Serving in our community

Community

Our commitment to caring like family goes beyond treating patients at the bedside. At HCA Healthcare, community engagement is embedded in our organization’s culture. We show up for our communities by partnering with nonprofits and community organizations to strengthen our communities for the better.

2025 economic impact

$33B

in payroll and benefits

$61M+

in enterprise giving to community organizations

$5B

in capital investment

$4.5B

estimated cost for the delivery of charity care, uninsured discounts and other uncompensated care

$8B

federal, state and local taxes incurred in 2025, including $3B of income, property, sales and use taxes

HCA Healtlhcare colleagues tending to freshly potted plants.
For every 10 hours of recorded volunteer service, benefits-eligible colleagues receive a $200 Care Card that can be donated to any 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the U.S. and earn up to five cards per year totaling $1,000. In 2025, we awarded Care Cards to more than 5,100 colleagues, allowing them to contribute over $2.7 million to more than 4,200 organizations nationwide.

Colleague’s impact in the community in 2025

Through our colleagues’ leadership and service in the community, they bring compassion to life — reminding us that caring for and improving lives starts with connection, commitment and purpose.

Impact in the
community in 2025:

354,000

hours volunteered
valued at $12.3M+

$19.5M+

given to community organizations from colleagues with
HCA Healthcare matching

10,250

charities supported through colleague donations and volunteering

1,324

colleagues served on a nonprofit board

HCA Healthcare team at a volunteer action center as part of We Show Up
HCA Healthcare’s Mountain Division’s Marketing & Corporate Affairs team assembled snack packs at Granite Education Foundation in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Granite Education Foundation, the 2025 recipient of the Community Catalyst Grant in our Mountain Division, aims to reduce learning barriers and enhance access to opportunities for students in Granite School District, one of Utah’s largest and most diverse school districts.

HCA Healthcare Foundation

The HCA Healthcare Foundation helps us fulfill our commitment to making a positive and lasting impact in the communities we serve. Through leadership offerings, service initiatives and financial support to nonprofit organizations, the Foundation plays a vital role in advancing health and well-being across our footprint.

Since its inception in 1998, the HCA Healthcare Foundation has contributed over $347 million in grants and matching gifts to more than 18,500 agencies and organizations. The Foundation’s journey is a testament to the power of our giving, leadership involvement and our commitment to being a trusted anchor institution in the communities we serve. 

In 2025, the HCA Healthcare Foundation invested over $29.3 million through grants to 310 agencies and nonprofit organizations.

2025 Impact

The Healthier Tomorrow
Fund awarded

$7.4M+

in grants across 16 states to local and national nonprofits focused on food security, cancer care, healthcare careers, heart health, healthy starts for young families and mental wellness.

The Middle Tennessee
Fund awarded

$8.3M

in grants to 227 nonprofit agencies focused on helping communities in the areas of health and well-being, basic needs and education.

A Healthy Food for healthier tomorrows 2025 sculpture of food items in the shape of an HCA Healthcare helicopter
Above: As part of our annual Healthy Food for Healthier Tomorrows Food and Nutrition Drive, hospitals from each division are encouraged to get creative by building sculptures from donated food items before delivering them to local food banks. HCA Healthcare’s North Florida Division sculpture winner was Stuff the Chopper by HCA Florida Lake City Hospital.