CMH Foundation
Columbia Memorial Hospital has offered excellence in health care for nearly 150 years. Your support for the CMH Foundation ensures that we can continue to offer the highest quality of care to the thousands of community members who entrust us with their health every year.
As a not-for-profit hospital, CMH relies on financial support from our community. Your gifts fund new, innovative technologies and programs, expanding our health services to meet the growing health care needs in our region and supporting our team of health care providers and caregivers.
Featured campaign: Diamond Derby
Join us for a day that's off to the races! Mark your calendar for the third annual Diamond Derby fundraiser on Saturday, May 4, 2024. The Diamond Derby is the triple-crown of fundraising extravaganzas, bringing the community together to celebrate a new age in health care. Come for all or part of the special day, and dress to the nines, watch some horse racing, and support a cause that will radically impact our quality of life on the North Coast.
Wear your best Derby hat and race day attire as we provide fantastic food, drinks and big screen TVs to follow the races LIVE. We will also be presenting a live auction and raffle to support the CMH Foundation.
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Featured campaign: Make your impact on the BuildCMH Expansion Project
Beginning in 2024, Columbia Memorial Hospital will make an investment in health care on its Astoria campus in what will be one of the largest construction projects in Clatsop County history. This capital improvement project, with an anticipated open date in late 2026, will expand hospital service lines, attract new health care providers, and provide the latest technology to address community health needs.
We plan to establish a center for health and wellness, providing needed services close to home, while also maintaining a resilient structure to serve as a safe harbor for the community in case of a natural disaster.
In May 2023, we launched the BuildCMH Expansion Project and capital campaign to raise $10 million from now through the end of 2026. This exciting goal is one our community can reach and even exceed!
Pledges toward the campaign are now being accepted through the end of 2026. Consider what you can commit to improving health care in our region. When you make a pledge, you can meet with the Foundation and discuss payment terms, installments, customization to what works best for you financially, and what honors your intent and desire for recognition.
Featured campaign: A team effort for community
With the challenges life throws at us, at times even the strongest need help to keep going. And we all, as individuals, face these difficulties in different ways. It's why, for generations, we at Columbia Memorial Hospital have been offering person-centered care to our community.
To meet your exact needs in the best way possible, in an ever-changing health care environment, we're always looking to improve on what we do.
We’re excited to have partnered with NFL safety Jordan Poyer, an alumnus of our own Astoria High School, to demonstrate the need for access to quality, future-ready health care in a rural area.
Your support makes a difference
Because 100% of donations go directly toward sustaining and improving CMH's health care programs and services, your gift to the Foundation has the potential to directly help your Clatsop County community. Your help can be life-changing for the many patients and families who are treated at CMH each year.
Your donations also help us meet our goals of sustainability and legacy. Gifts made to the Foundation support CMH's work now and in the future, guaranteeing access to excellent care for generations of patients to come.
Ways you can support CMH
At the CMH Foundation, we know that making a gift can be a very personal decision. We work with all our donors to understand their priorities and aspirations. This way, we can ensure that every gift has the most meaningful impact for both our community and our philanthropic partners.
If you make an unrestricted gift, your donation goes where it is most needed. Often, this means funding to support our innovative facilities and services or our expert medical staff. We also raise funds for specific health care services, like hospice care, or specific groups of people, including those undergoing cancer treatment or caregivers working with CMH patients. Or you might give a gift to honor a health care provider or caregiver who made a difference for you or a family member.
Whatever your priorities are when making a donation to CMH, the Foundation will work with you to ensure that your gift has the greatest impact possible.