Fundraising
Fundraising is essential to support the
collaborative activities of the Neighborhood
Health Care Network. The
Network’s Community Health Fund
raises and distributes funds to member clinics
to support their general operations and the
growing costs of providing high volumes
of uncompensated care to low-income and
uninsured Minnesotans. Individuals, private
and corporate foundations, and other entities
give collectively to the Network, knowing
their gift will be shared to benefit the primary
and preventive health care safety net across
our community. In 2007, the Network raised
nearly $186,299 through the Community
Health Fund campaign.
The kinds of activities supported by the
Community Health Fund at member clinics
include:
- Full family medical care, including
services and education for seniors and
children.
- Mental health services.
- Dental care.
- Family planning, STD testing and treatment,
counseling and support services for
pregnant and parenting teens.
- Clinic staff who speak multiple languages,
including Hmong, Lao, Vietnamese,
Spanish, Cambodian, Somali, Ojibwe,
Lakota, French.
Grants and donations from foundations, organizations and individuals are crucial to  maintaining
the management and clinical operations of the Network and, through the Community
Health Fund, its clinic member organizations. The Network extends its appreciation to the
following donors and supporters, who made its 2006-2007 operations possible:
2006-2007 Community Health Fund and other gifts distributed to our clinic members
Travelers Employee Giving Campaign Pohlad Family Foundation
Hardenbergh Foundation Margaret Rivers Fund
MAHADH Fund of HRK Foundation Edwards Memorial Trust
Casey Albert T. O’Neil Foundation
Sweitzer Foundation
Tozer Foundation
Kopp Family Foundation
Western Bank
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation Susan & Gregory Sachs
J. Elmer Hansman & Esther Hansman
Charitable Trust
B.C. Gamble and P.W. Skogmo Fund of
The Minneapolis Foundation
2006-07 Network funding -- to support
programs and administration
UCare (multiple grants)* UCare (managed care contract)*
Healthier Minnesota Community Clinic
Fund The Minneapolis Foundation
Dakota County St. Paul Foundation
Hugh J. Andersen Foundation
Minnesota Council of Health Plans
Minnesota Department of Health, e-
Health Initiative
Hennepin County, Dept of Human Services
and Public Health
City of Minneapolis, Department of
Health & Family Support*
U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services,
Health Resources & Services Administration
*The majority of these funds were distributed
to member clinics under contract provisions
with these funders.
For more information on this business area, please contact:
Walter Cooney, Executive Director at walter.cooney@nhcn.org
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