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Sacred Heart Foundation

EIN 59-2436597 · Saint Louis, MO

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthGood85 out of 100GovernanceGood85 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

ROOTED IN THE LOVING MINISTRY OF JESUS AS HEALER, WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO SERVING ALL PERSONS WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THOSE WHO ARE POOR AND VULNERABLE. OUR CATHOLIC HEALTH MINISTRY IS DEDICATED TO SPIRITUALLY-CENTER, HOLISTIC CARE WHICH SUSTAINS THE IMPROVES THE HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES. WE ARE ADVOCATES FOR A COMPASSIONATE AND JUST SOCIETY THROUGH OUR ACTIONS AND OUR WORDS.

Income
$6.2 million
Spending
$10.7 million
Spent on programs
88%
Reserves
20.4 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 77%
Employees
7
Volunteers
108
Highest pay
$1.4 million, former officer (end 6/2020)

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Good: 85 out of 100. Higher than 64% of charities in its peer group (health care, $1m to $10m).

  • Reserves

    35 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 20.4 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 2% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    0 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 72% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 3% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    88% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 22 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Good: 85 out of 100. Higher than 38% of charities in its peer group (health care, $1m to $10m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    16 of 17 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    0 of 10

    Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    0 of 5

    Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.

  • Independent check of accounts

    15 of 15

    Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (1)
  1. $9.4 million spent. THE FILING ORGANIZATION IS A PART OF THE ASCENSION CATHOLIC HEALTH MINISTRY. ASCENSION IS A FAITH-BASED HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION THAT DELIVERS PERSONALIZED, COMPASSIONATE CARE TO ALL, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO NEED IT THE MOST. PHILANTHROPY IS AT THE HEART OF ASCENSION SACRED HEART. FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS, WE HAVE ANSWERED GOD'S CALL TO BRING HEALTH, HEALING, AND HOPE TO ALL-SERVING PATIENTS AND FAMILIES WITH COMPASSION, CLINICAL EXCELLENCE, AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THOSE MOST IN NEED. FOUNDED THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY, PHILANTHROPY CONTINUES TO BE THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND OUR MISSION-ADVANCING LIFESAVING PROGRAMS, EXPANDING ACCESS TO CARE, AND INVESTING IN TECHNOLOGIES THAT CHANGE LIVES. WHEN YOU GIVE TO THE ASCENSION SACRED HEART FOUNDATION, 100% OF YOUR GIFT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES YOU CHOOSE-IMPACTING PATIENTS AND FAMILIES AT EVERY STAGE OF LIFE. FROM THE SMALLEST NEWBORN TO THE MOST COMPLEX SURGICAL CASE, YOUR GENEROSITY ENSURES THAT HIGH-QUALITY, FAITH-BASED CARE REMAINS CLOSE TO HOME, FOR ALL WHO NEED IT. KEEPING CARE CLOSE TO HOME IN PENSACOLA THANKS TO DONOR SUPPORT, ASCENSION SACRED HEART PENSACOLA IS A LEADER IN HIGHLY SPECIALIZED CARE, DELIVERING HEALING CLOSE TO HOME WHEN PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES NEED IT MOST. YOUR GIFTS HELP SUSTAIN THE REGION'S ONLY PERINATAL SPECIALTY UNIT FOR HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES, THE SACRED HEART CANCER CENTER, AND OUR RENOWNED NEUROSURGERY PROGRAM-ALL ESSENTIAL RESOURCES FOR PATIENTS FACING SOME OF LIFE'S MOST SERIOUS HEALTH CHALLENGES. DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS ALSO NURTURE OUR MATERNAL HEALTH PROGRAM, SUPPORTING MOMS TODAY AND GIVING THEIR CHILDREN THE HEALTHIEST START TO TOMORROW. THROUGH OUR BELOVED FACILITY DOG PROGRAM, PHILANTHROPY BRINGS EMOTIONAL HEALING TOO-WHERE SPECIALLY TRAINED DOGS PROVIDE COMFORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO PATIENTS OF ALL AGES IN THEIR MOST VULNERABLE MOMENTS. INVESTING IN EVERY CHILD, EVERY FUTURE AT THE HEART OF OUR MISSION IS THE STUDER FAMILY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, THE REGION'S ONLY PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL AND A CRITICAL LIFELINE FOR FAMILIES ACROSS THE GULF COAST. SINCE OPENING IN 2019, THIS 155-BED HOSPITAL AND ITS TEAM OF MORE THAN 120 PEDIATRIC SPECIALISTS PROVIDE CARE ACROSS 30+ SPECIALTIES-INCLUDING NICU, PICU, PEDIATRIC CANCER, SURGERY, AND REHABILITATION. PHILANTHROPY HAS POWERED SIGNATURE ADDITIONS LIKE THE BEAR FAMILY FOUNDATION PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY CENTER FOR HOPE AND A DEDICATED PEDIATRIC OPERATING SUITE. EVERY DAY, MORE THAN 150 CHILDREN RECEIVE CARE-WITH OVER HALF OF THEM BEING UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED. BECAUSE OF YOU, NO CHILD IS TURNED AWAY, AND EVERY CHILD RECEIVES THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE. SERVING THE EMERALD COAST THROUGH EVERY JOURNEY AT SACRED HEART EMERALD COAST IN MIRAMAR BEACH, PHILANTHROPY SUPPORTS PATIENTS THROUGH EVERY HEALTH JOURNEY-FROM CHILDBIRTH AND NICU STAYS TO HEART DISEASE, CANCER, AND URGENT EMERGENCIES. DONOR GENEROSITY PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE LATEST DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, LIFE-SAVING TREATMENT OPTIONS, AND COMPASSIONATE CARE THAT HELPS FAMILIES NAVIGATE EVEN THEIR HARDEST DAYS. YOUR SUPPORT ENSURES THAT PATIENTS IN OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES RECEIVE THE SAME LEVEL OF ADVANCED CARE FOUND IN LARGER CITIES-WITHOUT EVER LEAVING HOME. BUILDING ON 75 YEARS OF FAITHFUL CARE IN BAY COUNTY FOR 75 YEARS, ASCENSION SACRED HEART BAY IN PANAMA CITY HAS REMAINED STEADFAST IN ITS MISSION-SERVING ALL PERSONS WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THOSE WHO ARE POOR AND VULNERABLE. ACROSS FIVE NAMES AND COUNTLESS CHANGES, ONE TRUTH HAS NEVER WAVERED: OUR CARE COMES FROM THE HEART. TODAY, DONOR SUPPORT BRINGS THE LATEST CARDIOVASCULAR TREATMENTS FOR AFIB, INCLUDING PULSE-FIELD ABLATION AND THE WATCHMAN DEVICE, A PRIMARY STROKE CENTER WITH NEUROTHROMBECTOMY CAPABILITIES, AND ROBOTIC SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE CANCER TREATMENT. A DEDICATED WOMEN'S DIAGNOSTIC CENTER AND ONGOING ONCOLOGY EXPANSIONS ENSURE COMPREHENSIVE CARE IS AVAILABLE ON ONE CAMPUS, FOR EVERY PATIENT AND EVERY NEED. EXPANDING LIFE-SAVING ACCESS IN GULF COUNTY IN PORT ST. JOE, DONOR GENEROSITY IS MAKING A LIFE-SAVING DIFFERENCE THROUGH THE CREATION OF A NEW WOMEN'S DIAGNOSTIC CENTER AT SACRED HEART GULF. WITH THE LATEST 3D MAMMOGRAPHY TECHNOLOGY, PATIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THE BEST TOOLS FOR EARLY BREAST CANCER DETECTION-RIGHT IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. AND WITH 1 IN 8 WOMEN FACING A BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS IN THEIR LIFETIME, ACCESS TO TIMELY SCREENING AND CARE SAVES LIVES. DONORS ARE HELPING ENSURE NO WOMAN IS LEFT BEHIND. YOU ARE THE HEART OF SACRED HEART YOU ARE NOT JUST SUPPORTING A CAUSE-YOU ARE TRANSFORMING LIVES. YOUR GENEROSITY FUELS THE VERY HEART OF OUR MISSION: TO BRING HEALTH, HEALING, AND HOPE TO EVERY PERSON WHO WALKS THROUGH OUR DOORS. ROOTED IN FAITH, COMPASSION, AND COMMUNITY, YOUR SUPPORT ENSURES THAT THE HIGHEST QUALITY CARE REMAINS NOT ONLY POSSIBLE-BUT ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, ESPECIALLY THE MOST VULNERABLE. WHEN YOU GIVE TO ASCENSION SACRED HEART FOUNDATION, YOU JOIN SOMETHING GREATER THAN A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. YOU BECOME PART OF A SACRED LEGACY OF HEALING-A LEGACY BUILT OVER MORE THAN A CENTURY AND NOW CARRIED FORWARD THROUGH YOU. TOGETHER, WE ARE ANSWERING GOD'S CALL TO CARE FOR EVERY PATIENT, EVERY FAMILY, EVERY DAY.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since March 1946.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.

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