Donor(s): Addison H. Gibson+. Type of grantmaker: Independent foundation.
Background: Established in 1937 in PA.
Purpose & activities: Provides limited grants to health care providers on behalf of self-supporting residents of Western PA who have correctable medical conditions but do not have health insurance or the ability to pay for necessary treatment. The foundation also provides low-interest education loans to residents of Western PA who have successfully completed at least one year of udergraduate of graduate study and continue to be enrolled as full-time students at an accredited college of university.
Fields of interest: Health Care; Higher Education
Geographic focus: Pennsylvania.
Types of support: Grants to individuals, student loans to individuals.
Limitations: Giving limited to residents of Western PA. No grants for building funds, endowments, operating budgets, or special projects.
Application information: Guidlines available on website. Medical grants are paid to the health care provider treating the approved individual applicant, never directly to the individual. No grants for existing medical bills. Application form required.
Initial Approach: For student loans, email, or telephone to schedule personal interview; for medical assisstance, letter, telephone or email, from referring physicianor agency prior to patient interview.
Board Meeting Date(s): Monthly.
Deadline(s): None.
Financial Notification: Varies.
Officer and Trustees: Rebecca Wallace, Dir.; Lynn S. Dunbar, Douglas E. Gilbert, Timothy M. Slavish; National City Bank of Pennsylvania.
Financial data: (yr. ended 12/31/99): Assets, $31,363,711 (M); gifts received, $10,200; expenditures, $908,690; total giving, $599,914; qualifying distributions, $1,755,460; giving activities include $599,914 for 87 grants to individuals (high: $22,140; low: $200; average: $1,000-$30,000) and $858,600 for 175 loans to individuals.
EIN: 250965379