At the start of the 20th Century, Denver’s population was booming, with residents spreading across the plains to develop agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and more. As the settlement grew, however, so did the need for medical care.

In 1905, congregants from St. John’s Lutheran Church in Denver rallied to the cause of opening a tuberculosis sanitarium to care for the city’s residents and visitors. They raised just over $15,000 to purchase 20 acres of land in Wheat Ridge, a few miles west of Denver. The property had two structures: a two-story farmhouse and a five-room cottage. Patients arrived almost immediately to benefit from the dry, cool air of Colorado’s high plains at the new Evangelical Lutheran Sanitarium.

Over the last 100+ years, the Sanitarium has evolved into Lutheran Medical Center. While the hospital still occupies its original 20-acre parcel, and the farmhouse still stands, today’s campus and its affiliated care sites include an acute care hospital, an accredited hospice and palliative program, behavioral health, and addiction services.

Each year, Lutheran’s staff and physicians deliver approximately 2,000 babies, provide inpatient care for 17,000 individuals and emergency services to 70,000 neighbors, and treat 170,000 people with high-quality outpatient service. Lutheran Medical Center, a member of SCL Health, was recognized by Healthgrades in 2018 as one of America’s Top 50 Best Hospitals, making Lutheran among the top one percent of more than 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide.

In 2007, Lutheran Medical Center Foundation incorporated as a 501c3 and assumed full responsibility for all fundraising for Lutheran. At the same time, Community First Foundation, Lutheran’s fundraising entity from 1975 to 2007, broadened its reach as a community foundation and, as of 2013, ended its governance role in SCL Health.

Today, Lutheran Hospital Foundation generates resources to support care and services at Lutheran Hospital and is well positioned to assist individuals and corporations with charitable giving to benefit our community.

2022 was a year of outstanding generosity and continued excitement surrounding the New Replacement Lutheran Medical Center. The Lutheran Foundation’s Legacy Continues Comprehensive Campaign achieved 79% of its goal of $12M! We are grateful to our donors for this wonderful support and thank you for being involved in healthcare in our community.

Other first milestones in 2022 for the Lutheran Foundation include:

• Generating $5.9M in fundraising revenue, which is 189% of the budgeted goal
• Showing a Return on Investment of $8.15 for every dollar expensed
• Expenses for the LMC Foundation were held to spending only 71% of budget
• The fifth Chip in Fore Lutheran Golf Tournament raised $123,522

We are proud to have invested more than $1.5M to support many wonderful projects at Lutheran in 2022 including:

• The Code Caring Program, which provides resiliency support to care workers
• Funding to support educational opportunities for clinicians
• Oncology service line support
• Humanitarian assistance to patients who are discharged from the hospital and in need of resources such as transportation, medication, and food
• Hospice and palliative care support
• Meals for discharged postpartum families
• Installation of safety equipment and upgrades to the West Pines facility

As we look to the future of healthcare in Wheat Ridge and surrounding communities, we are excited to continue our work and thrilled to share what will be possible for caregivers and patients in a new, state-of-the-art facility. You can learn more about the new, replacement Lutheran Medical Center by visiting TheLutheranLegacy.org. Please sign up for our e-newsletter to receive ongoing information about our bright future.

Annual Reports

• 2022 Annual Report
• 2021 Annual Report
• 2020 Annual Report
• 2019 Annual Report

• Scott Busch, Chair
  Staff Software Engineer - Broadcom, Inc.
• Wyman D. Robb, Vice Chair
  Retired Executive
• Dale Clinger, Secretary
• Mary Beth Quiram, Development Committee Chair
  Community Volunteer
• Bob Davis, Governance Committee Chair
  Realtor, Re/Max Alliance

• Tom Alford
• Dawn Anuszkiewicz
• Louis Cicio
  Director of Strategic Alliances, Lineup Systems
• Beverly Dahan
  Vice President, Regulatory Affairs - InnovAge
• Cory Duvall
• Kady Doelling
• Steve Hankins
• Sarah Ingraham
• Dr. Kate Lazar
• Dr. Jeff Leftwich
• Mike Meints, Development Committee
  CEO, Cator, Ruma & Associates
• Kyle Mendenall, Development Committee
  Culinary Director, Big Red F Restaurant Group
• Janet Ross, Development Committee
  Retired Attorney/Community Volunteer
• Annie Simmons
• Max Stich, Esq.
  Attorney, Tiemeier & Stich, PC

• Jan Bonner, MS, CFRE
  Executive Director

Make a secure debit or credit card donation online anytime.

You can select how much you want to give and designate a fund to give to. All transactions are secure and all major credit cards are accepted. You may also set up and manage recurring payments online.

Learn more about Planned Giving.

A donor-advised fund (DAF) is a convenient way to support Lutheran Hospital. You can make a lasting impact with a one-time or recurring distribution from your donor-advised fund.

Please direct your DAF representative to distribute your recommended grant to:
Legal name: Lutheran Hospital Foundation
Address: 12911 W. 40th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80401
Federal Tax ID number: 20-8846152
Be sure to include your name and address on the distribution so we can appropriately thank you.

If you would like to learn more about donor-advised funds and how to get started contact your personal financial advisor.

Help your company and your employees make an impact here in Wheat Ridge.

Get involved with the Lutheran Hospital Foundation through contributions, grants, or events via Corporate Gifts and Sponsorships.

Many companies, local and national, will match employee contributions to 501c3 nonprofit organizations like Lutheran Hospital Foundation. Check with your company's human resources or community relations department to see whether your employer will match your gift. You could double the value of your gift.

You will be mailed an acknowledgment and a receipt for your tax purposes and we will work with you to successfully complete and file any necessary documentation for your employer, and we will provide your employer with a letter of acknowledgment and tax receipt for its matching gift, as well.

You can make a gift in memory of a friend or loved one, in tribute to an extraordinary person or caregiver who has made a difference in your life, or to commemorate a special occasion. You can also restrict your gift to benefit programs or services that you find valuable or allow the foundation to determine the area of greatest need.

When you make a memorial or tribute gift, we will acknowledge your gift with a receipt and we will also send a note to the person or the family of the person you are memorializing or honoring to let them know about your kindness. Memorial and tribute gifts of all sizes are appreciated, and we will not share the size of any gift with the individual or family members of the individual being memorialized or honored.

Memorial and tribute gifts can be made in a variety of ways:

• To make a secure gift online with a credit or debit card and include the name of the person you wish to memorialize or tribute and the contact information for anyone you wish us to notify of your gift.
• To make a secure gift over the phone with a credit or debit card, please call the Foundation during regular business hours at 303-265-2329.

The Lutheran Hospital Foundation accepts gifts of real estate, including houses, condominiums, commercial properties, farm land, rental property, and undeveloped land after a thorough review of the property and its potential usage by the foundation. Prior to the acceptance of any parcel of real property, as a minimum, a Phase 1 environmental assessment of the potential environmental risks will be conducted. For all gifts of real estate, the Gift Acceptance Committee will review the results of such assessment and recommend to the appropriate administrators and Board Committees whether the gift should be accepted.

One way to boost your charitable contributions is to give shares of appreciated assets, including stocks, bonds, certificates of deposit, art and real property.

They are easily valued without an appraisal, and easy to transfer. Donating appreciated securities before they are sold typically results in a tax advantage. A tax deduction is normally allowed based on the market value at the time of the gift. Since the deduction is based on current value, rather than cost, no tax is paid on the appreciation.

All gifts will be reviewed by the foundation’s Board of Directors for compliance with our policies before being accepted.