CoxHealth Foundation

What CoxHealth Foundation does

CoxHealth Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable foundation established in 1998 and headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. Its mission is to facilitate philanthropy that supports the quality health care, education, and research delivered by the CoxHealth system across southwest Missouri. The foundation operates with a lean staff of 1-10 employees and serves as the sole fundraising and grantmaking vehicle tied to CoxHealth and its affiliated facilities, including Cox Medical Center Branson, Cox Barton County Hospital, Cox Monett Hospital, Cox College, and the Ferrell Duncan Clinic Foundation (managed as a subsidiary). It does not sell products or services for profit; all activity centers on donations, grants, and event-based fundraising.

The foundation's core offering is structured philanthropy across 31 dedicated patient service funds (e.g., HUG Fund for uninsured patients, Good Samaritan Fund, Grey Matters brain cancer fund, Breast Care Fund, Colorectal Cancer Prevention Fund, Cox Family Assistance Fund) plus named funds, scholarships, and memorial gifts. In 2017 alone, these funds delivered $497,679 in direct patient grants to 2,340 patients, $336,735 in educational grants, and $56,040 in employee crisis grants, while the employee giving program engaged 2,620+ CoxHealth staff via payroll deductions. Revenue is generated through individual donations, planned/legacy giving, vehicle and in-kind gifts, corporate sponsorships, and a portfolio of signature events including the MVP3 Golf Tournament (with $500-$10,000 sponsorship tiers), the 16th annual Colo-Rectal Awareness Party (CRAP), Dining for Diabetes galas, the BeF.A.S.T 5K, and newer formats such as Raise the Barn Trivia Night and Kendra Scott pop-ups. The organization has earned regional recognition as Foundation of the Year from the Association of Fundraising Professionals on National Philanthropy Day.

The foundation's go-to-market is event-driven and community-rooted, leveraging multi-channel outreach across email newsletters, Facebook, Instagram, a content blog, and direct donor cultivation within CoxHealth facilities. It serves four overlapping constituencies: uninsured and underinsured patients needing financial assistance for medications, equipment, and screening; health-professions students receiving scholarships; CoxHealth employees seeking crisis grants; and community/corporate donors (including named institutional partners such as Arvest Bank, Simmons Bank, Missouri Foundation for Health, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, Jeannette L. Musgrave Foundation, Forvis Mazars Foundation, and Ozarks Neurological Foundation). Geographic scope is the Ozarks region and southwest Missouri, with no international footprint.

Name

CoxHealth Foundation

Legal name

CoxHealth Foundation

Website

https://coxhealthfoundation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CoxHealth Foundation is a 1998-founded Springfield, Missouri nonprofit that channels philanthropy to the CoxHealth healthcare system, managing 31 patient-assistance funds, employee giving, and signature fundraising events serving uninsured patients, health-professions students, and CoxHealth employees across southwest Missouri.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Philanthropy

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Health & Prevention Program Funding (HLAJALAF), Chronic Disease & Health Promotion Program Funding (HLAJALAJ), Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD)

Keywords

• Healthcare philanthropy
• Patient assistance funds
• Community health donations
• Hospital fundraising
• Medical scholarships

Headquarters

HQ city

Springfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: General donations and designated gifts to specific funds (cancer, cardiac, general patient assistance, etc.) from community members and patients
2. Planned Giving / Legacy Gifts: Bequests, charitable remainder trusts, and estate planning donations that provide long-term funding
3. Event Fundraising: Revenue from signature events including golf tournaments, galas, 5K runs, and awareness parties with ticket sales and sponsorships
4. Vehicle and In-Kind Gifts: Donations of vehicles and other property that are converted to cash for foundation programs
5. Corporate Sponsorships: Business donations at various sponsorship levels for events and programs
6. Employee Giving Program: Payroll deductions from CoxHealth employees supporting various foundation funds

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CoxHealth Foundation is a nonprofit charitable foundation that facilitates philanthropy to support the CoxHealth healthcare system. It operates as the fundraising and donor-advised vehicle for CoxHealth, channeling individual donations, corporate sponsorships, planned gifts, and event proceeds into patient assistance funds, employee crisis support, healthcare scholarships, and capital equipment for CoxHealth facilities across southwest Missouri.

Product overview

CoxHealth Foundation is a healthcare philanthropy organization that facilitates charitable giving to support CoxHealth medical facilities, patient care, and health education. The organization does not offer technology products or services; rather, it serves as a charitable foundation that accepts donations, manages various patient assistance funds, and organizes fundraising events to support healthcare services for the community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HUG Fund (Help for Uninsured Grant): Patient assistance fund helping uninsured patients with unmet medical needs
• Good Samaritan Fund
• Grey Matters Fund
• Breast Care Fund
• Cancer Services Fund
• Colorectal Cancer Prevention Fund
• Cox Family Assistance Fund
• Dining for Diabetes
• MVP3 Golf Tournament
• CRAP (Colo-Rectal Awareness Party)

Products and services

• Patient Assistance Funds

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,340 patients received assistance from patient service funds in 2017 alone
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Children's Miracle Network HospitalscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMNH partners with CoxHealth Foundation on pediatric patient assistance, equipment purchases (such as the $136,000 BRONCH CART), and employee giving campaigns. Joint efforts support children's hospital and pediatric care programs.
• Ferrell Duncan Clinic FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRelated foundation supporting the Ferrell Duncan Clinic, one of CoxHealth's major physician group practices. The two foundations work together on healthcare initiatives.
• SGC FoodServiceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSGC FoodService sponsors the Heart Health Education Series, including the Cooking for a Healthy Heart event at Hy-Vee grocery store, supporting community health education.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ferrell Duncan Clinic Foundation: Direct subsidiary/affiliated foundation supporting Ferrell Duncan Clinic within the CoxHealth system. Operates a parallel physician-clinic philanthropy model under the same corporate umbrella, making it the most structurally comparable peer.
• Mercy Health Foundation: Philanthropic arm of Mercy, a major regional Catholic health system serving Missouri and adjacent states. Comparable as a hospital-affiliated foundation running patient assistance funds, employee giving, signature events, and capital campaigns for community healthcare.
• BJC HealthCare Foundation: Philanthropy arm of BJC HealthCare, another large Missouri-based health system. Operates similarly with patient assistance funds, signature events, and community-based fundraising tied to a multi-hospital system in the same state as CoxHealth.
• Missouri Foundation for Health: Statewide public-health-focused foundation funding community health initiatives across Missouri. Already an active partner providing a three-year telehealth pilot; comparable in grantmaking model and mission focus on community health access.
• MU Health Care Foundation (University of Missouri): Philanthropy arm of University of Missouri Health Care, another Missouri-based academic health system. Comparable in supporting patient care, medical education, and capital equipment needs through a foundation structure with employee giving and events.

Broad incumbents

• Children's Miracle Network Hospitals: National nonprofit that raises funds for children's hospitals and is an active core partner of CoxHealth Foundation. Comparable because it operates at scale across pediatric patient assistance, equipment funding, and employee giving campaigns that mirror the foundation's pediatric programs.
• Ascension Health Foundation: National Catholic health system's philanthropic arm operating across multiple states. Comparable as a multi-hospital foundation with patient assistance programs, signature fundraising events, and employee giving, though operating at significantly larger scale.
• HCA Healthcare Foundation: Foundation of one of the largest U.S. for-profit hospital operators. Comparable as a hospital-system-affiliated foundation supporting patient care, workforce, and community health initiatives, though at substantially larger scale and geographic footprint.

Regional players

• Ozarks Neurological Foundation: Regional Missouri nonprofit that has directly donated to CoxHealth's ALS Clinic. Operates in the same Ozarks geography and disease-specific grantmaking model, making it a comparable regional peer in community healthcare philanthropy.

Emerging players

• Arvest Bank Foundation: Corporate-affiliated foundation that has been a direct financial partner ($20,000) of CoxHealth Foundation. Comparable as a regional financial-sector grantmaker funding community health and education initiatives in the Ozarks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/CoxHealth-Foundation/334935628794
• Instagraminstagram.com/coxhealthfoundation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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