Foundations/Giving

Two foundations can help you make a difference in meeting the health care needs of our communities.

Donations from generous neighbors like you help the SMDC Foundation and the Miller-Dwan Foundation offer services to patients and community members as well as purchase new technologies and organize outreach efforts such as support groups and health education.

SMDC FOUNDATION
 
The SMDC Foundation supports the Duluth Clinic, St. Mary's Medical Center, St. Mary's Hospital of Superior and SMDC-wide programs or projects. We fund medical research, health education, cutting-edge technology, innovative equipment and capital improvements. We can take your unique vision for supporting health care and put it to work in the area you choose. For more information, contact Chief Development Officer Steve Yorde at (218) 786-8853 or syorde@smdc.org

MILLER-DWAN FOUNDATION
 
The Miller-Dwan Foundation exists to improve, support, and advance health care efforts throughout the region with a focus on the work of SMDC Medical Center, formerly Miller-Dwan Medical Center, as well as Polinsky Medical Rehabilitation Center and the Solvay Hospice House. We created the Caring Ways Cancer Resource Center in the Duluth Clinic and also support numerous community nonprofit organizations. Since its inception in 1973, the Miller-Dwan Foundation has provided more than $14 million to support healthcare projects at SMDC Medical Center (formerly Miller-Dwan Medical Center), Polinsky Medical Rehabilitation Center, and more than 50 other community nonprofit organizations.

For more information, contact President Pat Burns at (218) 786-2824 or pburns@mdfoundation.org.