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FEATURED

Mercy Health Foundation Northwest Arkansas

Click below to discover more about upcoming initiatives that will positively impact your community.

We are always creating ways to help better the lives of people in the community. Check back soon for upcoming events.

FEATURED

Mercy Health Foundation Northwest Arkansas

Click below to discover more about upcoming initiatives that will positively impact your community.

We are always creating ways to help better the lives of people in the community. Check back soon for upcoming events.

See what we've accomplished

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$25 million raised for enhanced cardiac services, expanded neonatal intensive care unit and opening of new clinics.

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Funded expansion of Mercy’s Neuroscience program

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Raised nearly $800,000 for upgraded patient beds, new imaging technologies and an expanded surgical suite.

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Funding $50 million toward Mercy’s $500 million overall investment in Northwest Arkansas that will improve hospital services and bring more physicians to our community.

Who We Are

If you have any questions or would like more information about how your donations will be utilized in your community, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Nicole Crawford at nicole.crawford@mercy.net or call 479.338.2930.

Mercy Health Foundation Northwest Arkansas provides philanthropic support for Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas, serving the communities of Rogers, Benton, Carroll, Madison and Washington counties in Arkansas and McDonald and Barry Counties in Missouri. Through charitable support, we partner together with the community to provide increased access to care at our hospitals and clinics across the region.

The health care needs of our community will always outpace our resources. Your support will help ensure that the work of Mercy continues to touch the lives of families, friends and neighbors in our community. The simplest health care initiatives begin by caring for our neighbors.  

Mercy Health Foundation Northwest Arkansas is a nonprofit organization. We are dependent on the donations and support of generous foundations, corporations and caring individuals like you. Your gifts to Mercy Health Foundation Northwest Arkansas help enhance patient programs, fund life-saving equipment and capital projects, and support charity care programs and services for those who need it most. 

When you donate to Mercy Health Foundation, you support critical projects in our community. That’s right. Every dollar you give advances health care right here at home.

Our Focus

Access and Assistance
Mercy Health Foundation Northwest Arkansas continues its crusade to deliver the highest quality of care possible, while keeping patients close to home. Campaign donors are helping increase the capacity of the hospital as well as open seven new clinics to support the growing health care needs of our community.

Women’s and Children’s Services
Catherine McAuley, Mercy’s founder, had a particular concern for the poor. More specifically, she worked to assist women and children in need. Mercy Health Foundation Northwest Arkansas continues Catherine’s legacy by providing program and equipment needs for the hospital’s labor and delivery unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and breast health services.

Our Funds

Your contribution supports the unique health care needs of your community whenever they arise. This fund enables Mercy to respond swiftly to emerging needs. Whether it’s funding vital medical equipment, supporting patient assistance programs, or advancing health care initiatives, your contribution makes a tangible difference where it’s needed most.

Your gift to the Co-worker Scholarships fund helps cover academic tuition and fees for current Mercy caregivers seeking to advance their careers in health care.

Your gift supports the highly specialized care provided at our Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic –one of only two such clinics in the state of Arkansas. Our team of caregivers consists of physical and respiratory therapists, dietitians, pharmacists, and more – all dedicated to improving the lives of adults with cystic fibrosis.

Mercy’s physicians are treating the most challenging cardiovascular disorders while keeping patients close to home, but they can’t do it alone. Your support ensures that patients with cardiovascular disease have access to advanced diagnostic equipment, enhanced facilities and life-saving treatments, when minutes matter.

Your support ensures that our youngest and most vulnerable patients and their parents have access to compassionate care, close to home. Mercy Kids treats children of all ages, from birth through adolescence, through anything that childhood brings.

Some newborns need specialized, life-saving care from the very start. Mercy provides around-the-clock treatment, advanced technology, and compassionate support for fragile babies and their families. Your gift helps provide the critical care these tiny patients need to grow and thrive.

Your contribution allows Mercy to continually invest in advanced technologies, equipment and services that help reduce surgical times and complications, and improve patient outcomes. Donor support allows more patients to access high quality neurological care close to home.

Your contribution ensures that routine, preventive health care is accessible to underinsured and uninsured patients in our community. Every patient deserves access to convenient, affordable health care and with your support, we can make a difference, right here at home.

Your support provides comprehensive care for every stage of a woman’s life, from pregnancy and childbirth to post-menopausal care, and everything in between. Thanks to you, women of all ages have access to preventive screenings, reproductive health care, maternal care, and other women’s health services, right here at home.

Your contribution helps Mercy respond to the rapid growth of our region by offering new procedures and treatments that allow patients to receive the health care services they need, right here in Northwest Arkansas. Your support allows Mercy to invest in the health of our community by bringing top physicians, new medical specialties and advanced technologies to Northwest Arkansas.

Striving to continue the legacy of Catherine McAuley, Women with a Mission giving society combines resources, vision and passion for helping others to support and improve health care in our communities.

Corporate
Council

Your corporate support will ensure the availability of health care services to those in our community who need them most. 

Upcoming Events

Join us for this year’s Annual Mercy Golf Classic on May 5th.

Event will be held at Pinnacle Country Club.

Your participation in the Mercy Golf Classic helps ensure that we are able to continue meeting the health care needs right here in Northwest Arkansas. 

Learn more

Check out our Combined Sponsorship Opportunities brochure below to see the many ways you can collaborate with Mercy Health Foundation in 2025.

 

Annual Reports

Thank you for your generous support and partnership as we continue to carry out Mercy’s mission in the communities we serve.

Shaping Health Care in NWA with
Alice Walton

Northwest Arkansas Staff and Board of Directors

Foundation Staff

Clark Ellison

Vice President Development/Mercy Ministries

Nicole Crawford

Director of Operations

Beth Brown

Senior Development Officer

Alison Levin

Senior Development Officer

Josh Strother

Senior Foundation Coordinator

Board of Directors

Nathan Smith

Chair

Community Leader

Michael Curtis

Vice Chair

Vice President,
Walmart & Sam's Club, Anheuser-Busch

Susan Peacock

Secretary

Director of Strategy
Ingeborg Investments

Stefan Sterns

Treasurer

Partner
NewRoad Capital Partners

Kasie Yokley

Immediate Past Chair

Co-Founder
3W Magazine

KERRY BAILEY

VP Walmart – Enterprise Business Development WestRock

Melanie Belford

VP, Finance Transformation & Digital Acceleration Walmart, Inc.

COREY BENDER

SVP, GMM, Hardlines
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

SONAL BHAKTA, MD

Vice President of Medical Affairs
Mercy Hospital NWA

Pat Curran

Former COO
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Shana DeSmit

Vice President, DMM Meat and Seafood
Sam’s Club

Charan Dhaliwal

Managing Member
IPH Enterprises

Ryan Faust

Partner + Managing Principal
Buf Studio

Eric Fritts

President, Vice President of Sales
Tyson Foods

Laurice Hachem - Roberts

President
Hachem Investments

Ryan Harrington

Vice President of Sales – Walmart & Sam’s Club General Mills

Bert Kell

Trust Officer, SVP,
Arvest Bank

Moneka Krouse

VP - PFNA Insights,
PepsiCo

Jennifer Necessary

Community Leader

Emeritus Member

DICK TRAMMEL

Retired,
Arvest Bank

Ex Officio Officers

Christy Blackshear

Volunteer,
Mercy Hospital Auxiliary

Clark Ellison

Vice President,
Mercy Health Foundation

Ryan Gehrig

President,
Mercy Hospital NWA

Greta Wilcher

Chief Financial Officer, Mercy Hospital NWA

Michele Villines

Manager, Strategic Initiatives,
Mercy Hospital NWA

Contact Mercy Health Foundation
Northwest Arkansas

Mercy Health Foundation
Northwest Arkansas

2710 S Rife Medical Ln,
Rogers, AR 72758