Palmer Memorial Foundation
Your generous gift to the foundation stays in our community to improve the lives of those we serve.
Our mission
Established in 1973, the Palmer Memorial Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the financial support of healthcare services in northeast Iowa. Today, the foundation’s mission is to fund the needs of our community that advance health and well-being. We do this with your support and our values at heart: compassion, support, generosity, growth and integrity.
Giving options
All donations help Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics deliver high-quality care near you. We believe in giving back to the communities that support us, so you’ll see our foundation working with advocacy groups, civic organizations and community-led initiatives that make us stronger.
Without generous donors like you, the Palmer Memorial Foundation couldn’t invest in community projects or important medical improvements. Your support makes our work possible.
Make a difference in someone’s life by supporting the foundation. Whether you’re honoring someone who’s touched your life or celebrating the life of a friend, the best gift is the gift that keeps on giving.
Donations, memorials & honorarium
A gift to the foundation is a lasting tribute to those who made a difference in your life. Make a tax-deductible gift by accessing our form and returning it to:
Palmer Memorial Foundation
112 Jefferson Street
West Union, Iowa 52175
Annual giving
Annual giving at the end of each year provides a solid foundation to finance upcoming projects. Please make sure you’re on our mailing list by emailing jlhoey@gundersenhealth.org.
Circle of life
Circle of Life is a gift planning program for donors making a charitable bequest in personal wills. You can leave a specific amount of money, a percentage of your estate, or a certain number of stock options to Palmer Memorial Foundation as a bequest.
Annual fundraisers
Every year, the Palmer Memorial Foundation hosts fundraisers that are essential for the Foundation’s long-term success. Attendance at these events ensures that the Foundation continues to grow.
Multi-year pledges
Multi-year pledges allow you to make a larger gift and to decide when you want to give, providing the foundation with a predictable base of support.
Planned giving
Planned gifts offer several benefits, including providing an ongoing income stream, easing your current tax liability and reducing capital gains tax or future estate tax. Deferred gifts can support the foundation without impact on your income or lifestyle. You can designate the foundation as a beneficiary of your retirement plan assets or life insurance policies.
Planned gifts also include gifts through your will, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, life estate contracts, charitable lead trusts, and pooled income funds. Please contact your financial advisor for details. Bequests from a properly executed will, living trust or other specific trusts will be accepted in accordance with the donor's wishes and the foundation’s mission and purpose.
From our director
It is with great pride and passion that I serve as the director of the Palmer Memorial Foundation.
Growing up in a rural area, I learned the importance of local connections, hard work, integrity and taking care of others. Today, I have the pleasure of applying these values to sustaining the history and amazing care of Emplify Health West Union Hospital, while helping to advance its future through the power of philanthropy.
As the philanthropic arm of the organization, the Foundation exists to financially support the hospital’s mission of relentless caring, learning and innovation while keeping our vision and values of belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility at the forefront. All gifts to the hospital through the Pamer Memorial Foundation sustain and enhance these priorities.
Your gifts have supported major renovations and cutting-edge technology, helped jump-start new services and community programs, removed barriers to patient care and secured the Foundation’s future impact through donations and memorials. These are true testaments to how donations save lives and how every dollar that we receive is handled with great care!
We are forever grateful to receive donations as an investment in the future of our local hospital. To be a part of our story through a donation or to share your story of gratitude, please reach out.
Together we will make a difference!
Jamie Hoey
(563) 422-9763
Foundation leadership
- Jamie Hoey, executive director
- Clint Ambroson, president
- Cyndii Lamphier, vice president
- Tina Jacobs, secretary
- Derek Heins, treasurer
- Anne Britt, member-at-large
Foundation members
- Abby Ambroson
- Luke Bovy
- Patrice Kuennen
- Betsy Nefzger
- Trish Patterson
- Vic Pavlovec
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