About Lewis-Gale Foundation
To encourage, support and promote medical progress in the Roanoke Valley through continuing medical education, scholarships for health career students, and preservation of medical history.
Focus Areas
Continuing Medical Education (CME)Health career scholarshipsCommunity health educationEvents (community fundraising/run)
Who They Fund
practicing clinicians and medical professionals in Roanoke Valleystudents pursuing health-care careersRoanoke Valley community members (public health education participants)
Funding Style
capacity building (clinical workforce)human capital development (scholarships)program-specific support (CME and education)
About Lewis-Gale Foundation
The Lewis-gale Foundation’s most distinctive recent grant is a single 2024 distribution of $903,097 to Carilion Clinic Foundation in Roanoke, marked as a termination-of-organization gift. That one award sits alongside a mission centered on medical progress in the Roanoke Valley: continuing medical education, scholarships for health career students, and preservation of medical history. The foundation’s activity points to a locally focused funder that supports both the clinical workforce and the region’s health education pipeline. Its grantmaking connects practicing clinicians, students preparing for health careers, and community health education efforts. The foundation also backs preservation and interpretation of local medical history, which places historical stewardship within the same medical mission. A second defining feature is the way it funds education and professional development in tandem: scholarship support for students, and CME programs for physicians and medical personnel in the community. That combination shows a funder oriented toward both immediate clinical capacity and longer-term talent development in Southwestern Virginia.
What Lewis-Gale Foundation Funds
In health career scholarships, the foundation supports students in nursing, dental, medicine, and pharmacy through annual scholarships from multiple endowed funds. Awards are based primarily on financial need, potential for completing a health career program, personal statement, and availability of funds. For continuing medical education, it provides CME programs at no cost to participants through Health Focus, in conjunction with LewisGale Medical Center. Those activities are open to physicians and medical personnel in the community and are accredited continuing medical education offerings. The foundation also supports community-facing education and outreach tied to health, reflecting a broader emphasis on medical progress in the Roanoke Valley. Its program structure includes preservation and interpretation of local medical history, linking educational work with the region’s medical past.
How Lewis-Gale Foundation Gives
The Lewis-gale Foundation’s reported grant size distribution is flat: p25, median, and p75 are all $903,097. That reflects a very concentrated pattern in the available data, with one recorded 2024 grant on file. The foundation is not a funder of individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its active programs include annual scholarships from multiple endowed funds and CME support provided through Health Focus. Unsolicited applications are accepted for both listed programs, indicating that at least some of its giving is accessible through direct requests rather than invitation only.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$903K
Total Assets
$0
Total Revenue
$4K
Total Expenses
$962K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $903K and $903K, with a median of $903K.
25th Percentile
$903K
Median
$903K
75th Percentile
$903K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
VAUGHAN JR G ROBERT
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