Mercy Health

Legal name: Jhsi Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
310536670
IRS 990-PF coverage
2012–2019
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2009, Form 990-PF 2019
Location
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone
513-686-3000
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,934,726
Expenses
$16,850,356

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Extend the compassionate ministry of Jesus by improving the health and well-being of our communities and bring good help to those in need, especially people who are poor, dying and underserved. Mission, Vision, Values Mission Programs. Home > Why Mercy > Our Mission Mercy Health Gives Back We’re called to care for people who are poor and underserved. That's why in 2017, Mercy Health invested $383 million in community benefit into the communities where we provide care.

What it reported funding in 2019

The foundation reported 32 grants totaling $14,385,778. The stated grant purposes included scholarships and development director, 2019/2020 operations, and capacity building, plus 28 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 93% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 90% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

MIXED - The filing identifies who received its grants and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 25

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 85.4%; rating input score 85; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 15.16; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they fund: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 25th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2012 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 43 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 25/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: Compensation paid to a disqualified person not reported.