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Hennepin Health Foundation

701 Park Ave, LSB3
Minneapolis, MN 55415

612-873-6090

 

 

 


Unrestricted Donations

Donations made without restrictions provide the most immediate impact to the patients and families served by Hennepin County Medical Center. These gifts allow care givers to address the most urgent needs wherever and whenever they occur. These flexible gifts are preferred and encouraged.

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Designated Funds

However, you may have built an affinity to a particular department or program which provided
you or a loved one with exemplary service or care. There are dozens of charitable funds that
have attracted restricted contributions to their particular mission.

 

Addiction Research & Education Develops new treatments to drug addiction of all types.
Alternative Medicine Research Measures effectiveness of complimentary practices like acupuncture and use of herbal remedies.
Alvin L. Schultz Research & Education Brings in visiting professors for Medical Grand Rounds and provides residents educational experiences.
Bruggemeyer Memorial Psychiatry

Helps with urgent needs for patients receiving psychiatry services.

Berman Center for Clinical Research Supports clinical trials for treatments for conditions like high blood pressure, heart and kidney disease, stroke, diabetes.
Breast Cancer Research

Provides ongoing support for national clinical trial of new drug therapies for breast cancer.

Burn Unit Meets the needs of burn patients and their families.
Cancer Center

Provides for comforts and needs of cancer patients who are often too ill to work.

Cardiac Biomarkers Research

Supports studies conducted on cardiac biomarkers-proteins released by damaged heart tissue that are indicative of heart failure.

Child Growth Provides equipment such as highchairs.
Childhood Hunger Research

Explores the impact that food insecurity has on the health and development of children.

Children’s Literacy Encourages reading in young patients.
Dementia & Aging Research

Finds ways to slow the development of dementia in geriatric patients with chronic illness.

Dental Health

Meets the dental needs of children and patients with mental health issues or disabilities.

Dental Research

Explores the link between dental health and general health of people and pregnant women.

Diabetes Research

Studies newly arrived people to the U.S. and the progression of diabetes after acclimation.

Emergency Medicine Education

Assists emergency department residents with CME tuition and other academic activities.

Emergency Medication Research

Supports pain management research for patients in the emergency room.

Emergency Medical Services

Improves the quality of EMS service to the community through teamwork and training.

Environmental Impacts on Physician

 
Satisfaction and Patient Outcomes

Explores impact of working conditions on physician career satisfaction, mental health and patient outcomes.

Gastrointestinal/Liver Research

Investigates the cellular processes involved in liver regeneration and diseases that affect the liver.

Geriatric Research Focuses on age-related diseases.
Heart Disease Research

Supports basic science and clinical research trials for treatments.

Hennepin Medical History Center Preserves the legacy of HCMC and MMC.
HIV/AIDS

Assists with urgent needs of HIV/AIDS persons.

HIV/AIDS Research

Studies new drugs and management practices for people living with HIV/AIDs.

Huntington’s Disease Research Funds clinical trials on new treatments.
Inspire Arts

Promotes creative experiences and an artistic environment for patients and families.

Kidney Transplantation Research

Explores reasons why kidney transplants fail.

Lupus Disease Research

Explores the benefits of a holistic approach to management of lupus symptoms.

Medical Home/Pediatrics

Makes improvements in services provided to children with special health needs.

Mental-Illness Chemical Dependency Helps meet the urgent needs of MICD patients.
Minnesota Heart Failure Consortium

Studies on treatments of heart failure.

Native American Assistance

Assists with urgent needs, especially for families and patients who travel long distances for care.

NICU

Assists parents who have a child here for extended periods of time with parking and transportation.

Orthopaedics & Biomechanics Research

Explores solutions for everyday orthopaedic and biomechanic illnesses and injuries.

Paving a Way to Nursing

Helps staff interested in nursing with some of the costs of education.

Pediatric Asthma Research

Explores causes and treatments.

Pediatric Brain Injury

Provides therapeutic and recreational activities for children with brain inquiries.

Pediatric ICU

Provides resources to help family members remain at a child’s bedside for an extended period of time.

Pediatric Research, Education

Studies pediatric health issues from conception to early adulthood.

Poison Center

Provides information to families and professionals on drug doses.

Sexual Assault Resource Service Assists with immediate needs of assault victims.
Simulation Center

Provides resources for simulated event learning.

Sleep Disorders Research

Explores the causes and treatments.

Stroke Center

Supports treatment of stroke patients and stroke prevention efforts.

Tobacco Treatment Research Studies for novel treatments of nicotine addiction.
Traumatic Brain Injury/Knapp Rehab

Supports rehabilitation services to help patients reintegrate into their homes and communities.

Traumatic Brain Injury Research

Investigations on ways to preserve cognitive abilities by improving oxygen delivery to brain tissue after injury.

Trauma Services

Provides car seats and bike helmets and promotes injury prevention initiatives.

Treating Depression in Pregnant and
Post-partum Women

Supports a training program and a phone consultation line to build the capacity of providers to assess and treat affected women. 

Urgent Needs Research

Provides seed funding to initiate new research projects, bridge funding for continuing research and matching funding.

Women’s Assistance

Meets urgent and unaffordable medical expenses for women and their families.

Volunteers

Supports and recognizes volunteers as they dedicate hours of service.