Special events and celebrations play an important role in helping us provide outstanding care to the patients and families who come through our doors.

Learn more about the Mercy Health Foundation by viewing our financial and annual reports.

Making a planned gift is a wonderful way to show your support and appreciation for Mercy and to ensure that it will continue to fulfill its historic mission of providing excellent and compassionate care to all those seeking its services.

The Mercy Health Foundation is proud to raise funds to support all the important work at Stella Maris. Our overarching goal is to help seniors to age in place with dignity.

Inspiring stories of our founder and a few of the donors who have been catalysts in Mercy’s evolution. We hope these stories give you a sense of the critical role philanthropy has played in shaping Mercy into the institution of excellence it is today.

Mercy values its donors as important partners in advancing our mission. We work with individuals, corporations and foundations to develop giving options that meet our donors’ unique and diverse needs.

In addition to the transformational gift that led to a new surgical suite, the Crane Foundation donated $1 million toward the construction of the Mary Catherine Bunting Center and has provided many special grants to sustain and expand the hospital’s Family Violence Response Program since its inception in 2000.

Catherine McAuley found herself unexpectedly wealthy in her 40s after receiving a bequest from a family for which she cared. With this inheritance, she was able to launch the projects she had long envisioned.

The Hoffberger Family Philanthropies raised $500,000 to support The Center for Women’s  Health and Medicine at Mercy, which houses The Hoffberger Breast Center that opened in 1999.