SWEDISHAMERICAN FOUNDATION
1313 East State Street, Rockford, IL 611042298 www.swedishamerican.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: The SwedishAmerican Foundation is the fund development and charitable gifts arm of the SwedishAmerican Health System. The Foundation solicits and collects gifts from individuals, organizations, and corporations primarily within the greater Rockford community and surrounding counties, and uses that money to create and support programs and programming which help make the greater Rockford area a healthier place within which to live, work, worship and raise families, and to assist SwedishAmerican Hospital and its subsidiaries in the provision of superior care for its patients.

SwedishAmerican Foundation supports SwedishAmerican Hospital through fundraising efforts which provide improvements and services to the surrounding community.

SwedishAmerican Foundation (SAF) supports SwedishAmerican Hospital, a 501(c)(3) organization in its mission to provide quality medical healthcare to communities in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age or ability to pay. During the current year, SAF provided funding grants to specialized departments which helped enhance patient care and patient-visitor comfort.In 1918 SwedishAmerican Hospital opened its doors to patients in response to the city's need for healthcare services. Fast forward 100 years and we are again continuing our commitment to our community by embarking on one of the largest building projects to date. SwedishAmerican Hospital is nearing completion of a $126 million investment in our community. This major construction, modernization and expansion project will help us continue to provide the outstanding, top-quality healthcare which residents of Rockford and its surrounding communities expect and deserve. We recognize that improving the health of our community means investing in our community. To financially support the historic expansion SA Foundation has embarked on a 3 year, 5 million dollar capital campaign. The focus of the campaign is to act as a catalyst to grow a culture of philanthropy throughout the Health System through board, leadership, provider and employee gifts.SwedishAmerican Foundation provided a grant of $326,000 toward SA Hospital ongoing capital expansion plan to include an onsite specialized women's and children's clinic which will offer an integrated, holistic, coordinated approach to primary care, women's health services and mental health.

During fiscal year 2020, SwedishAmerican Foundation provided $58,000 in grants and $17,550 in sponsorships to community organizations whose vision and mission closely mirror those of SwedishAmerican Hospital and SwedishAmerican Foundation.

During fiscal year 2020, SwedishAmerican Foundation provided $31,279 in grants to the chaplaincy program. SwedishAmerican Hospital's clinically trained staff chaplains compassionately and respectfully assist patients and their families during some of life's most difficult moments. Chaplains round daily, help with advance directives, take part in patient care consults and do much, much more. The Chaplaincy Endowment Fund helps insure there always will be Pastoral Care at SwedishAmerican by underwriting the cost of providing professional chaplain staff 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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