Benefactors
Leaving a Legacy
We thank the many people and organizations who have chosen to establish and continue a legacy of health improvement for our community. They truly make a difference.
CentraCare Receives $2.5 Million Gift from a Grateful Patient
Providing the best patient care possible is at the heart of what we do.
See how one woman’s generosity in appreciation of the care she received
will impact future generations.
Read Emily Gohman’s story.
Benefactor Awards
Every year the CentraCare Foundation presents La Gratitude events to honor benefactors and recipients of the Caduceus Award, Service to the Foundation Award, Lifetime Achievement Award and a number of other recognitions. See the most recent recipients.
See Benefactors who have been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award and other prestigious awards from previous years.
Cumulative Benefactors
Cumulative Benefactors are persons, foundations and corporations who have achieved a lifetime giving level of $10,000 or more. We are truly grateful to our benefactors and make every effort to list them as they prefer.
Names in bold type have endowment funds that have been created by individuals to carry on family names or to honor special physicians, caregivers or friends. The principal of these gifts is invested and the interest is used to support the area designated by the benefactor. Read Tim Thueringer’s story.
Legacy Society
Benefactors in the Legacy Society have named CentraCare Foundation as a partial beneficiary of their estates.
Caduceus Society
The Caduceus Society is a philanthropic guild of CentraCare Foundation open to Central Minnesota practicing and retired medical staff who make a gift to support the Foundation's mission of improving health and health care.
Employee Benefactors
Since 1886, the Sisters of St. Benedict have shown incredible devotion to improving health and health care in Central Minnesota. Acts of faith, foresight, self-sacrifice and generosity allowed the Sisters of St. Benedict to build and operate the “new” St. Cloud Hospital in 1928.
Years later, CentraCare employees continue to give to CentraCare Foundation to improve health and health care throughout Central Minnesota.
30/60/90 Employee Giving
The philosophy behind 30/60/90 giving allows us to more equally recognize our employees’ commitment of time to the campaign regardless of the end dollar amount of their gifts at one of three levels:
- Leader - 90 minutes per pay period
- Steward - 60 minutes per pay period
- Patron - 30 minutes per pay period
- Friend - Other gifts increments
Matching Gifts
Businesses and organizations who believe in engaging our community to improve health have been inspiring others to give to the CentraCare Foundation through $100,000 matching gifts.
Honor Gifts
Benefactors made gifts in honor of people to thank them for their generous care and/or to commemorate an important life event.
Memorial Gifts
Benefactors make gifts to memorialize and celebrate the lives of loved ones. Read Dennis Zaun's story. See the Book of Life, which contains the names of those we remember.
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