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Friends 4 Friends Program

Interested in Applying for a Gift?

If you are involved with a non-profit organization or project that improves the health and well-being of our community, Friends of Meriter encourages you to apply for a Friends for Friends gift. Please fill out the questions on this page. Note that Friends of Meriter has the right to approve or disapprove requests.
    
If you would like to send any supporting materials, please fax them to (608) 417-6419 or send them to: Volunteer Services, Meriter Hospital, 202 S. Park Street, Madison, WI 53715. Please note which gift request they relate to.

A Community Partnership Program of Friends of Meriter

What is Friends for Friends?
Friends for Friends is a new program that supports employees, volunteers, physicians and Friends of Meriter members in their volunteer activities outside Meriter Health Services. Support, in this case, means providing financial gifts to non-profit organizations and projects that improve the health and well-being of our community.
               
What Type of Awards Are Available?
Friend for Friends will grant gifts of up to $150 throughout the year. The program will also consider gifts up to $500; applications for gifts over $150 require additional information. The Friends for Friends committee reviews proposals throughout the year. The committee may also review proposals at other times if the request is time sensitive.

What Standards Will the Committee Use?
Friends for Friends will give preference to organizations and programs that:

  • Benefit communities in which Meriter employees, volunteers, physicians and Friends of Meriter live and work.
  • Have Meriter employees, volunteers, physicians and Friends of Meriter involved as volunteers.
  • Provide direct services rather than general operations.

Which Organizations Are and Are Not Eligible?
In general, Friends for Friends will give gifts to:

  • Federally tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations that improve the health and well-being of our community.

In general, Friends for Friends will not give gifts to:

  • Organizations without IRS non-profit status.
    Individuals.
  • Political parties, candidates or campaigns.
  • Fund religious programs/functions.
  • Organizations that conflict with Meriter's goals and values.
  • Purchase tickets or items for fund-raising events.
  • Endowment funds.
  • Matching gift donations.

In addition, Friends for Friends generally will not give gifts for:

  • Travel funds, benefit tickets or courtesy advertising.
  • Regional or national programs.
  • Organizations that receive a major portion of their funding from government sources.
  • Capital campaigns.
  • General operating support.
  • Duplicate requests for the same organization or project.
  • Athletic events.
  • Professional associations.

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