About Mercy Foundation
The Mercy Foundation is a Non-Governmental Organization that provides humanitarian relief and community development to African countries.
Focus Areas
Poverty alleviationEducationHealthWater, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)Economic empowermentFaith-based / religious supportHumanitarian relief
Who They Fund
hospitals/healthcare institutionsreligious sisters/congregationspatients served by hospital programs
Funding Style
program supportinstitutional support
About Mercy Foundation
Mercy Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by large program-support grants to Dignity Health for hospital programs, including $7,524,855 in 2025, $6,006,137 in 2024, and $4,466,226 in 2023. That pattern points to a funder that concentrates on healthcare service delivery rather than many small awards. The foundation also supports the work of the Sisters of Mercy, with grants for their ministries appearing alongside the hospital support. Its stated focus areas include poverty alleviation, education, health, water, sanitation, and hygiene, economic empowerment, faith-based support, and humanitarian relief. The topic taxonomy adds detail: hospital program support, faith-based healthcare, religious sisters’ ministries, and healthcare service delivery. Beneficiary types in the data include hospitals and healthcare institutions, religious sisters and congregations, and patients served by hospital programs. The grant history shows direct institutional support as the dominant pattern, with awards that appear large enough to underwrite ongoing operations or defined program lines rather than one-off project microgrants.
What Mercy Foundation Funds
In healthcare, Mercy Foundation has repeatedly funded hospital programs through Dignity Health, pairing three consecutive years of support with the same purpose language. That consistency suggests a steady institutional relationship around healthcare delivery. The foundation also funds religious life and ministry: it supported Sisters of Mercy for “support works of sisters,” linking its faith-based giving to a specific congregation. Beyond those two recurring areas, the stated focus list places the foundation in poverty alleviation, education, and WASH, as well as economic empowerment and humanitarian relief. The taxonomy further refines the health side of its grantmaking into faith-based healthcare and hospital program support, showing that the foundation’s giving blends service delivery with religiously affiliated institutional support.
How Mercy Foundation Gives
Mercy Foundation’s grant sizes are large, with a p25 of $1,818,458, a median of $3,662,122, and a p75 of $5,621,159. The recent grants show a recurring pattern rather than isolated awards: Dignity Health appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Sisters of Mercy appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation is structured as a nongovernmental organization, and the data identifies institutional support and direct service funding as core approaches. It does not make grants to individuals and does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$7.8M
Total Assets
$58.4M
Total Revenue
$11.5M
Total Expenses
$10.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1.8M and $5.6M, with a median of $3.7M.
25th Percentile
$1.8M
Median
$3.7M
75th Percentile
$5.6M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
KEVIN DUGGAN
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