ADE Fund

This fund provides outreach for those wishing to extend medical care out of the norms of the health care setting, into the community at large; as local, national and international care is brought to people in need. A letter of request is required.

Auxiliary Fund

The purpose of the Fund is to promote and advance CoxHealth, its mission, staff and programs. This can include the purchase of equipment, capital items, education, to provide grants and scholarships as selected by the Auxiliary board.

ALS Fund

This fund provides outreach support for patients of the ALS clinic. An application is required to apply for funding.

Bethlehem Fund

This fund is for high-risk, low-income expectant mothers. This fund assists with those expenses not covered by insurance or government programs to ensure the healthy delivery of the child. A physician’s referral is required to access this fund.

Breast Care Fund

This fund supports the needs of women before and after diagnosis of breast cancer. Funding provision for mammography and biopsy, as well as follow-up care. An application is required to access this fund.

Chaplain’s Fund

This fund supports the needs of the Pastoral Care program at CoxHealth. This includes education, chapel services, family counseling and meals for hospital patients in emergency situations. All requests for funding must be approved by the head of the pastoral care department.

Charlie’s Fund

This fund is to support the tobacco cessation program for employees at CoxHealth.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Endowment (CAM), Jane A. Meyer Endowment

This fund supports the “Music for Healing” and “Art for Healing” programs that bring in musicians/artists to provide distraction at the bedside for patients. This fund was started in honor of the late Jane A. Meyer.

Cox Family Assistance Fund

This fund was established to assist employees and their immediate families at times of unforeseen crisis. Situations that qualify include loss of home due to natural disaster, fire, loss of income due to the death of a spouse, disability, long-term or terminal illness, etc. An application is required to access this fund, along with supervisor recommendation and a pay stub copy. Employees must also be full time for six months or part time for one year to be qualified for this fund.

CoxHealth at Home Hospice Fund and Community Cares Fund

This fund provides for the unfunded needs of patients in the care of CoxHealth at Home, including Hospice.

Cox Monett Fund and Cox Monett Hospital Endowment Fund

These funds support the needs of Cox Monett Hospital and the communities served by the hospital. The fund is for daily patient needs, the Endowment is for the long term needs of the hospital for new technologies, education, and patient services. An application is required for patients to access the Cox Monett Fund, Endowment distributions are at the recommendation of the Cox Monett administration and Community Advisory Board.

Diabetes Education Fund

This fund helps to cover the expenses of education classes to those who cannot afford them for the management of their disease. An application is required to access this fund.

Family Medicine Residency Endowment Fund

This fund supports and promotes the Family Practice Residency Program at Cox North, which trains physicians in the Family Practice field and includes a component that provides special attention to case management and study of chronic disease, especially diabetes. Grants are recommended by committee. 

Family Medicine Residency Education Enhancement Fund

This fund supports the continuing education and research that brings forth excellence in care delivery at FMCC. This fund is for residents and faculty only.

Ferrell-Duncan Clinic Fund

This fund provides educational support for the community and for the employees and physicians of Ferrell-Duncan Clinic.

Good Samaritan Fund

This fund assists individuals who have used the services of Cox Health and do not have the resources to reconcile their hospital charges or qualify for charity care. A committee meets monthly to review applications and award grants. An application with proof of income is required to access this fund. No bills in collections will be considered.

Grey Matters Fund of Southwest Missouri

This fund was established in 2015 to support patients with brain tumors, traumatic brain injury or aneurysm in both the pediatric and adult population. An application is required to access this fund.

HUG Fund- Honoring Neil Wortley

This fund provides Help for Uninsured Grants- supports needs not met by any other Foundation fund.

Hyperbaric and Wound Care Education Fund

This fund provides educational support for the clinical, non-physician staff of the Outpatient CoxHealth Hyperbaric and Wound Care clinics in Springfield and Branson, Missouri. This can
include membership in professional organizations that create best practices, certifications and programming or education that enhances skills and best practices to better serve patients in these
clinics. Requests for support must come from administration of the clinics.

Interventional Radiology Fund

This fund supports educational grants for students in the School of Cardiovascular Interventional Technology. This is a specialized branch of radiology that performs invasive diagnostic procedures. Awards are chosen by a committee of the IR program, an application is required.

Lab Fund

This fund provides for the needs of enhancing excellence in patient care through the services of the CoxHealth lab.

Life Line Fund

This fund provides for uninsured individuals to receive Life Line services, assisting elderly and disabled individuals to receive free service to help them remain in their homes. An application is required to access funds.

Martin Center Fund

This fund supports the technological needs that will maintain the diagnostic technologies in the Martin Center. This fund also supports facility improvements, services, and programs.

Ozarks Dialysis Fund

This fund provides for the unfunded needs of patients receiving care at CoxHealth Dialysis units. An application is required to access funds.

Parkinson’s Fund

This fund supports the creation of the Parkinson’s Clinic of the Ozarks, which provides for diagnosis assistance, review of care, and management of the disease. Documentation of the use of funds is required to access this fund.

Pharmacy Fund

This fund supports the Parkinson’s Clinic of the Ozarks, which provides for diagnosis assistance, review of care, and management of the disease. An application is required to access this fund.

Rehabilitation Fund (Meyer Center)

This fund assists in providing a comprehensive array of rehabilitative services to all those who utilize CoxHealth for their rehabilitation and recovery. This fund also supports the state-of-the-art Meyer Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, assisting with programs, education equipment, services, and facility improvements.

Senior Services Fund

This fund helps members of our senior community with immediate, urgent needs. These needs are identified by social workers and Senior Health Center staff. This fund also assists in providing free health screenings for seniors, supports senior services and programs at CoxHealth, and supports Senior Advantage. An application is required for patients to access this fund.

Turner Center Fund

This fund supports the Women’s and Children’s Center established by Bill and Ann Turner, home to the Pediatric Urgent Care. This fund supports facility improvements, maintenance, services, and programs.
*Joyce Schwandt Memorial Library Fund – the Joyce Schwandt library is housed inside the Women’s Center within the Turner Center. Donations help to maintain the library and provide new materials for women in all aspects of healthcare.

 

Ozarks Endowment Fund for Neurosciences

This fund is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with neurological disorders through basic and clinical research, education, and community outreach.

Allenbrand Endowment Fund

This fund established by Rick and Lori Allenbrand exists to support patient needs within the oncology programs at CoxHealth. This may include, but is not limited to, transportation and accommodations, financial counseling, and complementary medicine services. This fund helped establish the Allenbrand Resource Center and the library located on the first floor of the Hulston Cancer Center.

Breast Care Fund

This fund was established in memory of Joyce Schwandt, a CoxHealth employee who passed from Breast Cancer. Friends started a golf tournament in her honor with funds dedicated to Breast Care through mammography. The fund has since expanded to all areas of Breast Cancer needs. Patients must complete an application to access funds.

Cancer Services Fund

This fund exists to support the long-range needs of oncology programs and services within CoxHealth as well as the day to day patient needs that are unfunded through normal payor sources. This fund is an endowed fund with only interest income earnings spent on programs and services. To date, it has helped support the expansion of the new Radiation Center, Healing Garden, and Hope and Healing Place as well as having helped provide technology for breast cancer patients, patient financial grants, nutritional supplements, medications, mastectomy supplies and much more. Patients must complete an application to access funds.

Colorectal Cancer Prevention Fund

This fund was established to provide free colonoscopies to patients who need but cannot afford this prevention test.

Glauser Oncology Fund

This fund, created by James and Rosemary Glauser, exists to enhance services, clinical awareness, and technological advances at the Hulston Cancer Center at CoxHealth.

Hannah’s Hope- Rosh Jenkins Memorial Fund

This fund was started in 2010 after the passing of Rosh Jenkins. His daughter collected funds at his wake to help other cancer patients. This seed money became the fund that supports patients with glioblastoma and other types of brain cancers.

Prostate Cancer Fund

This fund was established to provide education, prevention and patient care to those with prostate cancer. Patients must complete an application to access funds

Cardiology Endowment Fund (Wheeler Heart and Vascular Center)

This fund exists to support the current and long-range needs of cardiac services at CoxHealth at the Wheeler Heart and Vascular Center, patient care and technology enhancements. This is an endowed fund with only the interest earnings being spent on program and service needs. Patient requests require an application to access funds.

Stroke Fund

This fund supports the Stroke Clinic at CoxHealth by providing support for patient needs through education and technology. This fund will assist in providing additional resource materials to patients and their families in the Stroke Clinic library. Patients must complete an application to access funds.

Dr. Steven Rowe Structural Heart Endowment Fund

This fund was begun in honor of cardiologist, Dr. Steven Rowe and supports the Structural Heart program within the Wheeler Heart and Vascular Center.

Nursing Practice and Excellence Fund

The purpose of the Fund is to support the advancement of nursing excellence, including but not limited to the education of the nursing staff to include seminar registration, educational classes/conferences, costs to obtain nursing certifications, travel to meetings, room and board, costs of professional organization annual conferences, grants for educational programming, paper and electronic references for nursing practice, technologies, software, department equipment, speakers to benefit nursing practice including their travel and expenses, supplies and or refreshments for educational conferences, marketing or publication/printing support to enhance nursing.

Cox College of Nursing General Fund

The Cox College of Nursing has been training nurses and healthcare professionals for over 100 years. Changes in educational methods, health care systems, medical technology and nursing technique make it necessary for the College to continue to grow and change with the times. Funds are needed to provide nursing students with the latest resources necessary to prepare them for the high-demand field of nursing. Funds are used to provide classroom technologies, simulated fields of training and much more. Funds can also be used to establish one-time scholarships for students based on financial or academic criteria established by the donor.

Mary Ruth Cuddy Endowment Fund

This fund was established at the retirement of Miss Cuddy, the longtime administrator of Burge School of Nursing. It is one of two Unrestricted Endowment Funds for general use towards the needs of Cox College

Art and Ruth Ann White Unrestricted Endowment Fund

This fund was established at the passing of Art White to create an Endowed Fund to assist Cox College with future facility, program, technology or educational needs of faculty and staff.

Elaine Crabtree Fund

This fund was established at the retirement of Mrs. Crabtree as Director of the College. The fund is for general-purpose needs for the College.

Burge/Cox College Alumni Endowment Fund

This fund is at the full discretion for use by the Alumni Association and its board of directors. Funding has additionally been used for scholarships.

Cox College Scholarships

These scholarships are currently established in the names of the following. A named perpetual scholarship fund can be created with a minimum donation of $25,000. All scholarships provide on-going support to students and are open to receiving outside donations. Contact the CoxHealth Foundation for more information on scholarship establishment.

• A.P. & Faye Stone Memorial Nursing Scholarship – the Stones dedicated their lives to legal and health work in Southwest Missouri. Their Scholarship provides annual gifts for nursing students at Cox College.
• Art and Ruth Ann White Health Sciences (Non-Nursing) Scholarship Endowment Fund– this fund was established at the passing of Art White to create an Endowed Scholarship Fund to create scholarships for all non-nursing student programs at Cox College.
• Bill & Bernice Evans Nursing Scholarship – general nursing scholarship
• Brisley-Phillips Minority Nursing Scholarship – for African American nursing students with academic excellence and financial need.
• Burge Alumni Nursing Scholarship – this fund created through giving by alumni, honors the traditions of excellence found in all Burge alums and assists a student who has shown academic excellence and a passion for her field.
• Charles Bush Memorial Nursing Scholarship – general nursing scholarship
• Cheryl Hasch-Feeney Memorial Nursing Scholarship– this fund was started by the parents of Cheryl, after she and her two children tragically died, to honor their lives and Cheryl’s dedication to helping others as a nurse at Cox South Hospital.
• Claudine Barrett Cox Memorial Scholarship– this fund was started by donations to honor of the life of Mrs. Cox, widow of Lester L. Cox, who had played an integral role in the development of (Burge Hospital) CoxHealth and Cox College.
• David Miller Library Memorial Fund – supports the library at Cox College/CoxHealth.
• Dee Ann White Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund – this fund was established by Arthur and Ruth Ann White after the death of their ten-year-old daughter to create annual scholarships in her honor for nursing students at Cox College.
• Dick Brumfield Memorial Nursing Scholarship – after the death of Dick in a car accident, his friends and family started this fund as a way to honor his life and service to the hospital.
• Dr. Carl Rinker Memorial Nursing Scholarship – after radiologist Carl Rinker died, his friends, family, and colleagues started this fund to help students with financial need.
• Dr. E.B. Hannan Memorial Nursing Scholarship – friends and family started this fund to honor Dr. Hannan for his dedication at Cox North.
• Dr. Daniel Holmes Nursing Scholarship – in honor of his dedicated years to medicine at Cox North.
• Dr. George Klingner Nursing Scholarship– this fund was created by George’s wife as a memorial to his life and dedication to CoxHealth.
• Dr. Hal Lurie Nursing Scholarship – friends, family, and colleagues started this fund upon Dr. Lurie retirement to honor his years of service on the Cox College Board of Trustees.
• Lunn Family Undergraduate Nursing Scholarship – established by Dr. Lunn, interim president of Cox College to honor students wishing to pursue their undergraduate nursing degree.
• Dr. Max Fitch Memorial Nursing Scholarship – Dr. Fitch was a fixture and enthusiastic caregiver at Cox North, and he left a legacy for Cox College in the form of this scholarship.
• Dr. Thomas Briggs Memorial Nursing Scholarship – this scholarship was created at the passing of Dr. Briggs, a Springfield Neurological and Spine neurosurgeon to honor his lifetime dedication to his field. This is directed to a nurse interested in the neurosciences.
• Eugene & Martha Charles Fund Nursing Scholarship – friends of CoxHealth who wanted to help a nursing student who had academic excellence and financial need.
• Evelyn Howard Memorial Nursing Scholarship – created to honor long time CoxHealth Board member and Cox College Board member to honor the nursing career.
• Ford-Redburn Nursing Scholarship – This was started to support an ASN nursing student in honor of Jo Ann Redburn, a CoxHealth employee. It was created by her daughters.
• Frances Rogers Gale Memorial Nursing Scholarship – A nursing scholarship in Frances’ name to honor her life and dedication of care for others.
• Frank Evans Nursing Scholarship – Frank was responsible for the laundry of the hospital, and he and his wife left an estate trust gift to begin a scholarship for nursing students at Cox College.
• Grace Bales Hirst Memorial Nursing Scholarship – Philip Hurst established this fund in honor of his late wife, Grace, who both wanted students to be able to afford an education from the College. Grace was an alumnus of Burge School of Nursing.
• Harold Teegarden Nursing Scholarship – Mr. Teegarden was a patient for six months at CoxHealth, and his wife Olive was so grateful and impressed by the care he received that she established a scholarship in his name after his passing.
• Jack and Beatrice Levan Nursing Scholarship – Jack and Beatrice were friends of Lester L. Cox, and they established this fund because of how impressive the hospital was at caring for their patients.
• Jeannette Musgrave Nursing Scholarship – this scholarship honors the life of the late Mrs. Musgrave, a dear friend of Lester Cox and a grateful patient.
• Jennifer Marie Lindsey Nursing Scholarship – Jennifer was a sophomore in high school who was enthused about nursing and was planning a career in nursing. She tragically passed in a car accident and her family and friends established this scholarship in her honor.
• Lawrence Memorial Nursing – Mr. Lawrence’s wife created this scholarship after Mr. Lawrence, a CoxHealth board member, passed away. This honors the life of a man dedicated to service to others.
• Lena Zongker Memorial Nursing Scholarship – Lena was a long-time volunteer with the Cox Health Auxiliary, and this scholarship was established to honor her service to CoxHealth and the nurses she greatly valued.
• Lester E. and Mildred Cox Memorial Nursing Scholarship – Formally Burge Hospital, CoxHealth was named after Mr. Cox for his service to his community through the hospital. He dedicated himself as the board chair to revitalizing the hospital, expanding it, and supporting the doctors and nurses, as well as the patients in their care. Mrs. Cox also served the hospital as a volunteer and auxilian. This scholarship honors their lifetime dedication to caring for others.
• Lester L. Cox Memorial – Lester L. Cox, the son of Lester E. and Mildred Cox served as board chair and passionate advocate of Cox College. The College was named for his long-time dedication to the school and nursing.
• Lidia “Lee” Wydock Nursing Scholarship – this fund was established by her husband to honor her deep commitment to CoxHealth and the nursing program. Mrs. Wydock had been a member of the CoxHealth Auxiliary and long-time hospital volunteer.
• Lillian Virginia Burks Nursing Scholarship – a Red Cross nurse for years, her family established this scholarship at her passing to honor her lifetime of care for others.
• Lillie Ward Wood Nursing Scholarship – Lillie Wood generously donated to the Cox College of Nursing and Health Sciences in her lifetime and this gift was established at her passing to honor her dedication to the field of nursing.
• Lipscomb Family Nursing Scholarship – Jack and Cathryn, the son-in-law and daughter of Lester E. Cox, started this fund to ensure the nursing education continued and thrived by allowing scholarships for nursing students wanting to pursue supervisory roles in the hospital.
• Loren & Mary Brunner Nursing Scholarship – Mrs. Brunner established this scholarship to support young people wishing to have a bright future caring for others.
• Lucille Wood Magers Nursing Scholarship – established by her family in her memory and in memory of the outstanding care she provided as a nurse in her lifetime.
• Madge Mills Arthur Nursing Endowment – Madge had wished to be a nurse herself but could not afford the tuition in her youth. She did not want tuition to be an obstacle, so she started this fund to help a rural area student like herself with the scholarship that would open doors to a nursing career. Mrs. Arthur was a volunteer at Cox North.
• Martha Thomas Nursing Scholarship – this fund was started after the passing of Martha, a longtime CoxHealth employee by her family to honor her love and passion for nursing.
• Mary Belle Graham Nursing Scholarship – this scholarship was established by Burge grad Mary Belle to honor profession and to support a future nurse pursue her career.
• Mary Jean Totten Memorial Nursing Scholarship – this scholarship was created after the passing of Mrs. Totten, an alumni to honor her nursing career and passion for service to others as part of an estate gift.
• Mary & Otis Mackey Nursing Scholarship –this scholarship was created by the daughters of Mary and Otis to honor the dedication of their parents who worked side-by-side to send their two daughters to nursing school.
• Mary Louise Mackey Black and Jerry Black Nursing Scholarship – this scholarship was established by Burge alum Mary Louise to honor her late husband and her lifetime career dedicated to nursing.
• Mary Wortley Student Nurse Fund – this scholarship was created in memory of Mary, wife of Cox administrator Neil Wortley, for her dedication to helping serve people in the community.
• Michelle Cross-Good Memorial Nursing Scholarship – this was created in honor of Michelle, a dedicated nurse who was a Burge alumnus.
• Norman Dale Reimer Memorial Nursing Scholarship Fund – in honor of Normal Dale Reimer, loved one of Burge alumni Yonnie Murphy.
• Ms. Janie Campbell Memorial Nursing Scholarship – Janie was the first graduate of the Burge School of Nursing and this scholarship was set up to honor her legacy as Burge’s first graduate. An estate gift supported this memorial in later years.
• Peggy Pomeroy Memorial Nursing Scholarship – this scholarship was established to honor the dedication and support Peggy gave to Cox College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
• Pete & Dorothy Crouch Respiratory Care Scholarship – named in their honor for respiratory care students.
• Polk Memorial Nursing Scholarship– this scholarship was established after John Polk’s death to continue his legacy of dedication to healthcare.
• Richard and Viola Thorp Nursing Scholarship – this scholarship was established as a part of an estate gift to honor the nursing profession.
• Ronald & Betty Campbell Memorial Nursing Scholarship – both were active volunteers within the community, and they left a trust for Cox College as a dedication to the service of CoxHealth to this community.
• S. Lee Honig Nursing Scholarship – Evelyn and Robert Honig, the sister and brother of Lee, started this fund by leaving a portion of Lee’s estate after he passed away.
• Thelma Silsby Memorial Nursing Scholarship – this scholarship was established by Thelma’s husband, Dr. Silsby, for the continuation of educating students that make the community healthy and viable.
• William Foster Nursing Scholarship – William and his wife Juanitha created this scholarship to honor nursing professionals and the dedication and service they bring to the Ozarks community. Mr. Foster was a member of the CoxHealth Foundation Board.

Radiology Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Radiology students annually for excellence in education.

Patrick Moran Scholarship Fund

The fund was established after the passing of CoxHealth employee Patrick Moran to honor his dedication to the field of Radiology. The scholarship committee provides the scholarship each year to an outstanding radiology student.

Daphn Sundstrom Radiography Scholarship Fund

This fund was established to honor the late Daphn Sundstrom and is awarded annually to one student who shows aptitude for the field as well as the attitude to provide outstanding care.

These are funds given to the CoxHealth Foundation with no restrictions other than to be used to fulfill the mission of the CoxHealth Foundation. The CHF Board of Directors reviews requests to help meet the unmet medical needs of patients that do not fit into any of the other established Foundation funds.

Contact: For more information, you can contact us at: CoxHealth Foundation
3525 S. National, Suite 204
Springfield, MO 65807
Phone: 417-269-7150
Email: [email protected]
www.coxhealthfoundation.com