St. Joseph's Foundation receives $5,500 grant from Dakota Medical Foundation

Posted March 17, 2011

Dakota Medical Foundation awarded St. Joseph's Area Health Services Foundation a $5,500 grant in support of philanthropic efforts to better serve the healthcare needs of area residents.

St. Joseph's Foundation is a nonprofit organization working to enhance the healing ministry at St. Joseph's. Foundation efforts bring financial support and awareness to programs and services. Excellence and quality healthcare remains a priority for all who live here -- now and for the future.

The grant supports St. Joseph's Foundation expanding fund development efforts to provide stewardship and create giving opportunities at all levels from annual and occasional to legacy gifts.

St. Joseph's Foundation began in 2006 when clinic and hospital leaders collaborated to build a medical center bringing both entities under one roof. Today, St. Joseph's and Essentia Health share modern facilities providing today's patients with state-of-the-art care and practices.

The vision and spirit of St. Joseph's Foundation continues to build giving opportunities and alliances with a growing base of supporters for the benefit of our region.

To learn more about giving opportunities at St. Joseph's Foundation or for a personal tour of the facility, please call Judith Miller, Communication/Development manager at 218-237-5711.

Dakota Medical Foundation of Fargo focuses its efforts in improving health and access to medical and dental care in the region, with a special emphasis on children. Since 1996, the Foundation has invested nearly $40 million to 348 nonprofit organizations in the region. For more information, see www.dakmed.org.

St. Joseph's Area Health Services is part of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), a national nonprofit health organization with headquarters in Denver, CO. CHI's faith-based system operates in 19 states and includes: 73 hospitals; 40 long-term care, assisted- and residential-living facilities; two community health services organizations; and home health agencies. In fiscal year 2010, CHI provided nearly $590 million in charity care and community benefit, including services for the poor, free clinics, education and research.