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Foundation announces grants and board discusses wayfinding, ultrasound and $3 million environment/navigation projection
Summary
Interim Foundation Director Olympia Williams reported awards including $88,000 from the Nashville Wine Auction for an oncology breast spa and $20,000 from the Yarbrough Foundation Fund for the food pharmacy; the committee also heard a request for foundation support for wayfinding (~$300,000) and an ultrasound (~$45,000) and discussed an environment/navigation capital projection estimated at $3,000,000 with recent Metro capital allocations cited.
Olympia Williams, interim director of the Nashville General Hospital Foundation, told the Advancement Committee the foundation recently received two grants: $88,000 from the Nashville Wine Auction for an oncology breast spa and $20,000 from the Yarbrough Foundation Fund to support the hospital’s food pharmacy.
Williams said the food pharmacy’s operating need is roughly $3,000 per month for Second Harvest Food Bank purchases and that the $20,000 award is a significant contribution to that need. She also said the foundation is planning fundraising events (gala or auction) in March to raise capital campaign dollars and additional food-pharmacy funding.
On capital and patient-experience items, the marketing team requested foundation support for wayfinding upgrades (a quoted cost of approximately $300,000) and an ultrasound machine costing about $45,000. Poole noted uncertainty about the hospital’s location over the next five years and said the team will obtain multiple quotes and bring options back to the foundation and board.
Committee members raised a broader environment/navigation capital projection of roughly $3,000,000 that would cover emergency-department redesign, inpatient-room upgrades, waiting-room renovations, wayfinding, and vehicle replacements. Dr. Brown and others said portions of the refresh have already been approved and referenced Metro capital allocations (noted in the meeting as $2,500,000 and $2,100,000) that funded some projects; Dr. Brown offered to provide the board with a list of completed projects and spend to date.
No formal board capital approvals were taken in the committee meeting; members asked staff to provide additional quotes and documentation and to present a clearer list of approved versus proposed items when projects move closer to the board for approval.
