VIZIENT Inc Foundation focuses almost exclusively on supporting hospital and health system-led emergency response and disaster relief efforts, with many grants targeted to frontline health providers after hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and other regional disasters. Their giving favors operational support to regional medical centers and hospital foundations rather than general charitable causes, reflecting a care-for-providers, provider-network orientation tied to acute crisis needs.
Vizient Inc Foundation’s recent giving is defined by disaster response through hospital and health system partners. The largest recent grant in the dataset was $35,000 to Lee Health Co Supply Chain in Fort Myers, Florida, for Hurricane Ian disaster relief, and the same pattern appears again and again across hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and tornadoes. Rather than broad charitable support, the foundation directs resources to medical systems and their foundations when regional healthcare delivery is disrupted. That provider-network orientation shows up in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Colorado, Hawaii, Kentucky, Nebraska, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas, with grantees ranging from major health systems to hospital foundations. Lee Health Co Supply Chain, NCH Healthcare System, Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc, and Southeast Georgia Health System are among the recipients that illustrate this approach. The grants are framed as disaster relief requests, which suggests a focus on immediate operational needs tied to acute events. Vizient Inc Foundation’s portfolio also includes health-system responses to events outside hurricane zones, including wildfire and tornado relief. Across the recent grants list, the foundation consistently supports organizations already embedded in local medical response rather than individuals or general-purpose charities.
Hospital and health system disaster relief is the clearest throughline in the recent grants. The foundation gave $25,000 to South Georgia Medical (sgmc Health - Main) for Hurricane Idalia disaster relief request, and it made similar $25,000 grants to Tift Regional Health System Inc and Wellstar Health System for Hurricane Helene disaster relief. It also supports wildfire and flood recovery through healthcare institutions. Boulder Community Health received $10,000 for Marshall Fire disaster relief request, while Maui Health Foundation received $10,000 for Maui wildfires. Flood response appears in the $5,000 grant to UK Healthcare for Eastern Kentucky flood disaster relief request and the $2,500 grant to Appalachian Regional Healthcare for Kentucky flood disaster relief request. Tornado relief is another recurring area. Nebraska Methodist Health System received $5,000 for Nebraska tornadoes disaster relief, and St Bernards received $2,500 for Arkansas tornado disaster relief request. These grants show a consistent emphasis on healthcare delivery during emergencies.
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$186K
Most grants fall between $5K and $25K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$25K
About 4% of grants go to recipients in FL.
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Predominantly many mid-sized, one-off grants directed to dozens of health systems and hospital foundations in response to specific disasters (concentrated on emergency relief). Few repeat grantees and limited general operating or multi-year commitments.
Notable grantees: Lee Health Co Supply Chain, NCH Healthcare System, South Georgia Medical Center Foundation, Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation, Maui Health Foundation
Typical grant size sits at $5,000 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $25,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent list also includes a $35,000 award at the top end, so the foundation uses a fairly tight range with a few larger emergency-response grants. The pattern looks event-driven rather than recurring program support: multiple awards cluster around named disasters in 2023, 2024, and 2025, with a mix of one-off responses tied to specific storms, fires, and tornadoes. The foundation is not a DAF or an individual funder; it is a foundation entity that does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. No application process is stated in the data.
Grant recipients are entirely in the United States, and the foundation gives most often in Florida, which is also the most frequent recipient state in the list. Florida recipients include Fort Myers, Naples, Lakeland, Sarasota, and St Petersburg. Other repeated recipient locations appear in Georgia, including Brunswick, Valdosta, Tifton, and Marietta. The recent grants also reach Chapel Hill, Asheville, Boulder, Wailuku, Lexington, Omaha, Jonesboro, Greenville, and Bellaire. The geographic pattern is regional and disaster-specific, with awards landing where hospitals and health systems were directly affected by named emergencies.
The foundation supports hospitals, health systems, and related health care foundations. In the recent grants list, recipients include Lee Health Co Supply Chain, NCH Healthcare System, Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc, Southeast Georgia Health System, and Maui Health Foundation, all tied to disaster response or recovery.
The clearest focus areas are hurricane response, wildfire relief, flood response, and tornado disaster relief. Grants in the list are explicitly labeled for Hurricane Ian, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Idalia, the Marshall Fire, Maui wildfires, Eastern Kentucky floods, and Nebraska and Arkansas tornadoes.
Typical grant size is $5,000 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $25,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent grants list also includes a larger $35,000 award, showing that most gifts fall within a relatively narrow range.
Florida is the top state by grant count. Recent Florida recipients include organizations in Fort Myers, Naples, Lakeland, Sarasota, and St Petersburg, while the full recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HEALTH SYSTEM | BRUNSWICK, GA | $25,000 | 2025 | HURRICANE HELENE- DISASTER RELIEF |
| TIFT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM INC | TIFTON, GA | $25,000 | 2025 | HURRICANE HELENE- DISASTER RELIEF |
| WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM | MARIETTA, GA | $25,000 | 2025 | HURRICANE HELENE- DISASTER RELIEF |
| SOUTH GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC | VALDOSTA, GA | $25,000 | 2025 | HURRICANE HELENE- DISASTER RELIEF |
| UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $25,000 | 2025 | HURRICANE HELENE- DISASTER RELIEF |
| JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC | ST PETERSBURG, FL | $5,000 | 2025 | HURRICANE HELENE- DISASTER RELIEF |
| NEBRASKA METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM | OMAHA, NE | $5,000 | 2025 | NEBRASKA TORNADOES - DISASTER RELIEF |
| HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM | BELLAIRE, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | BERYL HURRICANE - DISASTER RELIEF |
| MOUTAIN AHEC | ASHEVILLE, NC | $5,000 | 2025 | HURRICANE HELENE- DISASTER RELIEF |
| BALLAD HEALTH | JOHNSON CITY, TN | $5,000 | 2025 | HURRICANE HELENE- DISASTER RELIEF |
| SOUTH GEORGIA MEDICAL (SGMC HEALTH - MAIN) | VALDOSTA, GA | $25,000 | 2024 | HURRICANE IDALIA DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST |
| MAUI HEALTH FOUNDATION | WAILUKU, HI | $10,000 | 2024 | MAUI WILDFIRES |
| ST BERNARDS | JONESBORO, AR | $2,500 | 2024 | ARKANSAS TORNADO DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST |
| DELTA HEALTH SYSTEM- THE MEDICAL CENTER | GREENVILLE, MS | $500 | 2024 | ROLLING FORK TORNADO DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST |
| LEE HEALTH CO SUPPLY CHAIN | FORT MYERS, FL | $35,000 | 2023 | HURRICAN IAN DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST |
| SARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC | SARASOTA, FL | $25,000 | 2023 | HURRICAN IAN DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST |
| LAKELAND REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM | LAKELAND, FL | $25,000 | 2023 | HURRICANE IAN DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST |
| NCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM | NAPLES, FL | $25,000 | 2023 | HURRICANE IAN DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST |
| COOPERATIVE SERVICES OF FLORIDA | FORT MYERS, FL | $25,000 | 2023 | HURRICANE IAN DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST |
| BOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH | BOULDER, CO | $10,000 | 2023 | MARSHALL FIRE DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST |
| GENESISCARE USA | FORT MYERS, FL | $10,000 | 2023 | HURRICAN IAN DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST |
| NCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM | NAPLES, FL | $5,000 | 2023 | HURRICANE IAN DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST |
| SCL HEALTH FOUNDATION | BROOMFIELD, CO | $5,000 | 2023 | BOULDER COUNTY MARSHALL FIRE DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST |
| UK HEALTHCARE | LEXINGTON, KY | $5,000 | 2023 | EASTERN KENTUCKY FLOOD DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST |
| APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE | LEXINGTON, KY | $2,500 | 2023 | KENTUCKY FLOOD DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST |
TIFT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM INC
$25,000HURRICANE HELENE- DISASTER RELIEF
WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM
$25,000HURRICANE HELENE- DISASTER RELIEF
SOUTH GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC
$25,000HURRICANE HELENE- DISASTER RELIEF
HURRICANE HELENE- DISASTER RELIEF
NEBRASKA METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM
$5,000NEBRASKA TORNADOES - DISASTER RELIEF
HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM
$5,000BERYL HURRICANE - DISASTER RELIEF
MOUTAIN AHEC
$5,000HURRICANE HELENE- DISASTER RELIEF
BALLAD HEALTH
$5,000HURRICANE HELENE- DISASTER RELIEF
SOUTH GEORGIA MEDICAL (SGMC HEALTH - MAIN)
$25,000HURRICANE IDALIA DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST
ST BERNARDS
$2,500ARKANSAS TORNADO DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST
DELTA HEALTH SYSTEM- THE MEDICAL CENTER
$500ROLLING FORK TORNADO DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST
LEE HEALTH CO SUPPLY CHAIN
$35,000HURRICAN IAN DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST
HURRICAN IAN DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST
LAKELAND REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM
$25,000HURRICANE IAN DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST
NCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
$25,000HURRICANE IAN DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST
COOPERATIVE SERVICES OF FLORIDA
$25,000HURRICANE IAN DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST
GENESISCARE USA
$10,000HURRICAN IAN DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST
NCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
$5,000HURRICANE IAN DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST
SCL HEALTH FOUNDATION
$5,000BOULDER COUNTY MARSHALL FIRE DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST
UK HEALTHCARE
$5,000EASTERN KENTUCKY FLOOD DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST