Empire Health Foundation - Sarah Lyman

          Installation Banquet Reminder: On Monday, June 26, 2017, instead of the regular noon meeting, the Installation Banquet will be held at the Kalispell Country Club.  A no host bar will be from 5:30 to 6:30 with dinner starting at 6:30.  Event will wrap up by 8pm and all members and their guests are encouraged to attend and support our incoming board.

 

          Location Update: We will continue to meet each week at the Lincoln Center through the end of 2017.

 

 

          Empire Health Foundation (EHF) was founded in 2008 out of the sale of Deaconess Hospital to CHS. 

 

          They use the approach they call Philanthropy 3.0 – Adaptive, results-based investment that fuses innovation, collaboration and equity to do whatever it takes to move the dial.

 

          Sarah Lyman, Vice President of Strategies and Operations, detailed some of the programs that the EHF is a part of including Workforce Development, Medical Education, Mitigate Adverse Childhood Experiences, Obesity Prevention, Native American Health, Health Care Access and more.

 

          EHF manages approximately $80 million and their staff actively work alongside community partners to address complex issues.

 

          They have also partnered to create four non-profit entities: Family Impact Network, Spokane Teaching Health Center, Better Health Together and Rising Strong.