Why Philanthropy Matters
Skip Leonard
Vice President INTEGRIS Health Foundation
“Philanthropic support – a strategic investment in INTEGRIS Health – means we can provide everything a patient will need to improve their health, and we can accelerate progress to ensure that life-saving care can continue to happen here every day.”
Philanthropy is driven by your big, powerful dreams to accelerate meaningful change.
The Impact of Not-for-Profit Health Systems
Not-for-profit health systems play vital roles in communities around the country by allocating resources and developing services based on the health care needs of residents. When a not-for-profit health system has revenue that exceeds expenses, instead of distributing profits to shareholders, funds are invested to further the organization’s mission and make communities healthier and stronger. But revenues from operations and investment income alone will not drive transformations at INTEGRIS Health. That is largely due to the fact that the costs of providing medical services continue to rise and other disruptive changes are occurring in health care. Reimbursements from both private insurance and federal sources like Medicare and Medicaid continue to shrink and the costs of new equipment, technology and medications are soaring. Health care systems like INTEGRIS Health turn to philanthropy to help fund essential projects and programs that improve patient safety, patient care and patient satisfaction.
How You Can Make a Difference
Your support of INTEGRIS Health can fuel unimaginable possibilities – inspiring medical teams, saving lives in real time and advancing progress where operational dollars alone cannot. Your personal philanthropic imprint is guided by your own experiences and passions. By making a strategic investment in INTEGRIS Health, you can create a lasting impact wherever your passion lies. From cancer care to heart health, from hospice care to pediatrics, your support catalyzes a lasting impact by providing the resources to purchase innovative equipment, improve patient-centered care, develop extraordinary medical teams and create meaningful state-of-the-art spaces where lives are forever changed and saved.
Our Mission
As the state’s largest not-for-profit and Oklahoma-owned health care system, INTEGRIS Health is governed by leaders and focused solely on the needs of our neighbors. With hospitals, specialty clinics and family care practices throughout Oklahoma, INTEGRIS Health is here for you. But medicine isn’t always about caring for the sick. It’s about doing everything in our power to keep our friends and neighbors and every Oklahoman healthy. At INTEGRIS Health, our mission is to partner with people to live healthier lives. It is what every physician, nurse and INTEGRIS Health caregiver was born to do. The pandemic challenged our community and our medical teams, but we rose to the occasion and delivered extraordinary care. In fact, that excellent and compassionate care is what the entire INTEGRIS Health team has always provided our patients. It is that commitment that turns our sights on another challenge in our midst: More Oklahomans die every year from heart disease than citizens of any other state. The heart health crisis in Oklahoma could not be more serious, and that is why INTEGRIS Health is on a mission to address it.
We are building a state-of-the-art heart hospital to meet the next level of expertise and compassion and to provide all the heart services our community needs under one roof.
