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COVENANT HEALTH FOUNDATION

EIN 62-1748601 KNOXVILLE, TN

Revenue 2024
$1,951,026
Expenses 2024
$2,609,005

Program services were 90.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E120
Classification
1000
Street
1420 CENTERPOINT BLVD BLDG C

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Covenant Health Foundation raises and distributes funds in support of patient care, equipment, programs, services and staff not otherwise funded by Covenant Health and its affiliates. The Foundation's mission is to provide charitable support to further Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To support the programs and services of Covenant Health through charitable contributions.

  • Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Hospitals & Outpatient Clinics:Distributions to support Patricia Neal therapy programs and services in 2024 were led by $850,000 to fund capital improvements and expansion at the outpatient therapy clinic in West Knoxville. Approximately $331,000 was distributed for patients in need of care who do not have insurance coverage or any other ability to pay for treatment, $26,400 for staff education and advanced certifications, $15,000 for the annual operating and equipment expenses of the Innovative Recreation Cooperative which provides adaptive sports and recreation opportunities throughout the community, as well as $6,000 in funding for several patient support groups and community brain injury and concussion education/prevention programs.

    Expenses $1,228,528 · Grants $1,228,528

  • Covenant HomeCare & Hospice:Donors to Covenant Health Foundation provide funding for a partnership between Covenant HomeCare and Knoxville Area Rescue Mission (KARM) to reduce frequent hospitalizations among the homeless community. In 2024, $214,776 was distributed to support that project which provides onsite medical care, clinic facilities, medication management and case management at the KARM shelter. Since opening in 2019, the program has served 330 patients. Following participation in these services, patients show a 40% reduction in emergency department visits and the avoidance of 13,116 inpatient hospitalization days. As a result of these shelter-based services, the patients at KARM are leading healthier lives. Another $34,214 was distributed to underwrite professional education opportunities for staff, fund membership in the National Hospice and Palliative Care organization, provide medical/hospice housing for indigent patients, provide patient education materials, fund grief counseling services, and conduct the annual memorial service for families of deceased Hospice patients.Covenant Hospice's annual Katerpillar Kids Camp programming continued to be funded by the Foundation in 2024. Approximately $45,700 was distributed to support free weekend day camp experiences and grief support for some 150 children who have experienced the death of a loved one. Approximately 250 parents, guardians, and siblings were also impacted by camp services. The annual camp provides grieving children and teens a safe, understanding environment to express their grief and learn that they are not alone in their grief journey.

    Expenses $294,690 · Grants $294,690

  • Patient & Employee Emergency Assistance :Each year funds are contributed, primarily through Covenant Health's annual WeCare Employee Giving Campaign, to assist employees and patients in times of crisis. Support includes assistance with housing, transportation, food, clothing, medicines/medical supplies, utilities, childcare, disaster recovery (employees affected by hurricane, tornado, flood, etc.), and unexpected funeral expenses. In 2024, assistance was distributed to assist 4,803 individuals at Claiborne Medical Center (14), Covenant parent company (110), Covenant HomeCare (150), Cumberland Medical Center (23), Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (139), Fort Loudoun Medical Center (52), LeConte Medical Center (38), Methodist Medical Center (78), Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System (29), Parkwest Medical Center (153), Peninsula (52), Roane Medical Center (24), and Thompson Cancer Survival Center (1,210).

    Expenses $290,572 · Grants $290,572

  • The Foundation supports a variety of other programs and services throughout Covenant Health. The most significant distributions in 2024, which were directed to the Covenant parent company, Peninsula behavioral health programs, Parkwest Medical Center, the Fellowship outpatient lodging program, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Cumberland Medical Center, systemwide outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs, the Fort Sanders Dept. of Nursing at Tennessee Wesleyan College, Fort Loudoun Medical Center, and Roane Medical Center are outlined below:In 2024, the Foundation supported the Covenant Health parent company by underwriting a $300,000 portion of the new vice president of philanthropy salary costs for the first year of that position. Some $140,000 in funds raised through the annual Artsclamation! fine art sale and other donations supported behavioral health care at Peninsula. Funds supported Peninsula's emergency room diversion project which places a team of behavioral specialists in Covenant Health emergency departments to assess patients who make repeated non-emergency visits to the emergency room. These specialists develop a personalized treatment plan for patients, proposing alternative options to visiting the ED and providing follow-up support and resources to these patients. Additional funds provided discharge medications to patients who need a supply of prescriptions when they leave the hospital to maintain their health until they are set up on TennCare or other payer sources for ongoing maintenance medications. Donations also supported the placement of behavioral health staff in Covenant HomeCare's onsite clinic at Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries (KARM) to provide counseling and case management services to those clients. Peninsula patients were supported with emergency funding assistance to help with necessary living expenses such as utilities, housing, medications and transportation.Distributions to Parkwest Medical Center of just over $40,000 supported advanced clinical education and training, as well as postpartum and newborn care educational materials for new parents. The Fellowship Outpatient Lodging Program, which is supported entirely by contributions, offers free hotel accommodations and transportation to treatment for patients and families coping with serious illnesses. The program primarily serves Thompson Cancer Survival Center patients and their families who live more than 30 miles from Knoxville. In 2024, $26,675 in distributions supported the program. The program housed 24 guests in 2024 providing 200 nights of free lodging. Approximately $18,500 was distributed to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, including funds to support perinatal center parents, cardiac rehab patients, the hospital's chaplaincy program, and an ethics gap needs assessment for staff.Just over $13,000 in donations were distributed to Cumberland Medical Center, primarily to provide cancer patient assistance and continuing clinical education.The Foundation receives grant funds annually from the Will Rogers Institute to support pulmonary rehabilitation across Covenant Health. The grant funds provide scholarships to assist outpatient pulmonary rehab patients without insurance coverage or the ability to pay. In 2024, approximately $8,300 in funding benefited 38 patients at Methodist, LeConte, and Fort Sanders Regional outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation clinics.Small distributions were also made to the Fort Sanders Dept. of Nursing at Tennessee Wesleyan College, Fort Loudoun Medical Center, and Roane Medical Center to support clinical education.

    Expenses $548,885 · Grants $548,885

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Kathy May-Martin

    Director/Chair (through Dec 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chad Schollaert

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Child

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jamie Wakefield

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marty Gibbs

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles Griffin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alan Hill

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Hurt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tyler Janow

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James D VanderSteeg

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $3,242,830
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,880,556
    Other
    $362,274
    Hours/week
    1 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,578,849 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $1,078,259 related
    Other
    $0 + $223,448 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $335,103 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,171 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $3,242,830 related

  • William R Bryant Jr

    VP and Chief Philanthrophy Officer

    Total calculated
    $321,644
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $297,119
    Other
    $24,525
    Hours/week
    11 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $262,008 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $10,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $25,111 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,525 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $321,644 related

  • Patrick J Birmingham IV

    Fmr VP Philanthr. (through Feb 2024)

    Total calculated
    $303,083
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $265,432
    Other
    $37,651
    Hours/week
    8 + 42 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $187,576 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $30,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $47,856 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,699 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $26,952 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $303,083 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,951,026
    Expenses
    $2,609,005
    Contributions
    $1,462,077
    Grants paid
    $2,362,675
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,504,617
    Expenses
    $1,243,579
    Contributions
    $1,129,066
    Grants paid
    $1,006,520
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,833,770
    Expenses
    $1,291,711
    Contributions
    $1,140,954
    Grants paid
    $1,045,527

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,458,401
    Expenses
    $1,255,995
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,490,375

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,986,373
    Expenses
    $3,120,572
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,672,689

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,685,669
    Expenses
    $1,512,319
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,538,474

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,698,251
    Expenses
    $1,596,561
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,288,623

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,850,109
    Expenses
    $1,360,868
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,196,845

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,336,409
    Expenses
    $1,267,064
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,933,637

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,447,278
    Expenses
    $1,139,254
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,718,969

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,738,415
    Expenses
    $1,402,734
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,714,340

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,858,052
    Expenses
    $1,704,429
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,918,241

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,630,774
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,966,072

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • Parkwest Medical Center

    $1,034,638

    2024 To help support cardiac and pulmonary rehab programs, as well as provide for equipment, staff and patient education, staff recognition rewards. Also funded renovation/expansion of the Covenant Therapy Center which is a department under Parkwest.Funds support a variety of needs at Pennisula Hospital and outpatient clinics, includig patient crisis needs (housing, clothing, transportation), 30-day supply of medication at discharge for patients unable to pay for presecriptions, and art and music therapy services/supplies. Funds also support salaries for peer counselors working in the Emergency Departments' Diversion Program to support behavioral health patients and reduce repeat ED visits. Funds also provide behavioral health therapist services for patients in the KARM onsite clinic.

  • Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

    $371,048

    2024 To help provide equipment, staff and patient education, rehabilitation programs and cardiopulmonary programs, CVA, brain injury and amputee support groups. Also helps provide activities for Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Hospital and outpatient clinics patients and the physically-challenged in the community through the Innovative Recreation Cooperative.

  • Covenant HomeCare

    $333,240

    2022 Support HomeCare Hospice Program, Katerpillar Kids Camp, and Knoxville Area Rescue Ministry health program

  • Covenant HomeCare

    $314,769

    2023 To help provide patient and family care through Homecare/Hospice, as well as the Katerpillar Kids Camp program. Assist with the KARM program, providing nurses and patient care to individuals at Knoxville Area Rescue Ministry.

  • Covenant HomeCare

    $300,122

    2024 To help provide patient and family care through Homecare/Hospice, as well as the Katerpillar Kids Camp program for children dealing with the loss of loved one. Also assist with the onsite clinic at Knox Area Rescue Ministires (KARM), providing nurses and patient care to unhoused individuals seeking services at KARM.

  • Covenant Health

    $300,000

    2024 New Covenant Health VP Philanthropy with exceptional fundraising experience hired in early 2024. Foundation board agreed to cover a portion of his first year of salary/benefits.

  • Parkwest Medical Center

    $253,033

    2022 Support ED Diversion Program at Peninsula, provide patient medication for discharge as needed, and equipment for Pulmonary Rehab program

  • Parkwest Medical Center

    $190,267

    2023 Support ED Diversion Program at Peninsula, provide patient medication for discharge as needed, and equipment for Pulmonary Rehab programs.

  • Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

    $95,606

    2023 To help provide equipment, staff and patient education, rehabilitation programs and cardiopulmonary programs, CVA, brain injury and amputee support groups. Also helps provide activities for Patricia Neal Rehabilitation center patients and the physically challenged through the Innovative Recreation Cooperative.

  • Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

    $70,367

    2022 Support Patricia Neal Rehab patients, other rehab patients, and the Innovative Recreation Cooperative.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.