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About Hill Country Memorial Hospital Foundation

Since 1989, the HCMH Foundation's sole purpose has been to support the hospital through fund-raising efforts. It directs the investing and distribution of all gifts for the exclusive benefit of the hospital and in accordance with the wishes of the donors. Such gifts are tax-deductible as provided by law.

The HCMH Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization designed for the sole purpose of supporting the hospital through fund-raising efforts. To learn more about how your charitable contribution can advance the quality and availability of health care services in Gillespie and surrounding counties, call the foundation office at 830 997-1297 or email gifts@hillcountrymemorial.com.

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Your support plays a vital role

Government funding for hospitals has been in decline
since the 1960s, yet the cost of providing medical services has continued to rise.

Hospitals everywhere are struggling to maintain their financial health while reimbursement from federal sources such as Medicare and Medicaid shrink below the cost of care.

The Hill Country Memorial Hospital Foundation helps bridge the financial gap by looking to outside sources of funding to assist in expanding needed health care services.

One of the foundation's chief resources continues to be the very people who built the original hospital in 1971: area residents.

Friends of Hill Country Memorial Hospital through their Annual Giving make tax deductible gifts throughout the year to help support our patient care programs.

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Where does the money go?

Gifts go into the Hill Country Memorial Hospital Foundation's unrestricted operating funds (unless otherwise specified by the donor). These funds are allocated by the HCMH Foundation's board of directors to:

> The Development Fund (General Fund)  helps to secure, manage and distribute the charitable gifts that support the hospital's mission

> The Endowment Fund which is a permanent fund to ensure the future of health care for the hill country

> The Hospice Fund that defrays the cost of hospice care to patients and families not funded by Medicaid, Medicare or insurance

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The importance of Annual Giving

Although Annual Giving is only one part of our fund-raising program, it is vital to Hill Country Memorial Hospital for several reasons:

> It is immediately spendable
The HCMH Foundation can apply your gift to the need right away whether
it is donor restricted or left to the discretion of the board.

> It may be applied to the purchase of medical equipment
State-of-the-art medical equipment is needed to enhance the medical technology and diagnostic capabilities available to the people of the Hill Country.

> It is a barometer of community support
The support of the community is an important measurement of Hill Country Memorial Hospital's worthiness of philanthropy.

> Annual Giving is recurrent; it keeps coming back year after year

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Why give?

Access to health care, both preventive and restorative, is essential to all people. It is only natural that the people who can benefit from hospital services want to take the lead in supporting their health care institution.

Your support will speak well of Hill Country Memorial Hospital and the communities it serves, and the quality of health care that the hospital is able to provide will in turn reflect favorably on you.

Why give? It's a thoughtful, responsible, satisfying thing to do.