HaysMed Foundation

What HaysMed Foundation does

HaysMed Foundation, formally Hays Medical Center Foundation, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization established in December 1995 and designated under Internal Revenue Code 509(a)(3) as the exclusive supporting organization for Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. The foundation serves as the institutional trustee and depository for charitable gifts to the 207-bed, $3M+ annual benefactor hospital serving western Kansas, channeling philanthropic dollars into medical equipment, capital projects, scholarships, continuing education grants, and community health initiatives including the Pink Pumpkin breast cancer awareness project, the Lifelong Vitality outdoor fitness initiative, and the Hospice Community Memory Tree.

The foundation operates a diversified fundraising program rather than a technology product: individual giving (one-time, recurring, tribute/memorial, business partner tiers ranging from $100 to $5,000+ annually), endowed funds (40+ programs with $25,000 minimums payable over five years), planned giving (bequests, charitable gift annuities, remainder trusts, lead trusts, pooled income funds), the Associate Campaign targeting HaysMed's ~1,500 employees (~$80,000/year via payroll deduction and PTO gifts), and passive community programs (Dillons Community Rewards NPO #70459, Sunflower Bank debit-card swipe program yielding $7,200+). Technology is limited to a Blackbaud-hosted online donation portal, a CMS-driven marketing site at haysmedfoundation.org, and social/email channels — there is no proprietary technical platform.

Its GTM motion is community-led philanthropy: a 4-5 person staff led by Executive Director Jeffrey C. Brull (MS, CFRE, CAP) executes direct donation appeals, planned-giving seminars (Western Kansas Council on Estate Planning), donor recognition programs (Miller Society, Business Partners, Donor Honor Roll), and a 2025 rebrand tied to the foundation's 30th anniversary. Customer/beneficiary concentration is effectively singular — Hays Medical Center — with donor-side concentration in a handful of western Kansas family foundations (Hadley, Schmidt, Dreiling, Bickle, Glassman) and Leadership-Level business partners (Werth Wealth, Golden Belt Bank, Nex-Tech, Centene Foundation). The foundation is governed by a board of community volunteers headed by Christopher Brungardt (President, 2026-27 term).

Name

HaysMed Foundation

Legal name

Hays Medical Center Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://haysmedfoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

HaysMed Foundation is a 501(c)(3) supporting organization founded in 1995 that channels charitable contributions from individuals, businesses, and family foundations to Hays Medical Center and its affiliated programs serving western Kansas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Philanthropy / Nonprofit Foundation Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB), Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

Keywords

• Healthcare philanthropy
• Charitable fundraising
• Planned giving programs
• Community health funding
• Healthcare grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Hays

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable Contributions and Donations: The foundation receives donations from individuals, families, organizations, foundations, and corporations. Donations support equipment, special projects, programs, and capital improvements for Hays Medical Center.
2. Planned Giving: Accepts various planned giving instruments including bequests, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, pooled income funds, life estates, and bargain sales. These provide both immediate and deferred charitable benefits.
3. Donor-Advised Funds and IRA Rollovers: Manages donor-advised funds and accepts qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) from IRAs. Provides tax-advantaged giving options for donors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

HaysMed Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable foundation that raises, manages, and distributes philanthropic funds exclusively for Hays Medical Center in western Kansas. It accepts individual, family, corporate, foundation, and planned giving donations and channels them into medical equipment, special projects, programs, scholarships, continuing education grants, capital improvements, and community health initiatives such as the Pink Pumpkin Project and the Lifelong Vitality Initiative.

Product overview

HaysMed Foundation operates as a single unified charitable organization (not a platform-plus-modules structure) that provides philanthropic support to Hays Medical Center through multiple distinct programs and giving vehicles. The core offerings include: donation processing via an online platform; memorial programs (Leaves of Life, Hospice Community Memory Tree); community health initiatives (Pink Pumpkin Project, Lifelong Vitality Initiative outdoor fitness); education funding (scholarships, continuing education grants); endowed fund management; planned giving vehicles (bequests, charitable trusts, gift annuities); the Miller Society recognition program; and the Associate Campaign employee giving program. The foundation does not offer a technology product but rather serves as a charitable giving intermediary connecting donors to healthcare services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pink Pumpkin Project Community-driven breast cancer awareness and fundraising initiative that cultivates pink pumpkins on one acre of land to support cancer screening, survivors, and loved ones. For community members and donors in western Kansas.
• Lifelong Vitality Initiative $1.1 million outdoor fitness initiative featuring a 25,000 sq. ft. publicly accessible fitness area with specialized surfaces, shade structures, outdoor cardio and strength equipment, and spaces for yoga and stretching, available to the public free of charge without membership.
• Leaves of Life Memorial sculpture program by artist James Mages located in the Dreiling/Schmidt Cancer Institute that honors the memory of loved ones and celebrates survivors of cancer through a donation-based leaf placement program.
• Hospice Community Memory Tree Annual holiday memorial program where engraved brass dove ornaments honor or remember loved ones, with donations supporting HaysMed Hospice volunteer and bereavement programs.
• Endowed Funds Program Perpetual endowment funds investing the corpus and spending only the income in directed areas, including program endowments (Hospice, Oncology, Scholarships, Stroke/Rehabilitation, Unrestricted, Women and Children) and named endowed funds established for $25,000 over five years.
• Grant Funded Projects Unrestricted gift funding supporting various HaysMed projects including USB charging ports, the KidsQuest summer program, Comfort Care Baskets, the CinemaVision MRI experience system, and interactive pediatric education materials.
• Continuing Education Grants Funding program for HaysMed Associates to attend continuing education events, conferences, trainings, and certifications, primarily funded by the Sr. Mary J. Mollison Endowment.
• Scholarship Opportunities Multiple named scholarship funds for students pursuing healthcare careers including the Dr. Bert Anderson Scholarship (RN/BSN), Bickle Family Foundation Scholarship (Respiratory Therapy), Judy Folsom Scholarship, Harms Family Scholarship, and others totaling over a dozen named scholarships.
• Planned Giving Estate and planned giving options including bequests, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, life estate reserved, pooled income funds, and bargain sales to integrate personal financial and estate planning with charitable giving goals.
• Miller Society Paul and Virginia Miller Planned Giving Society that recognizes donors who include HaysMed in their estate plans, offering annual luncheon invitations and special event access.
• Associate Campaign (Flight Crew) Annual internal fundraising campaign for HaysMed Associates contributing nearly $80,000 annually through payroll deduction, PTO gifts, or check/credit card donations supporting patients, programs, and departments.
• Online Donation Platform Digital donation processing via Blackbaud-hosted forms supporting one-time gifts, recurring pledges, tribute gifts, and multiple designation options including Unrestricted, Hospice Fund, Nurses' Lounge, and other areas.
• Hadley Foundation Art Collection

Quantifiable outcome

• Provided more than $3 million in support for fiscal year 2024
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered major and supporting.

• K-State Extension - Cottonwood DistrictmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Collaborative partner in the Pink Pumpkin Project - a community-driven breast cancer awareness initiative. K-State Extension provides agricultural expertise and space for pink pumpkin cultivation.
• K-State College of AgriculturemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner in Pink Pumpkin Project providing agricultural expertise and support for pink pumpkin cultivation initiative.
• Golden Belt BanksupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLeadership Level Business Partner. Community bank committed to positive impact on communities served. Listed as donor for outdoor courtyard picnic tables project.
• Nex-TechsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLeadership Level Business Partner providing telecommunications and technology solutions. Also has Nex-Tech Wireless as Executive Level Business Partner.
• Carrico ImplementsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Pink Pumpkin Project, providing equipment and support for pink pumpkin cultivation.
• Cibolo HealthsupportingOthersAdvisory firm that facilitates clinically integrated networks for rural hospitals. Hays Medical Center is part of the Kansas High Value Network (KS-HVN) facilitated by Cibolo Health.
• DillonssupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDillons Community Rewards program allows shoppers to earn rewards for HaysMed Foundation by swiping their plus card when shopping. NPO #70459.
• Sunflower BanksupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExecutive Level Business Partner; Swipe donation program donates 5 cents per debit card transaction to foundation. Has raised over $7,200 through debit card donations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AdventHealth Foundation: Foundation of a large multi-state nonprofit health system with similar hospital-supporting grantmaking, endowed fund, and planned giving infrastructure, but operating at significantly greater institutional scale.
• CommonSpirit Health Foundation: National health system foundation supporting CommonSpirit facilities including those serving rural communities, offering comparable grantmaking and donor programs but at vastly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Trinity Health Foundation: National Catholic health system foundation supporting community hospitals through philanthropy, sharing the single-beneficiary hospital fundraising model but with substantially larger institutional resources.
• Mercy Health Foundation: Foundation supporting Mercy Health's hospital network, including rural and community hospitals similar to HaysMed, with established community fundraising, major gifts, and endowment programs.
• Ascension Via Christi Foundation: Foundation arm of Ascension Via Christi, a larger multi-hospital Kansas health system. Operates similar donor-advised, endowed, and planned giving programs but with greater scale, broader service area, and more institutional resources.
• University of Kansas Health System Foundation: Major academic health system foundation in Kansas with substantially larger fundraising capacity, broader programmatic scope, and more developed planned giving infrastructure serving a tertiary care institution.

Direct peers

• Salina Regional Health Foundation: Foundation serving Salina Regional Health Center, a regional Kansas hospital similar in scale and rural service profile to HaysMed, with comparable major-gift and endowment-driven fundraising operations.
• Hayward Area Memorial Hospital Foundation: Community hospital foundation operating with a similar small-staff, single-hospital support model in a rural setting, providing a useful structural comparison for HaysMed Foundation's lean operating approach.
• Stormont Vail Health Foundation: Regional Kansas hospital foundation supporting Stormont Vail Health in Topeka, operating with a similar community-based fundraising, endowed fund, and planned giving model for a single beneficiary health system.

Regional players

• Children's Mercy Foundation: Kansas City-based pediatric hospital foundation with comparable endowment, major gift, and community fundraising programs, serving a regional pediatric beneficiary in the same geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/HaysMedical
• Instagraminstagram.com/HaysMedical
• Xx.com/HaysMedical
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hays-medical-center-foundation

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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