About Us
Location
Noyes Pavilion – 6th Floor
1800 N. Capitol Avenue
Mailing address: P.O. Box 7168
Indianapolis, IN 46207-7168
(317) 962-1777
(317) 962-1787 fax
Leadership
Betty Stilwell, president 1987 – present
Gordon D. Wishard, chair, Board of Directors 2001 – present
Board of Directors comprised of 34 civic leaders and volunteers
Staff
10 staff, including four who specialize in donor development.
History
- Methodist Health Foundation is founded in 1982 as the fundraising arm of the hospital. The first meeting of the newly organized board of directors is held in June 1982. Eldon Campbell is the first chairman.
- Methodist Hospital Task Core, the Foundation’s volunteer auxiliary, is formed is 1985 with 110 charter members. SherLee Sommers is its founding president.
- Task Core holds its first annual Indianapolis Art & Antiques Show in 1985.
- In 1985, 100 charter members form the President’s Club, which recognizes donors who may make annual contributions of $1,000 or more.
- In 1986, the Foundation concludes a successful $12 million capital campaign for the hospital’s new West Tower on Senate Avenue.
- In 1987, total Foundation funds exceed $10 million.
- Betty Stilwell is named Methodist Health Foundation president in 1987.
- More than 50 charter members comprise the Hughes-Campbell Society, which is formed in 1990 to recognize individuals who create provisions for the hospital in their estate plans.
- In 1992, the Foundation holds assets totaling more than $20 million.
- The Foundation raises $40 million in the early 1990s to construct Methodist’s East Tower.
- In 1997, Methodist, IU and Riley hospitals consolidate to form Clarian Health. Foundation assets total $35 million.
- In 1998, the Foundation receives a $24 million unrestricted gift from the estate of grateful patients Phil and Ruth Holton. By the end of 2000, Foundation assets reach $74 million.
- In 2003, the President’s Club changes its name to Methodist Hospital Society.
- In 2005, Foundation total assets exceed $100 million.
- In 2006, the Board directs Methodist Health Foundation to launchwith a fund raising campaign to build a new critical care tower and to fund physician and nursing fellowships.
In 2008, Methodist Hospital celebrated its 100th anniversary of excellence in service to health care in Indiana. In 2007, Methodist Health Foundation celebrated 25 years as the steward of philanthropy for Methodist Hospital.
Click here to read about the history of Methodist.
Click here for a list of Methodist’s major milestones.
Financial
- Methodist Health Foundation has total assets of more than $101 million (2009).
- 21 percent of assets are unrestricted; 45 percent are designated for Special Purpose; 34 percent are in restricted endowments.
- The Foundation administers more than 525 funds that fall into categories such as critical care, research, medical education, cardiovascular, nursing, neuroscience, trauma and transplant.
Donors
The following donor and volunteer groups support the work of Methodist Health Foundation:
- Methodist Hospital Society: Very special friends of Methodist Health Foundation whose annual gifts of $1,000 or more are directed to the Methodist Hospital Society Endowment, the Medical Staff Fund, a specific purpose fund of their choice or the area of greatest need.
- Hughes-Campbell Society: Generous donors, both living and departed, who share Methodist Hospital’s vision as a healing institution second to none. Their planned gifts and bequests, more than $40 million in endowment to date, will perpetuate Methodist Hospital’s legacy of superior critical care for years to come.
- Annual Fund: Creates a strong force of advocates who will dedicate themselves to the organization’s advancement through their philanthropy and volunteer services.
- Methodist Hospital Task Core: Dedicated volunteers who raise money for Methodist Hospital. Proceeds from their fund raising activities, including the annual Indianapolis Art & Antiques Show, are used to purchase the most advanced technology, educate employees at every level and provide services that enhance patient care. Task Core has raised nearly $2,000,000 since its inception in 1987.
Grants
In 2007, Methodist Health Foundation’s Development and Grant Review Committee directed $2.6 million in unrestricted income to the following Methodist Hospital programs:
- Operating Room Renovation for Maze Procedures
- Luz de mi Vida Pilot Project: Spanish-speaking interpretor/doula in Labor & Delivery, Postpartum and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Consortium on Safe Labor
- Patient Visitor and Volunteer Interpreter Programs
- Critical Care Birth Task Force-Birth Simulator
- LifeLine Critical Care Transport
- Research Nurse: Methodist Research Institute/Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group
- MRSA Control Project
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