specific local settings.
What Johns Hopkins Health System Funds
Health care delivery is the clearest theme in the recent grants. Johns Hopkins Community Physicians received $21,084,000 in 2024 and $9,387,000 in 2023 for promoting and advancing healthcare. In support of health care public charities, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Foundation Inc received $620,863 in 2023 and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Foundation received $581,436 in 2024, both in St. Petersburg. Community health and outreach appear across smaller awards as well. The American Heart Association received $81,250 in 2023 and $50,000 in 2024 for community program support. Baltimore-based groups also received support for local programming, including Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition Inc and Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Maryland Inc. The foundation also funded organizations tied to family services, youth, and neighborhood engagement, including YMCA of Central Maryland Inc, Baltimore Area Council #220 Boy Scouts of America, and East Baltimore Community School.
How Johns Hopkins Health System Gives
Typical grants cluster in a modest range: the 25th percentile is $7,500, the median is $12,410, and the 75th percentile is $27,500. The distribution is strongly shaped by a small number of very large institutional awards and many smaller community grants. Several recipients appear more than once across 2023 and 2024, including Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Foundation, the American Heart Association, Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition Inc, Mcelderry Park Communty Assoc Inc, and Taste Wise Kids Inc. The foundation is a health system corporation rather than a family foundation, and its grants are project-level support to public charities rather than individual giving or program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$23.2M
Total Assets
$2.3B
Total Revenue
$783.8M
Total Expenses
$837.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $8K and $28K, with a median of $12K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$12K
75th Percentile
$28K
Geographic Reach
Local4 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MICHAEL L LARSON
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