UCHealth Northern Colorado Foundation
We improve lives.
Our not-for-profit hospitals focus on investing resources to improve the lives of our families, friends and neighbors in northern Colorado. Our foundation helps provide value-added services not covered by insurance.
Through the generosity of individual, corporate, and foundation donors, as well as through public grant funding, UCHealth Northern Colorado Foundation provides funding to support innovative research and education, patient financial assistance, community health programs, and enhancements to patient care.
Private donations from community members enable us to bridge gaps in services, accelerate advances in health care, and help thankful patients and families express gratitude. Many critically important services offered to UCHealth patients and families in northern Colorado would not exist without private donations made through the foundation.
100% of every donated dollar goes to the foundation’s philanthropic funds, with no overhead costs or administrative fees.
What’s new
Two departments at PVH receive Outstanding Care recognition from patient
The foundation congratulates the Poudre Valley Hospital orthopedics unit and environmental services teams. Through our Grateful Patient Program, a patient made a donation in their honor.
Inflation and supply-chain problems mean a rise in food insecurity
You may have seen or heard recent news coverage that indicates food insecurity is increasing as a result of pressures on the economy. Our own UCHealth Family Medicine Center food pantry is seeing higher usage and has issued an urgent call for donations. If you can help, we are grateful.
Blood center celebrates 40th anniversary
UCHealth Garth Englund Blood Center provides 90% of the blood needed at our northern Colorado hospitals. GEBC reached its 40th anniversary in late 2021 but because of the pandemic was unable to have a public celebration. Thus, the center is planning something special later this year to celebrate its four decades of service. In the meantime, check out these stories to see how philanthropic dollars help GEBC fulfill its mission:
Golf classic raises $35K to advance health care
We were thrilled to host the Northern Colorado Golf Classic this year after a two-year hiatus. The May 16 event netted over $35,000 for UCHealth Northern Colorado Foundation’s Greatest Need Fund. This fund is a flexible resource that helps fuel UCHealth’s continuous pursuit of medical excellence—empowering patients, strengthening communities and creating a healthier world.
Passionate about investing in your community’s health?
It’s not only possible, it’s easy to do with a beneficiary designation. Just name UCHealth Northern Colorado Foundation as a beneficiary to receive a percentage of your assets such as retirement plans and life insurance policies after you’re gone. You simply fill out a beneficiary form that is entirely separate from your will. In fact, many of our legacy donors who have identified UCHealth Northern Colorado Foundation as a beneficiary do not have a will.
WISH giving circle announces 2022 award recipients
Women Investing in Strategies for Health (WISH), a program of UCHealth Northern Colorado Foundation, is a giving circle formed by a group of local women. WISH educates, empowers and inspires women philanthropists. WISH members pool funds to support programs, projects, and services provided by UCHealth in northern Colorado. For WISH's 2022 funding cycle, a total of $69,150 was awarded to 16 programs.
Funding supports purchase of monitors for parents to see their babies in intensive care unit
Parents and extended family can now remotely view their critically ill premature baby in the hospital thanks to a 24/7 video streaming system. The technology, purchased with support from The Antioch Foundation, was installed in UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in late March.
A scholarship recipient ‘pays it forward’
Ruthie Weyant, MSN, RN, CCRN-CMC, works at UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies and is a past scholarship recipient and current foundation donor. She believes in education as a stepping stone. After Weyant completed her education with the help of scholarships, she was eager to extend the same helping hand to others.
Accelerating MCR’s path to becoming a Level 1 trauma center
Donors’ contributions to our emergency department/emergency services fund facilitated the purchase of LUCAS chest compression devices and GlideScope Core airway visualization systems for UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies.
A tax-saving way to support the health of our community
Make a difference today and save on taxes. It’s possible when you support UCHealth Northern Colorado Foundation through your IRA.
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