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Eisenhower Health Foundation
The Coachella Valley's Only Nonprofit Hospital
Every dollar stays here.

Eisenhower Health Foundation is the philanthropic engine of the Coachella Valley's only nonprofit hospital. Zero government funding. Zero corporate ownership. One hundred percent community-funded — for more than fifty years. Every other hospital in this valley sends its margin to a corporate headquarters out of state. At Eisenhower, every dollar stays.

8× Outpatient growth
150K → 1.2M visits
9 Valley cities
served by Mobile Care Unit
50+ Years of
community-funded care
$0 Government funding.
Community closes the gap.
How the Model Works

Approximately 80% of Eisenhower Health's revenue comes from Medicare, which reimburses below the actual cost of care. The gap between what Medicare pays and what care costs is closed entirely by philanthropic giving.

This is not supplemental fundraising — this is the operating model. Without donors, the hospital cannot sustain its services, recruit specialists, or invest in community health infrastructure. There is no government backstop. There is no corporate parent.

What Your Gift Funds
  • The Medicare Gap — Closing the structural deficit between reimbursement and care costs
  • Specialist Recruitment — Physicians who choose to practice in the desert
  • Mobile Care Unit — Free/low-cost care across all nine valley cities
  • Lucy Curci Cancer Center — Community-funded cancer treatment, right here
  • Spiritual Care Services — Whole-person care, treating the patient, not just the diagnosis
  • Latinos in Philanthropy — Building a bridge to the valley's fastest-growing community
The Founding Story

In 1966, a man named Clark Swanson had a heart attack on a golf course. There was no hospital nearby to save him. Bob Hope, Leonard Firestone, and a group of community members looked at a desert valley with no first-rate medical care and decided: we will build it ourselves.

That founding act is repeated every time a donor gives. The community is still building this hospital — fifty years later.

Giving Tiers
Tier Gift Level What It Means
Community Builder $1–$99 Every gift sustains the covenant. No minimum for belonging.
Annual Giving Society $100–$999 Your name joins the community of owners.
Circle of Stars $1,000–$9,999 Active membership with seasonal challenges and community connection.
Eisenhower Ambassadors $10,000–$99,999 Leadership-level investment in community-controlled healthcare.
Visionary $100,000+ Strategic philanthropy that shapes the institution's future.
Covenant Circle Monthly, any level Sustained giving that closes the Medicare gap month by month.
Legacy Society Planned gifts A promise that community-funded healthcare outlasts your lifetime.
Why Eisenhower — Not Somewhere Else
Structural Advantage Only nonprofit hospital in the valley. Every other hospital sends its margin out of state.
Proximity of Impact Fund the Mobile Care Unit and watch it drive past your home on the way to serve your neighbors.
Fifty-Year Proof Tested by 3 recessions and a pandemic. Works because the community makes it work.
Every Level Matters A $35M gift and Maria's handwritten blessing sustain the same institution. No minimum for belonging.
How to Give
Online eisenhowerhealth.org/giving
DAF / IRA Contact Foundation for EIN, IRA Charitable Rollover & bequest documentation
Mail Eisenhower Health Foundation, Rancho Mirage, CA
Corporate Sponsorship, matching gifts, and corporate partnership opportunities available