The Methodist Hospital Foundation is a public healthcare charity which serves as the fund-raising arm of Methodist Hospital. The Foundation's charitable mission is to serve the healthcare needs of the South Philadelphia community.

The Foundation allows Methodist Hospital to continue its stewardship of its community. The bylaws of the Foundation designate that all money donated and gifted to the Foundation is used solely for the betterment of the South Philadelphia community.

In 1998, the Methodist Hospital Foundation began to solicit grant requests from the public sector for healthcare related programs. The grant program empowers grass roots organizations by making available to them the financial resources they so desperately need to provide home care, elder care, family and children services and other programs that unite our diverse neighborhood and keep it strong.

Since that time, the Foundation has reinvested over $1,000,000 in the community through its' grant program. The grants awarded represent a collaborative effort between our Community Centers and Organizations as well as other public entities that use these funds to further the goals of a healthier community for South Philadelphia.

Recognizing the need to enhance Methodist Hospital's ability to provide women's health services and renal dialysis to the acutely ill, the Foundation has provided funds to the hospital to make possible the construction of the Women's Diagnostic Center and a state of the art Acute Dialysis Unit.

Partnerships with Other Organizations

Asian American Women’s Coalition
Caring People Alliance: FELS
Tolentine Community Center
Philadelphia Senior Center
Big Brothers and Big Sisters
Tindley Temple
SEAMAAC
Cambodian Assoc. of Greater Phila.
Philadelphia Police Department
Philadelphia Fire Department
Philadelphia School District: AS Jenks School; Frances Scott Key School
Ss. Neumann Goretti High School
Health Promotion Council of Southeast Pennsylvania
PSSC Philadelphia Society for Services to Children: Maternity Care Coalition
ADROP (Augustinian Defenders of the Rights of Poor) Unity Clinic
Healthy Women's Program
Linda Creed Foundation
Living Beyond Breast Cancer

The Foundation supports an Asian out-reach program, including instruction and translations in women's services.