Gaston Memorial Hospital Foundation

About Gaston Memorial Hospital Foundation

Gaston Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc’s largest recent grant went to Caromont Health: $490,855 in 2025 for operational support. That pattern is consistent with a foundation that uses major local grants to sustain the hospital system and related health services in Gaston County, NC. Recent awards also show repeated support for Caromont Regional Medical Center, including $442,763 in 2023 and $423,549 in 2024 for community assistance. The foundation’s giving is tied closely to community health infrastructure and nearby institutions rather than broad national causes. Alongside health-system support, it has funded Gaston College Foundation and Gaston College for community assistance, and it has backed Belmont Abbey College with operational support. Grants to Cancer Services of Gaston County, Boys and Girls Club, Dream Center Academy, and the Backpack Weekend Food Program show that the foundation also supports local patient services, youth programming, and basic-needs work. Its active programs reinforce that local orientation. The Foundation runs a Community Grants Cycle for Gaston County nonprofits, professional education grants for nonprofit staff, scholarship programs, a youth-led teen grant program, and a children’s medical-assistance fund for North Carolina. Across these channels, the foundation’s role is to sustain local organizations, services, and residents in its service area.

What Gaston Memorial Hospital Foundation Funds

Health care is the clearest thread in the grant record. In 2025, the foundation gave $490,855 to Caromont Health for operational support, and it also made large community-assistance awards to Caromont Regional Medical Center in 2023 and 2024. Those grants place hospital and system-level support at the center of its work. Education is another recurring area. The foundation awarded $312,227 to Gaston College Foundation in 2023, then followed with $44,500 in 2024 to the same grantee and $132,493 in 2025 to Gaston College. Belmont Abbey College also received operational support, including $159,321 in 2023 and $91,844 in 2025. Basic-needs and patient-facing services appear as well. Cancer Services of Gaston County received community-assistance grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, while the Backpack Weekend Food Program received support in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Boys and Girls Club and Dream Center Academy were also funded in 2025 for operational support.

How Gaston Memorial Hospital Foundation Gives