HCA Healthcare Foundation

What HCA Healthcare Foundation does

HCA Healthcare Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable foundation established in 1998 and headquartered at One Park Plaza, Nashville, Tennessee, operating as the philanthropic arm of HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: HCA), a publicly traded Fortune 100 healthcare services company. The Foundation's stated mission is to promote health and well-being in the communities served by HCA Healthcare, achieved through an integrated grantmaking and engagement platform that has cumulatively disbursed over $242 million in grants and matching gifts to more than 500 agencies and organizations since inception.

The Foundation's core product is structured around two principal grantmaking vehicles: the Middle Tennessee Fund, its original regional fund dating to 1998, and the Healthier Tomorrow Fund, a community impact fund established in 2020 with an initial $80 million commitment from HCA Healthcare that has since grown to over $200 million and expanded to support all HCA Healthcare communities nationally. Layered on top of these funds are several programs: the Matching Gifts Program (dollar-for-dollar matching of colleague donations up to $1,000 per colleague per year, administered through the YourCause platform), the Caring for the Community framework (Learn, Serve, Give, Lead) that provides HCA Healthcare colleagues with 24 hours of paid volunteer time per year, OnBoard Training and Collaboration College for nonprofit board and leadership capacity-building, the CONNECT quarterly forums, the Hack for the Community 36-hour hackathon series launched in 2014, the IT Community Day program, and the HCA Hope Fund employee assistance nonprofit (which has delivered over $35 million and 23,000 grants to colleagues in need since inception).

The Foundation operates on a tax-advantaged, donation-funded model rather than a revenue-generating one. Funding flows from HCA Healthcare, Inc. corporate resources (including the initial $80M and subsequent top-ups to the Healthier Tomorrow Fund), employee-directed matching gifts, and donor contributions, with all operational activities performed by HCA Healthcare affiliates and their employees under Tennessee governing law. The technology stack supporting the Foundation's programs consists of a Sitecore/dotCMS web platform at hcacaring.org, the YourCause giving platform powering matching-gifts administration, Payflow Pro (PayPal) and ePay (Bottomline) for payment processing, and Google Analytics and Salesforce for engagement and email tracking. There is no traditional pricing model and no external investor base; the Foundation is a controlled affiliate of its publicly listed parent.

Name

HCA Healthcare Foundation

Legal name

HCA Healthcare Foundation

Website

https://hcacaring.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Short description

HCA Healthcare Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable foundation established in 1998 and headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, operating as the philanthropic arm of HCA Healthcare, Inc. The Foundation disburses grants and matching gifts to 500+ nonprofit agencies via the Middle Tennessee Fund and the $200M+ Healthier Tomorrow Fund, complemented by employee volunteer programs, board leadership training, and skill-based hackathons in communities served by HCA Healthcare.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Charitable Foundation / Community Impact Grantmaking

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers (BPAGACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations (BPAGACAF)

Keywords

• Community impact grants
• Nonprofit capacity building
• Matching gift program
• Corporate volunteer engagement
• Philanthropic grantmaking

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Others, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Foundation Grants: Grants disbursed from the Middle Tennessee Fund and Healthier Tomorrow Fund to nonprofits and community organizations; over $242 million in cumulative grants and matching gifts since 1998, with the Healthier Tomorrow Fund now exceeding $200 million.
2. Matching Gifts Co-investment: Dollar-for-dollar matching contributions from HCA Healthcare to colleague-directed gifts to eligible 501(c)3 charities; capped at $1,000 per colleague annually ($500 to HCA Hope Fund and $500 to other charities).

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The HCA Healthcare Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation that distributes grants and matching-gift funds to nonprofit organizations in communities served by HCA Healthcare. Its core grantmaking engine consists of the Middle Tennessee Fund (regional, since 1998) and the Healthier Tomorrow Fund (established 2020 at $80 million, now $200+ million, expanded nationally). Layered on top are programs that channel colleague giving (Matching Gifts Program), corporate volunteer engagement (Caring for the Community), nonprofit leadership training (OnBoard Training, Collaboration College, CONNECT Forums), and skill-based volunteering (Hack for the Community hackathon).

Product overview

The HCA Healthcare Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization established in 1998 and operated as a platform-plus-programs architecture. The core grantmaking engine is composed of two principal funds — the Middle Tennessee Fund (the original regional fund) and the Healthier Tomorrow Fund (a community impact fund established in 2020, now exceeding $200 million and expanded nationally). Layered on top of these funds are several supporting programs: the Matching Gifts Program (which channels colleague giving to the HCA Hope Fund and other 501(c)(3) organizations), the Caring for the Community framework (Learn, Serve, Give, Lead) for corporate colleague engagement, OnBoard Training and Collaboration College for nonprofit leadership and capacity building, the CONNECT: HCA Healthcare Foundation Forums series, and the Hack for the Community (H4tC) skill-based-volunteer hackathon. Together, these named offerings represent the Foundation's portfolio of community-impact, grantmaking, employee-engagement, and nonprofit-capacity-building services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Healthier Tomorrow Fund: A community impact fund established in 2020 with an initial $80 million commitment (now $200+ million) that supports grantmaking in all HCA Healthcare communities.
• Middle Tennessee Fund
• Hack for the Community (H4tC)
• OnBoard Training

Products and services

• Healthier Tomorrow Fund A community impact fund established in 2020 with an initial $80 million commitment and now exceeding $200 million, expanded from its original Middle Tennessee focus to support community partners across all HCA Healthcare communities.
• Middle Tennessee Fund The Foundation's original regional grantmaking fund that supports nonprofit organizations working to promote health and well-being, education, and quality of life in Middle Tennessee.
• Matching Gifts Program Year-round program that provides each HCA Healthcare colleague up to $1,000 in dollar-for-dollar matching funds ($500 to the HCA Healthcare Hope Fund and $500 to other eligible 501(c)(3) organizations), activated by a minimum $25 personal gift.
• Hack for the Community (H4tC) 36-hour hackathon launched in 2014 that connects HCA Healthcare IT talent with local Nashville nonprofits to build sustainable technology solutions; by 2020 had grown to four full-scale events plus a virtual edition serving 14 nonprofits with nearly 200 tech volunteers across 30 business partners and 7 industries.
• Collaboration College Cohort-based program equipping Middle Tennessee non-profit and government sector leaders with the skills and competencies necessary for successful collaboration and collective impact on complex community challenges.
• OnBoard Training Annual Nashville-based training program that prepares HCA Healthcare-affiliated colleagues for nonprofit board service, covering board roles and responsibilities, strategic planning, financials, and fundraising.
• CONNECT: HCA Healthcare Foundation Forums Quarterly forum series that brings HCA Healthcare-supported agencies and HCA Healthcare board members together to discuss community and nonprofit needs.
• Caring for the Community Integrated corporate-community engagement framework built on four pillars (Learn, Serve, Give, Lead) that provides HCA Healthcare colleagues with 24 hours of paid volunteer time per year, agency fairs, community days of service, nonprofit board leadership opportunities, and matching-gift support.
• HCA Hope Fund Employee-run, employee-supported 501(c)(3) charity that provides financial aid and resources to HCA Healthcare employees after extended illness, injury, disaster, or other special situations; since inception has provided more than 23,000 grants totaling more than $35 million in assistance.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $242 million in cumulative grants and matching gifts to more than 500 agencies and organizations since 1998
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration26 records

AI capability5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Nashville Technology CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosts the Hack for the Community hackathon annually since 2016, helping pull together tech volunteers from multiple business partners. Brian Moyer, president and CEO of the Greater Nashville Technology Council, has participated in kickoff remarks.
• DeloittecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTech talent from Deloitte has joined the Hack for the Community events alongside HCA Healthcare colleagues to build solutions for nonprofits.
• HealthStreamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthStream contributed tech talent to the Hack for the Community events as a business partner.
• YourCausecoreTechnology or IntegrationPowering the HCA matching gifts platform (hca.yourcause.com) used by colleagues to direct donations and access dollar-for-dollar matching funds, plus the Nonprofit Organization Portal (nonprofit.yourcause.com).
• American Heart AssociationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-sponsor with Medical City Healthcare of the cobranded container pantry at Uplift Infinity Preparatory in Irving, Texas, supported by the HCA Healthcare Foundation and operated in partnership with North Texas Food Bank (announced November 2025).
• Medical City HealthcarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor of the cobranded container pantry at Uplift Infinity Preparatory in Irving, Texas, supported by the HCA Healthcare Foundation (November 2025).
• American Red CrosscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerRecipient of $1 million Foundation donation for Hurricane Harvey relief in Texas (August 2017).
• Baptist Healing TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborator on Collaboration College, recognized for its work with local agency leaders and nonprofits, and as the backbone organization for the Get Covered Tennessee collective impact effort.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AdventHealth Foundation: Foundation of AdventHealth, a large nonprofit multi-state hospital system. Comparable in operating community health grantmaking and colleague giving programs linked to a large hospital-system parent.
• CommonSpirit Health Foundation: Philanthropic arm of CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest U.S. nonprofit health systems. Operates with a similar model — community health grantmaking, colleague giving, and matching-gift programs tied to a large hospital parent — making it the most structurally comparable peer.
• Ascension Foundation: Foundation affiliated with Ascension, a large Catholic nonprofit health system. Comparable as a hospital-affiliated corporate foundation running community impact grants and colleague volunteer programs across a multi-state footprint.
• Trinity Health Foundation: Foundation arm of Trinity Health, a large Catholic nonprofit health system operating across multiple states. Comparable as a multi-state hospital-affiliated grantmaker focused on community health and health equity.
• UnitedHealth Group Foundation: Philanthropic foundation of UnitedHealth Group, the largest U.S. health insurer. Comparable as a Fortune-100 healthcare-affiliated foundation running workforce giving, matching gifts, and community-health grantmaking programs.
• Baylor Scott & White Foundation: Philanthropic arm of Baylor Scott & White Health, a major Texas-based nonprofit health system. Comparable as a large hospital-affiliated foundation running community health grants and matching-gift programs.
• Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation: Foundation of Bon Secours Mercy Health, a large multi-state Catholic health system. Comparable as a hospital-system-affiliated grantmaker focused on community health, with similar colleague-volunteer engagement programs.
• Providence Foundations: Philanthropic arm of Providence, a large West Coast-based nonprofit health system. Comparable in operating multi-state community health grantmaking, colleague giving, and skills-based volunteering programs.
• Kaiser Permanente Community Health: Community-health grantmaking arm of Kaiser Permanente, a major integrated health system. Comparable in running large-scale place-based community health investments tied to hospital-system geography, with a heavy nonprofit grantmaking orientation.

Direct peers

• Tenet Healthcare Foundation: Community impact arm of Tenet Healthcare, a direct competitor to HCA Healthcare in the for-profit hospital sector. Most directly comparable as the philanthropic affiliate of a competing investor-owned hospital operator.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HCAFoundation
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCACt2dQ3IkuUoR7v0s5rBpA/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/HCA-Foundation-861066673945847

Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments15 records

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