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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: General Hospitals, Health
Mission: To improve the health of the people in southeastern indiana by actively raising charitable contributions to support columbus regional hospital healthcare initiatives and to provide financial support and promote advocacy for healthy communities initiatives and volunteers in medicine/vimcare clinic through public awareness, philanthropy and stewardship.
Programs: Crhf provides support to columbus regional health, an organization exempt from tax under irc section 501(c)(3). The foundation also provides grants, that suppport medical care at crh, and scholarships to assist with those pursuing an education in the medical field. Crhf also provides support to other exempt organizations to further promote the health and well-being of the community.
crhf is the primary funder of volunteers in medicine clinic (vim), which provides free medical services to uninsured residents of bartholomew county. Vim/vimcare is an organization exempt under irc section 501(c)(3).
crhf is the primary funder of healthy communities initiative, an organization whose staff is employed by columbus regional hospital, and works to improve the long-term quality of life in bartholomew county through local action teams: tobacco awareness and prevention, medication assistance, domestic violence, caring parents, proyecto salud, breastfeeding coalition and healthy lifestyles. Crhf subsidizes hci staff expenses and covers program expenses.