Chg Healthcare Foundation

CHG Healthcare Foundation (EIN 81-4680770, Midvale, UT) is a small-but-growing corporate foundation whose giving is fundamentally relationship-driven rather than open-competition. IRS filings show total assets of just $4.9M (FY2023) against total giving of $689,950 that year, and public 2025 figures put annual giving at roughly $1 million — a foundation still building scale but growing fast (giving nearly doubled from FY2022's $545,454). Nearly every dollar traces back to a CHG Healthcare employee, contracted medical provider, or corporate program: the foundation exists explicitly to 'ignite and support the volunteer passions of CHG employees and medical providers,' not to fund unsolicited proposals from strangers. The grantee data bears this out — 243 grants averaging just $5,092 each, concentrated in Utah (88 grants) and Florida (53 grants), the two states where CHG Healthcare and its CompHealth/Weatherby Healthcare staffing brands have the heaviest employee and provider footprint. First-time applicants should understand there are three separate lanes, not one: Provider Medical Mission Grants (up to $2,000 per provider to offset mission-trip costs, paid directly to the nonprofit host), CHG Employee/Community Grants (funding nonprofits where a CHG employee already volunteers), and Humanitarian Relief Grants (rapid disaster-response funding to established intermediaries). The typical relationship progression is not LOI-to-proposal-to-site-visit in the traditional sense; it is volunteer-engagement-to-grant. Organizations that can point to an existing CHG employee volunteer, a CHG-affiliated healthcare provider participant, or a track record hosting medical mission trips (like top grantee International Medical Relief, which received $437,135 across 8 grants) have a dramatically stronger path than a cold applicant with no CHG connection. Given the median local grant of $1,500 and the stated local-grant band of $200-$5,000 vs. strategic grants above $5,000, first-time local nonprofits should apply for the smaller, faster-turnaround tier and build a track record before requesting strategic-level, multi-year funding such as the $15,000-$30,000 'sustainable healthcare grant' awarded to free clinics like Maliheh Free Clinic and Seager Memorial Clinic.

The foundation's own typical-grant-size data (51 grants sampled) shows a median grant of $1,500, an average of $5,677, and a wide range from $500 to $63,692 — the top of that range being the one-time Chg EE Compassion Fund emergency-assistance grant. Across the fuller 243-grant dataset, total giving is $1,237,447 at an average of $5,092 per grant, confirming this is a high-volume, small-dollar grantmaker rather than a mega-grant funder. By program area, medical mission trip support is the dominant category: International Medical Relief alone absorbed $437,135 (8 grants), and combined with A Broader View ($58,422 across two entities), Kenya Relief ($12,512), and Shoulder to Shoulder ($7,600), medical-mission funding totals roughly 40% of tracked giving. Disaster/humanitarian relief to established intermediaries (International Medical Corps, American Red Cross, UNICEF, Americares, Heart to Heart International, Volunteer Florida, Global Giving, Project Hope) totals approximately $123,500, or roughly 10%. Direct-care free/charitable health clinics — Caridad Center, Broward Partnership for the Homeless, Kids in Distress, Maliheh Free Clinic, Seager Memorial Clinic, and People's Health Clinic — collectively received roughly $240,000 (about 19%) under the 'sustainable healthcare grant' label, generally in $15,000 or $30,000 increments tied to multi-year commitments. The remaining balance funds dozens of small, employee-nominated causes ($3,000-$8,000 each) spanning hunger relief, homelessness, animal welfare, cancer research, and youth programs. Geographically, Utah (88 grants) and Florida (53 grants) dominate by grant count, reflecting CHG's Midvale, UT headquarters and a large CompHealth/Weatherby employee or provider base in Florida; North Carolina (15), Connecticut (12), Colorado (9), and New York (9) form a second tier. At the organizational level, foundation assets grew from $2.4M (2020) to $4.9M (2023), and total giving of $689,950 (2023) rose to a publicly announced ~$1M in 2025 — a roughly 45% five-year growth trajectory in annual grantmaking capacity.

All five peers sit within a few thousand dollars of CHG Healthcare Foundation's $5.8M asset base — this is a cohort of similarly-sized small family and corporate foundations, most of which (unlike CHG) have no public website or disclosed grant portal, meaning they operate on closed, trustee-nominated giving. CHG stands out for actually publishing grant criteria, dollar bands, and application portals online, and for being the only peer with a stated, employee-volunteer-anchored program theory rather than general-purpose family philanthropy — a meaningfully more accessible (if still relationship-gated) funder than this peer set.

The foundation's most significant recent event is its February 18, 2026 announcement marking its 10th anniversary: $1 million given in community grants during 2025 alone, and $6 million donated cumulatively since its 2016 founding, with the foundation citing placement in the 'top 8%' of U.S. nonprofit grant makers by generosity metrics. This followed a January 6, 2026 rebrand from the original name 'Making a Difference Foundation' to 'CHG Healthcare Foundation,' tying the foundation's identity more closely to parent company CHG Healthcare (the Midvale, UT-based locum tenens and healthcare staffing firm that operates CompHealth and Weatherby Healthcare). Leadership includes President Julie Sibthorp, Community Impact Director Jessica Strong, and a board that includes Ryan Hazel, Julie Balk, Tricia Warnken, Sharon Gorman, Kamille Wilson, Nick Call, Trisha Troester, Kathy Sotak, Judy Marostica, and Kerry Norman. The foundation published its full 2025 Annual Report and Donor List on March 3, 2026, its first under the new name. Program-level updates in the same window (January 19 and December 16, 2025) emphasized the two flagship pillars — employee-nominated community grants and provider-led medical mission trips — with cumulative program stats of 400+ healthcare providers deployed on 350 medical missions across 30 countries since inception. No new large single grants or major leadership departures were identified beyond the rebrand and anniversary milestones; the organization's IRS filings (most recent public FY2023) show steady multi-year asset and giving growth consistent with this expansion narrative.

Apply through the correct one of three named portals rather than a general inquiry: Provider Medical Mission Grants (up to $2,000 per provider, paid directly to the host nonprofit — best for individual clinicians already booked on a mission trip), CHG Employee/Community Grants (for nonprofits where a CHG Healthcare employee volunteers), or Humanitarian Relief Grants (disaster/crisis response). The core Grant Request Form is short and relationship-focused, asking for the charity's name, the applicant's/employee's involvement with the charity, and how the grant money will be used — so lead with the specific CHG employee, provider, or office connection by name and role rather than burying it in a narrative. Local grants ($200-$5,000) move on a lighter-touch, faster review than Strategic grants (above $5,000); first-time applicants with no prior CHG relationship should request at the local tier and use it to build a track record, since the data shows repeat, escalating funding (e.g., Maliheh Free Clinic and Seager Memorial Clinic both moved from smaller initial grants to $30,000 multi-year 'sustainable healthcare grant' status). The stated cycle is quarterly, so time submissions to a quarter boundary rather than applying mid-cycle and waiting. A common mistake is applying as a cold nonprofit with no CHG tie-in — the grantee data shows almost every funded organization connects to an employee volunteer, a contracted medical provider, or a structured mission-trip partner like International Medical Relief; organizations without any CHG-affiliated volunteer or provider should focus energy on recruiting one before applying. For medical mission trip funding specifically, use the foundation's 'Trip Interest Newsletter' signup to get visibility into upcoming partner trips before submitting a provider grant request. Frame proposals in the foundation's own language — 'putting people first,' 'igniting volunteer passions,' 'expanding healthcare access' — and where relevant to health services, describe the population served as uninsured, underserved, or disaster-affected, mirroring the exact purpose codes used across the foundation's largest grants (e.g., 'PROVIDE NO COST HEALTHCARE TO THE UNINSURED').