Guthrie works with the communities we serve to help each person attain optimal, life-long health and well-being by providing integrated, clinically-advanced services that prevent, diagnose, and treat disease within an environment of compassion, learning, and discovery.
The Guthrie Clinic’s recent grantmaking is dominated by very large support grants to Guthrie Medical Group Pc in Sayre, Pennsylvania, with annual awards of $104,250,661 in 2023, $94,358,725 in 2024, and $103,132,032 in 2025. That pattern points to a funder whose philanthropy is closely tied to its own health system operations rather than a broad external grant portfolio. The foundation also runs named community-benefit and sponsorship programs that connect giving to health needs in the communities it serves. Its Community Benefit Grant Program is built around community health needs assessment priorities, including mental health and substance abuse disorders, obesity, and cancer screening and prevention. In parallel, marketing sponsorship programs support projects and events that promote health and give Guthrie brand visibility through event ads, social media mentions, signage, and speaking or table opportunities. A separate small-grants program supports investigator-initiated research within The Guthrie Clinic, adding a clinical-research dimension to the organization’s funding structure. Across these programs, the common thread is health care delivery, prevention, education, research, and community-facing support within Guthrie’s service area.
Community health priorities are central to The Guthrie Clinic’s grantmaking. Through the Donald Guthrie Foundation Community Benefit Grant Program, it funds projects addressing mental health and substance abuse disorders, obesity including childhood obesity, and cancer screening and prevention, with tobacco cessation included in that last priority area. The clinic also uses sponsorship funding to back health-promoting events and projects. The Guthrie Marketing Sponsorships program supports event program ads, social media mentions, signage, and speaker or table opportunities for activities that promote health and increase brand visibility. Research is another distinct track. Its Small Grants for Investigator-Initiated Research program supports investigator-initiated clinical research, human subjects research, and quality improvement-related clinical investigations within The Guthrie Clinic. Together, these programs show a mix of community health investment, public-facing sponsorships, and internal research support.
$111.9M
$3.7B
$307.8M
$314.4M
Most grants fall between $98.7M and $103.7M, with a median of $103.1M.
25th Percentile
$98.7M
Median
$103.1M
75th Percentile
$103.7M
EDMUND SABANEGH MD MBA
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The listed grant sizes are tightly clustered: p25 is $98,745,378, median is $103,132,032, and p75 is $103,691,346. That narrow spread, along with the top recent grants all going to Guthrie Medical Group Pc, suggests a highly consistent, institution-centered funding pattern. The clinic’s grantmaking is local, with 100% of grants to recipients in Pennsylvania, and the recent-grants record shows the same recipient across 2023, 2024, and 2025. It funds through formal programs, including sponsorship applications and an online sponsorship application, and it also offers an internal small-grants pathway for investigator-initiated research.
The Guthrie Clinic gives locally, and the recent-grants record is entirely in the United States. Pennsylvania accounts for 100% of grants, with Sayre appearing as the recipient city in the recent support grants. Program geography also points to Guthrie’s service area: Northern Pennsylvania and the Southern Tier of New York, plus Pennsylvania and New York more broadly for community-benefit and sponsorship programs. The clearest pattern is concentrated regional giving rather than national grantmaking.
Its programs support community health needs, health-promoting sponsorships, and internal clinical research. Priority areas named in the community-benefit program include mental health and substance abuse disorders, obesity including childhood obesity, and cancer screening and prevention including tobacco cessation.
Yes. The marketing sponsorship programs and the community-benefit grant programs are marked as accepting unsolicited applications, and the small grants research program includes an application format for investigator-initiated studies.
Giving is local and entirely in Pennsylvania in the recent grants record. Program geography also includes Pennsylvania, New York, Guthrie’s service area, and specifically Northern Pennsylvania and the Southern Tier of New York for sponsorship funding.
The listed grant-size distribution is very concentrated: p25 is $98,745,378, median is $103,132,032, and p75 is $103,691,346. The recent support grants to Guthrie Medical Group Pc were all around that level.
Guthrie Medical Group Pc appears in the top three recent grants, receiving support in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Those awards were $104,250,661, $94,358,725, and $103,132,032 respectively.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUTHRIE MEDICAL GROUP PC | SAYRE, PA | $109,538,381 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| BINGHAMTON HEALTH CORPORATION | BINGHAMTON, NY | $2,358,225 | 2026 | SUPPORT |
| GUTHRIE MEDICAL GROUP PC | SAYRE, PA | $103,132,032 | 2025 | SUPPORT |
| GUTHRIE MEDICAL GROUP PC | SAYRE, PA | $94,358,725 | 2024 | SUPPORT |
| GUTHRIE MEDICAL GROUP PC | SAYRE, PA | $104,250,661 | 2023 | SUPPORT |
GUTHRIE MEDICAL GROUP PC
$109,538,381SUPPORT
BINGHAMTON HEALTH CORPORATION
$2,358,225SUPPORT
GUTHRIE MEDICAL GROUP PC
$103,132,032SUPPORT
GUTHRIE MEDICAL GROUP PC
$94,358,725SUPPORT
GUTHRIE MEDICAL GROUP PC
$104,250,661SUPPORT