Basic Organization Information
ST JOSEPHS FOUNDATION
- Physical Address:
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Phoenix, AZ
85013
- EIN:
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94-2941245
- Web URL:
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SupportStJosephs.org
- NTEE Category:
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T Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking
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T11 Single Organization Support
- Year Founded:
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1981
- Ruling Year:
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1984
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Mission Statement
Mission of St. Joseph's Foundation
St. Joseph's Foundation is a non-profit support foundation dedicated to raising funds for St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. St. Joseph's Foundation receives and manages funds given by benefactors to benefit the hospital.
Mission of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center and its parent company, Catholic Healthcare West, are committed to furthering the healing ministry of Jesus. We dedicate our resources to:
- Delivering compassionate, high-quality, affordable health services;
- Serving and advocating for our sisters and brothers who are poor and disenfranchised; and
- Partnering with others in the community to improve the quality of life.
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Impact Statement from Nonprofit
Philanthropy has played a critical role in the history of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. Community contributions enabled the Sisters of Mercy to open St. Joseph's in 1895 to care for people with tuberculosis. It was the first hospital in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Since then, gifts from generous individuals and organizations have funded hundreds of programs, including the first lung transplant center in the Phoenix area, several major building projects on the hospital's current campus, health care for the working poor, a congenital heart program, and scholarships for medical school students.
Benefactors have helped St. Joseph's Hospital grow from humble beginnings into a leading referral center for the most complex medical problems.
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Chief Executive
Kathy X. Kramer
Term:
Since
Jan
2012
Chief Executive Profile:
Throughout her nearly 30 years in fundraising, Kathy Kramer has successfully served in nearly every capacity of fund development work, including annual drives, special events, major gifts and capital campaigns. In positions with local and national institutions, including faith-based, health and higher education organizations, Kathy has worked to advance the mission of each organization. A member of Association of Health Care Professionals and the Planned Giving Round Table, Kathy has served as president of two chapters of the Association of Fundraising Professional. She was named the Fund Raising Executive of the Year in 1994 and 2004.
Kathy has been on the staff of St. Joseph’s Foundation and Barrow Neurological Foundation since May 2004.
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Program:
The Creighton University School of Medicine at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
- Budget:
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$32,000,000
- Category:
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Education
- Population Served:
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Adults
Program Description:
In the fall of 2012, the first students from St. Joseph's new affiliation with Creighton University School of Medicine will arrive in Phoenix to begin their third and fourth years at the hospital. St. Joseph’s is Creighton’s first regional medical campus and the only Catholic medical school located west of Creighton’s main campus in Omaha. Creighton is one of only four Catholic medical schools in the entire country.
For Creighton, the new medical campus means that the school will be able to increase the number of students entering its program each year from 126 to 152. For St. Joseph’s, the affiliation achieves a goal to make a stronger commitment to one medical school and to play a larger role in shaping future physicians who may decide to stay in Arizona after graduation. Currently, there are about 25 medical students at St. Joseph’s at any time. The Creighton affiliation will increase that number to 109 by the second year of the new regional medical school.
St. Joseph's Foundation seeks to raise funds in support of the new Creighton University School of Medicine at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. Contributions are needed to:
- Establish a scholarship endowment to fund scholarships for third- and fourth-year students
- Support construction of the Institute for Education Excellence, a 60,000-square-foot facility dedicated to the Creighton University School of Medicine at St. Joseph’s. It will house classrooms, offices, a medical library, and St. Joseph’s archives, the repository of documents from St. Joseph’s and the Sisters of Mercy’s 115-year history in Phoenix.
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Center for Thoracic and Esophageal Disease; Center for Lung Transplantation
- Budget:
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$6,000,000
- Category:
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Diseases, Disorders & Medical Disciplines
- Population Served:
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Adults
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Children and Youth (infants - 19 years.)
Program Description:
St. Joseph's Foundation is seeking contributions to support programs at the Center for Thoracic and Esphageal Disease and the Center for Lung Transplantation at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. Support is needed for:
- The endowment of a chair in thoracic disease
- Thoracic research until external funding is obtained.
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The Valley Fever Center
- Budget:
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$500,000
- Category:
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Diseases, Disorders & Medical Disciplines
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
The new Valley Fever Center at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is a partnership between the hospital and the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. The goal of the Center is to improve care for and ultimately cure valley fever.
Each year, valley fever debilitates thousands and kills dozens of Arizonans and their pets. Yet, the disease receives very little national attention because it is restricted almost entirely to the Southwest. In fact, more than two-thirds of all reported valley fever cases in the United States occur in Arizona.
Valley fever - or coccidioidomycosis - is an infectious disease caused by a fungus that grows in the soil of certain parts of the western hemisphere. Exposure occurs after a spore from the fungus becomes airborne and is inhaled. About one third of those exposed to the spore will contract valley fever. The disease resides mainly in the lungs but can spread to other areas of the body and cause skin, bone, spinal cord or brain infections. It can be deadly.
Program Long-Term Success:
- Improved patient care, particularly for serious cases.
- Increased education for medical professionals and the general public.
- Continued research into better diagnostics and medicines.
- Ultimately, a vaccine to eliminate the disease entirely.
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Funding Needs
St. Joseph's Foundation funds research, medical education, and clinical care at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Benefactors can contribute to specific areas and programs or make unrestricted gifts for use where the need is greatest. Funds from the Foundation have been invested in medical education, construction projects, translational research, patient services, community outreach, technology acquisition, and endowed chairs and scholarship programs.
Volunteer Needs
Volunteers assist St. Joseph's Foundation with special events, such as the Lou Grubb Friends Fore Golf dinner and tournament.
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