TCMH Healthcare Foundation | Executive Homepage Redesign
Texas County Memorial Hospital Healthcare Foundation
417-967-1377 · jgettys@tcmh.org

Local generosity. Measurable healthcare impact.

Strengthening Rural Healthcare Where It Matters Most

The TCMH Healthcare Foundation connects local generosity, memorial gifts, events, and community champions to the needs of Texas County Memorial Hospital: equipment, facilities, hospice care, scholarships, prevention programs, and the people who keep care close to home.

What the Foundation does

We turn generosity into hospital readiness

The Foundation exists for one reason: to help Texas County Memorial Hospital do more for the people who depend on it. Some gifts become equipment. Some become hospice support. Some become scholarships. Some unlock grant opportunities. Together, they become a stronger rural hospital.

1

We Secure Resources

Through grant strategy, donor development, and community fundraising, we help move critical priorities from idea to reality.

2

We Steward Local Trust

Donors give because they believe healthcare should remain strong, personal, and accessible close to home.

3

We Invest In Our People

From hospice families to future nurses and clinicians, Foundation support touches care at every stage.

Grant leadership

A rural hospital with major-league grant results

Since 2006, the Foundation has helped bring more than ten million dollars in grant funding to local healthcare priorities. That is not just fundraising; it is strategic capacity-building for a hospital serving rural communities.

Since 2006

$10,862,219.94

Total grant funding secured since 2006. This work strengthens TCMH by expanding what is possible: better tools, stronger programs, improved facilities, and more capacity to serve patients close to home.

$7,822,865.69 Grant funding secured in the last five years
$1,011,163.41 Grant funding received in 2026 alone
Since 2006 A long-term strategy of matching local healthcare needs with external funding opportunities

25 years of local generosity

Nearly five million dollars raised for local care

Behind every total is a person, family, business, sponsor, volunteer, memorial gift, auction bid, tournament team, and donor who chose to keep healthcare strong in this community.

Hospice of Care

Comfort, dignity, and support for families during some of life’s most meaningful moments

$959,186.24

Futures Team

Community investment that helps strengthen future-oriented hospital priorities

$586,513.48

Golf Tournament

A signature event that brings sponsors, teams, and community partners together for TCMH

$349,235.53

Helping Hands

Direct support rooted in a simple idea: neighbors helping neighbors through local healthcare

$171,488.84

How people become part of the story

Every gift has a purpose. Every donor has a path

The homepage should not force visitors to understand the entire Foundation before acting. It should help each person recognize their reason for giving and move confidently to the right page.

Programs, events, and priorities

The work continues through focused campaigns

Some visitors arrive ready to donate. Others come because of a tournament, a scholarship, an auction, or a person they want to honor. This section routes them without clutter.

Jeff Gettys
Jeff Gettys President, TCMH Healthcare Foundation

A message from the Foundation

Every gift becomes part of the hospital’s readiness.

The impact numbers matter because they represent people: grant partners who believe in rural healthcare, donors who give in gratitude or remembrance, sponsors who show up year after year, and families who want TCMH to be ready when their neighbors need care.

“Every grant we secure, every gift we steward, every scholarship we award, and every event we lead comes back to one purpose: making sure Texas County Memorial Hospital is stronger for the next patient, the next family, and the next generation of rural healthcare.”

Jeff Gettys
President, TCMH Healthcare Foundation

Be part of what comes next

Help Keep Exceptional Care Close To Home

Your gift supports the people, programs, facilities, and future of rural healthcare through the TCMH Healthcare Foundation