American Society of Health-System
Bethesda, MD · EIN 23-7033369. Reported 67 grants totalling $2,263,435 to 51 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For American Society of Health-System, the IRS classifies it under religion rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE X99) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 51 distinct organizations, with 39% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 22% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $7,500 and the largest $352,620. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Society of Health-System Pharmacists | Bethesda, MD | $889,539 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $84,839 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA | $74,820 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Medstar Health Research Institute Inc | Columbia, MD | $74,580 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Regents of the University of California | Los Angeles, CA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education | Fairfax, VA | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $49,256 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc | Athens, GA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, TN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baycare Health Systems Inc | Clearwater, FL | $36,861 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado | Aurora, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of North Carolina Healthcare System | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Puerto Rico - Med Sciences | San Juan, PR | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| State of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $29,999 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | Urbana, IL | $29,985 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Methodist Hospital | Houston, TX | $29,003 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rhode Island Hospital | Providence, RI | $26,712 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Term | Tallahassee, FL | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | Lexington, KY | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, TN | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Allegheny General Hospital | Pittsbugh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc | Coral Gables, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Erie County Medical Center Corporation | Buffalo, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Henry Ford Health Genesys Foundation | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital | Allentown, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Methodist Hospital | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rwj Barnabas Health Inc | Oceanport, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ssm Health Care Corporation | Saint Louis, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc | Memphis, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| State of Mississippi University of Mississippi Medical Center | Jackson, MS | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Chicago Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Inc | Tampa, FL | $23,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northern California Pharmacy&health Sciences Research Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | Albany, NY | $19,256 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Atrium Health Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chapman University | Orange, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Danbury Hospital & New Milford Hospital Foundation Inc | Danbury, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Florida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South University Research II LLC | Savannah, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Southern University | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Independence, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority | Middleton, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sentara Hospitals | Virginia Bch, VA | $9,999 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Riverside Healthcare Association Inc | Newport News, VA | $9,806 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Virginia University Hospitals Inc | Morgantown, WV | $9,680 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lima Memorial Joint Operating Company | Lima, OH | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
9 of 51 (18%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
ASHP STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD; DIVERSION PREVENTION ASSES TOOL; PHARMACY FORECAST REPORT; PHARMACY STUDENT CLINICAL SKILLS COMPETITION; ASHP NATIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN; SPECIALTY PHARMACY SURVEY - Virginia Commonwealth University
COLLABORATIVE CARE GRANT FOR NURSES AND PHARMACISTS - University of Pittsburgh
American Nurses Foundation Grant & Pharmacy Leadership Scholars Grant - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
OPTIMIZING TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INNOVATION GRANT, SPECIALTY PHARMACY GRANT - Baycare Health System Inc
RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) INITIATIVE - The Regents of the University of California
Resident Expansion Grant & Pharmacy Leadership Scholars Grant
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 35 of 51 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | $348,639 | $25,250 |
| 2021 | 13 | $309,718 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 14 | $448,517 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 17 | $459,971 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 15 | $696,590 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
44% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $25,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Maryland.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from American Society of Health-System's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 14 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 1 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 4500 East-West Highway 900, Bethesda, MD, 20814.
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