Finger Lakes Health Foundation

The Mission of the Finger Lakes Health Foundation is to cultivate, secure and steward philanthropic gifts to support the capital, programmatic and endowment needs of Finger Lakes Health.

Our Vision Statement is: The Finger Lakes Health Foundation will provide outstanding opportunities for people to invest their time, energy and resources in support of excellent healthcare in the communities served by Finger Lakes Health.

Gifts to the Foundation support programs and special projects of Finger Lakes Health and its affiliated entities (Geneva General Hospital, Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital, Living Center North and South, Huntington Living Center and outpatient clinics), as well as grants to support health and health-education programs and projects in Ontario, Yates and Seneca counties.

Foundation revenues are derived from:

• Annual giving programs that solicit contributions from area residents, businesses, civic organizations, and others closely affiliated with Finger Lakes Health.
• Grants from private, community, and independent foundations for special projects and initiatives
• Capital campaigns, which seek support for major projects
• Planned gifts
• Estate gifts
• Gifts-in-kind
• Investment income

You may designate your contribution for use within a specific entity, program or department, or make your gift on an unrestricted basis, to be used at the discretion of the Foundation board. All gifts are assigned to one of three funds (unless otherwise directed or restricted):

Finger Lakes Health Fund
Contributions to this fund provide support for system-wide services and facilities of Finger Lakes Health, which serves residents of Ontario, Seneca, Wayne and Yates counties.  Contributions that are not designated for the other two funds (below) are placed into the Finger Lakes Health Fund.

Geneva Regional Health Fund
Gifts to this fund support capital and other non-operating projects that benefit patients, long term-care residents and caregivers at our Geneva and Waterloo campuses.  These include Geneva General Hospital, the Living Centers North and South, Finger Lakes Surgery Center, the Marion S. Whalen School of Practical Nursing, the Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing, Seneca Family Health Center, Huntington Living Center, and the Adult Day Health Centers in Geneva and Waterloo.

Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital Fund

Contributions to this fund support special projects at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital, The Homestead in Penn Yan, and the Dundee Family Health Center in southern Yates County.

For more information, please contact:

Finger Lakes Health Foundation
196 North Street, Geneva, New York 14456
(315) 787-4050 or 531-2050

The Finger Lakes Health Foundation was established in 2003 through the merger of the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital Foundation and the Geneva Regional Health Foundation.  The Foundation is a 501(c) (3) organization as determined by the IRS. 

The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors representing the communities we serve.

Board of Directors, 2011-2012

Catherine Barnard, Chair        
Edna Reiners, Vice-Chair      
Patricia Thompson, Treasurer          
Olaf Lieberg, M.D., Secretary   
Jose Acevedo, M.D., MBA, Assistant Secretary  

Edward Boudreau, Jr.
Kelly Bradley      
Nick Ganzon
Alejandra Molina
Nancy Peelle
Brien Rogers
Corinne Stork
Linda Wadhams

Honorary Members 
Carl Fribolin
Dana Schillinger
Clair Wheeler