Dignity Health Foundation - East Valley

What Dignity Health Foundation - East Valley does

Dignity Health Foundation - East Valley is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable foundation that operates as the philanthropy arm for Dignity Health's East Valley hospitals in Arizona, specifically Chandler Regional Medical Center (a 400+ bed acute-care hospital with Level 1 Trauma Center, founded 1961) and Mercy Gilbert Medical Center. The foundation channels donations, grants, corporate sponsorships, and event proceeds into capital projects, medical equipment, community health programs, and employee assistance. It runs a portfolio of supported programs including the Dignity Rising capital campaign (funding a 96-bed tower, 944-space parking garage, and Women's and Children's Tower), Graduate Medical Education residency training (with Point of Care Ultrasound devices), the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine program (serving 30,000+ student athletes across 45 schools), the Children's Dental Clinic, Stroke programs (Gold Plus certified), the Human Trafficking Response Program, the Zero Suicide Initiative, and the HERO employee assistance fund.

The foundation operates within the broader CommonSpirit Health system (formed in 2019 from the Dignity Health-Catholic Health Initiatives merger), which provides access to national-scale resources and best practices across more than 80 foundations. Its revenue mechanics are event-driven and community-led: signature fundraisers (George Rozsa Golf Classic, It's in the Bag Soirée, Family Remembrance Run, Dancing for Stroke, Swinging for Sports Medicine, Boots & Bandages Poker Tournament), Power of the Purse women's philanthropic society, employee giving campaigns (record of $1.2M+ raised), individual donations at $25-$1,000 tiers with custom options, and corporate sponsorships ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. Distribution occurs through the two hospitals, school-based athletic training, community oral health and stroke awareness programs, and a digital donation portal. Customer segments are captive (the two hospitals as beneficiaries) and community-facing (East Valley residents, student athletes, and hospital employees), with notable strategic grants from Cardinal Health ($200K), Arizona Lottery ($50K), Korey Stringer Institute ($180K), Maricopa County Department of Public Health ($405K), and the City of Chandler ($166K).

The foundation is led by Chief Philanthropy Officer Julie Alvarado, with a community board including Julia Marreel (2022 CommonSpirit Phillie Award recipient) and others, supported by a small foundation staff and over 200 active volunteers. It markets through its website, email newsletters, Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, YouTube, annual reports, cause-marketing partnerships (Dillard's, AmazonSmile, Papa John's, Sub Zero Ice Cream), and earned media coverage. No public financials are disclosed, but disclosed inflow events (e.g., Dignity Rising past $2M, employee giving above $1.2M) indicate a mid-sized operating contribution base relative to the broader CommonSpirit Health system.

Name

Dignity Health Foundation - East Valley

Legal name

Dignity Health Foundation - East Valley

Website

https://supportdignityhealtheastvalley.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dignity Health Foundation - East Valley is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit philanthropic foundation that raises and deploys donations, grants, and event proceeds to support Chandler Regional Medical Center and Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, the Dignity Health East Valley hospitals serving the East Valley of Arizona.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Philanthropy

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers (BPAGACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE)

Keywords

• Healthcare philanthropy
• Hospital fundraising
• Nonprofit foundation
• Community health programs
• Medical education support

Headquarters

HQ city

Chandler

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Philanthropy: Tax-deductible donations from individuals, corporations, and organizations supporting specific hospital programs and expansions. 501(C)(3) nonprofit foundation.
2. Corporate Partner Programs: Corporate partners provide financial support through event sponsorships, cause marketing programs, and charitable contributions

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Dignity Health Foundation - East Valley is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable foundation that solicits and stewards philanthropic donations from individuals, corporations, and grant-makers to fund hospital expansions, medical equipment, community health programs, employee assistance, medical education, and patient care initiatives at Dignity Health East Valley facilities (Chandler Regional Medical Center and Mercy Gilbert Medical Center). It operates signature fundraising events, women's philanthropy programs, capital campaigns, and grant-funded community health initiatives serving the East Valley of Arizona.

Product overview

Dignity Health Foundation - East Valley is a healthcare philanthropy organization that raises funds to support Dignity Health facilities in the East Valley of Arizona, including Chandler Regional Medical Center and Mercy Gilbert Medical Center. The foundation operates as a platform of healthcare programs and fundraising initiatives rather than a single product. Key offerings include: fundraising events (It's in the Bag Soirée, George Rozsa Golf Classic, Dancing for Stroke); healthcare programs (Children's Dental Clinic, Stroke Programs, Sports Medicine, Graduate Medical Education, Women's Health); employee assistance (HERO Fund); and capital campaigns (Dignity Rising). The foundation serves as a charitable giving portal enabling donors to support specific medical programs, equipment purchases, and facility expansions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• It's in the Bag Soirée

Quantifiable outcome

• Chandler Regional and Mercy Gilbert are Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus stroke centers
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Korey Stringer Institute (KSI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Three-year $180,000 grant through 'innovATe' project enabling placement of dedicated athletic trainer at Chandler Unified School District junior high schools. KSI is a nonprofit dedicated to preventing sudden death in sport. Funds support comprehensive medical care and injury prevention services.
• Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017$405,000 grant through First Things First Program providing oral prevention programs. Reached families, school nurses, educators, pediatricians and general dentists with oral health education, screenings, and referrals.
• First Things First ProgramminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Early childhood health program providing oral prevention programs through Dignity Health Children's Dental Clinic reaching expectant mothers and young children.
• Phoenix Children's HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing significantly more specialized pediatric care access in the East Valley as part of Dignity Rising expansion.
• Arizona Ballroom ChampionsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerProfessional dance partners who donate free lessons to stroke survivors and train ambassador-dancers for Dancing for Stroke fundraising events.
• BellwetherminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent planning partner helping produce fundraising events with motto 'We help you dream it up and then we make it happen.'
• Sub Zero Ice Cream GilbertminorGTM or Marketing Partner$1 from each purchase of 'Hello Humankindness Ice Cream Sensation' donated to Dignity Health Foundation for patient programs.
• AmazonSmileminorGTM or Marketing PartnerShoppers can select Dignity Health Foundation East Valley as charity and a percentage of purchases goes to foundation.
• Papa John's PizzaminorGTM or Marketing Partner40% off when using promo code 'DignityHealth' online with portion going to support foundation programs.
• Dillard's Chandler Fashion CentercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerVenue for It's in the Bag Soirée events. 10% of shopping during events benefits the cause. VIP gifts and Dillard's gift cards included in event packages.
• Zion Medical GroupcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPresenting sponsor for It's in the Bag Soirée benefiting Dignity Health East Valley OBGYN Residency program and equipment.
• Arizona DiamondbacksminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership for Presidents' Reception event at Chase Field. Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation supports fundraising events.
• Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care and Mercy Care PlanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaunching Mercy 360 Community to improve access to care, enhance food security and expand housing options, fitting with Dignity Health mission to serve the poor and underserved.
• Chandler Unified School District (CUSD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeven junior high school campuses receive full-time athletic trainer on sidelines through partnership with Dignity Health Foundation and Korey Stringer Institute.
• CommonSpirit HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent organization - largest not-for-profit health care system in the United States. Foundation is part of CommonSpirit Health philanthropy network with 80+ foundations.
• Valley Women for WomenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPresenting sponsor for Family 5k Run and Walk benefiting programs at birthing centers at Chandler Regional and Mercy Gilbert.
• Arizona Spine and Joint HospitalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOne mile walk sponsor for Family 5k Run and Walk event supporting birthing center programs.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Mayo Clinic Development (Philanthropy): Philanthropy arm of a national nonprofit health system running comparable capital campaigns, planned-giving programs, and clinical-institute fundraising. Larger and more diversified, but a clear reference model for hospital philanthropy.
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation: National nonprofit health-system philanthropy operation. Comparable in running enterprise-wide capital campaigns and clinical-institute giving programs, at significantly larger scale.
• CommonSpirit Health Foundation (system-level): System-level philanthropic organization governing 80+ hospital foundations including this one. Comparable at the system level in donor stewardship, capital campaign design, and grantmaking — but operates at far larger scale.
• Northwestern Memorial Foundation: Hospital foundation supporting an academic medical center with comparable specialty-program fundraising (cardiac, stroke, oncology). Larger scale but directly analogous in mission and donor program structure.

Others

• Korey Stringer Institute: Nonprofit that awarded the foundation a $180K grant for athletic training in East Valley schools. Not a direct peer — operates as a grantmaking partner in sports-medicine/sudden-death prevention rather than a competing foundation.

Direct peers

• Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: Philanthropic arm of a major pediatric hospital partner. Already collaborates with Dignity Health East Valley on pediatric specialty care; highly comparable in fundraising events, capital campaigns, and donor engagement.
• St. Joseph's Foundation (Arizona): Another Arizona-based hospital foundation supporting a major acute-care network. Same regional philanthropic ecosystem, similar event-driven and employee-giving models.
• HonorHealth Foundation: Phoenix-area nonprofit hospital foundation supporting HonorHealth's acute-care network. Comparable scale, mission focus on community health, and capital campaigns for facility expansion in the same metropolitan region.
• Banner Health Foundation: Arizona-based nonprofit hospital system foundation supporting Banner Health's network. Direct regional peer raising funds for hospital expansion, equipment, and community health programs in the same Arizona market.
• Dignity Health Foundation (other regional foundations under CommonSpirit): Sister foundations under the CommonSpirit Health/Dignity Health system that raise philanthropic funds for regional hospital networks. Highly comparable in structure, donor programs, and capital-campaign model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DHFoundationEV
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCMIfjGWPFW5iuPkNHCbJe4A
• Facebookfacebook.com/DignityHealthFoundationEastValley
• Instagraminstagram.com/dignityhealthfoundationev
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dignity-health-foundation-east-valley

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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