Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation

About Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation

Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation’s recent giving is centered on support for Mary Greeley Medical Center itself, with three large awards in 2023, 2024, and 2025 carrying the same purpose: support of Mary Greeley Medical Center. Those grants show a pattern of institutional support rather than a broad outside-grantmaking profile, and the foundation’s active programs reinforce that role through community contribution requests and scholarships tied to healthcare education. The foundation also appears in a separate charitable gift annuity relationship through National Gift Annuity Foundation, which points to a planned-giving element alongside direct support. The foundation’s stated work connects charitable giving to health, compassionate care, and community benefit. Its current focus areas include healthcare, maternal and child health, neonatal care, cancer care and patient navigation, patient financial assistance and transportation, scholarships for healthcare students, and community health promotion and food security. Beneficiary types include Mary Greeley Medical Center, patients served by the medical center, and the local and regional community served by the hospital. In practice, that means the foundation funds both core hospital support and community-facing programs that fit the medical center’s mission.

What Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation Funds

Healthcare education is one visible funding lane. Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation and Auxiliary offer scholarships for students and employees beginning or continuing education in healthcare, nursing, and related health careers. The scholarship program is open to Ames and Iowa applicants and carries grant sizes from $500 to $2,500. Community-oriented support is another theme. Under Community Contribution Requests, Mary Greeley Medical Center accepts written requests from organizations whose work aligns with its mission, with priority for 501(c)(3) groups focused on crisis assistance, health promotion, education, civic and community issues, and initiatives that improve community quality of life. The foundation’s focus list also includes patient-facing support such as patient financial assistance and transportation, along with cancer care and patient navigation. It also lists maternal and child health, neonatal care, and community health promotion and food security as current areas of interest.

How Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation Gives