2014 Foundation Annual Report
2014 FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT
Celebrating Impactful Gifts that Change Lives
COVINGTON - St. Tammany Parish Hospital has remained at the forefront of healthcare on the Northshore for more than 60 years. Literally, generations of families have sought their medical services through STPH. For the third straight year, St. Tammany Hospital Foundation received more than $1.1 million from the Northshore community to make a meaningful impact on the care and services provided by the hospital.
More than 1,600 donors contributed to a prosperous year in 2014. Individuals, including community members, hospital employees and volunteers who gave of their time, talent and treasure, contributed 50 percent of total giving to the foundation. The remaining 50 percent came from local companies, foundations and organizations.
Four signature special events, including Heart and Night of Fashion benefiting the advancement of pediatrics; Monster Mash aiding the Parenting Center; the Get Lucky! Golf Tournament furthering the foundation; and Angels of Light supporting St. Tammany Hospital Hospice were all successful in 2014. The STHF Healing Arts Initiative Committee’s Super Bowls Auction and the STPH Culture Committee’s Elf Auction rounded out the year’s events.
Community partners joined forces with the foundation for the St. Tammany Home Builders Association “Raising the Roof for Charity” Raffle House, the St. Tammany Women’s Council of Realtors’ Bras for a Cause, Playmakers “The Trip to Bountiful,” Zephyr’s Fan Appreciation Night, Giving Tuesday and the Crescent City Classic.
Annual support was an integral part of fundraising this year, including the traditional year-end letter, penned by chairman of the Board of Trustees Laurie McCants, and the always outstanding STPH Employee Campaign.
The partnership of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at St. Tammany Parish Hospital continued to be a conduit of funds to benefit comprehensive cancer care. The Benefits of Home Gala, as well as October’s Geaux Pink events, led that effort.
Other donations came in the form of planned gifts that require more planning, negotiation and counsel than many other gifts. Charitable gift annuities are in that category and benefit the foundation while providing those donors a generous income for life.
To date, the community has given more than $12 million to the foundation. These gifts offer health and hope to others. Thank you for your unwavering generosity!
About the Foundation
Founded in 2003, the foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit governed by a volunteer board of community leaders committed to the development of relationships and financial resources to support the healthcare programs, projects and services of STPH which is a self-supporting not-for-profit community hospital that receives no ad valorem tax funding. The full 100 percent of each gift is used to fund programs, equipment and facilities at STPH.