Wilkes Medical Center Foundation

About Wilkes Medical Center Foundation

Wilkes Medical Center Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by a $466,726 grant in 2025 to Wrmc Hospital Operating Corporation to support the hospital. That hospital-centered pattern sits alongside gifts that widen care beyond the facility itself, including $217,189 in 2024 to Wilkes Recovery Revolution Inc for integrating peer support at AHWFB-Wilkes Medical Center and $150,000 in 2025 to Wilkes Dental Consortium Inc to provide dental services for underprivileged residents. The foundation’s grant record points to a local health funder that supports both clinical care and the services surrounding it. Its funding reaches into patient assistance, recovery support, dental care, maternal and child health, emergency services, food access, adult day health services, and shelter support. Several grants also connect health to community infrastructure, such as park renovation and playground equipment, showing a broad view of conditions that affect patient and family well-being. The foundation also supports affiliated Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist facilities, which aligns with its stated role of raising philanthropic resources to enhance patient care, education, research, and support services. In the recent grants list, North Wilkesboro, Wilkesboro, Boomer, and other Wilkes County communities appear repeatedly, reinforcing the foundation’s county-centered approach.

What Wilkes Medical Center Foundation Funds

Healthcare remains the clearest thread in the foundation’s recent grants. In 2025, it awarded $466,726 to Wrmc Hospital Operating Corporation to support the hospital, and in 2023 it gave $43,122 to the same organization for operating support. It also backed patient access through $119,500 in 2023 to Faithhealth Innovations for WRMC’s patient assistance fund and another $94,500 in 2023 for Wilkes patient assistance. The foundation also funds community health services outside the hospital. It gave $150,000 in 2025 to Wilkes Dental Consortium Inc to provide dental services for underprivileged residents, and $30,000 in 2025 to Wilkes County Health Department to increase positive maternal and child health outcomes through access to contraception. Public health and safety appear as well: Wilkes Rescue Squad Inc received $25,000 in 2025 and $21,000 in 2024 for first aid and rescue services, while Traphill Volunteer Fire Department Inc received $14,000 in 2024 for the same purpose.

How Wilkes Medical Center Foundation Gives