GIVE TO DESIGNATED FUNDS THAT BENEFIT SENIORS AND EMPLOYEES AT CHRISTWOOD
Give to help seniors and those who serve them.
Caring is at the heart of everything we do at Christwood. Care for residents and their families. Care for our teammates. And care for older adults in our Northshore community. The designated funds listed on this page serve an important role in supporting our goal to remain a premier Life Plan Community with priceless security and innovative programs for residents as well as ongoing training, education and crisis support for employees. They also help ensure we can continue to look forward, always innovating and improving to meet the needs of current and future generations of residents.
For more information on how to donate to a designated fund, please email Amy Pinac-Wimberley or call 985-292-1201.
The Christwood Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
Gifts are tax deductible as allowed by law.
Christwood Foundation Tax ID: 72-1336124
Funds that Benefit Residents
John A. Lohman Fund
The John A. Lohman benevolent fund provides support for residents who have outlived their financial resources through no fault of their own.
Cognitive Care Fund
The Cognitive Care Fund supports programs and training that enhance the care of residents with cognitive disorders.
Graham Fund
Established by the Graham family to remember and honor Ford and Maxine Graham, this fund supports growth of the Christwood campus.
Healing Arts Fund
The mission of the Healing Arts fund is to create a state-of-the-art model for integrating the arts into programming for residents with cognitive disorders, to establish Christwood as a leader in this groundbreaking field, and to create the ultimate healing environment through a multi-sensory approach using visual art, music, and literature.
Mitchell Fund
This endowed fund supports the provision of social services for Christwood residents.
Funds that benefit employees
Employee Education Fund
The Employee Education Fund provides financial assistance to employees seeking to advance their individual education or training. It may also be used to provide on-site training or education to Christwood employees to improve skills and teach new approaches. This fund is available to employees after one year of service.
Employee Emergency Assistance Fund
This fund provides financial assistance to employees experiencing a catastrophic or hardship event. It is available to all employees who have worked at Christwood for six months or more.
Click here to watch a video interview with one member of our team and learn how Christwood helped employees in the wake of Hurricane Ida.
Wirth/Simpson Fund
This endowed fund provides supplemental funding for the training and education of Christwood staff.
Funds that benefit Christwood’s future
Community Enrichment Fund
This fund supports the critical elements that help Christwood go beyond providing quality care to truly spark joy and bring deeper meaning to residents’ experience. This includes improvements that respond to changing resident needs through smaller, innovative capital projects, equipment, or educational programs.
Endowment Fund
This fund is designed to secure the future of Christwood. A strong, healthy endowment provides earnings in perpetuity and helps ensure continuity of the legacy of caring started by Christ Episcopal Church nearly 40 years ago. To learn more or to inquire about setting up a restricted endowment fund, please email Amy Pinac-Wimberley or call 985-292-1201.
Expansion Fund
This fund is reserved for Christwood’s future capitalized expansion projects.
There’s more to explore…
Annual Report
Take a quick look back at Christwood’s events, initiatives and accomplishments from the previous year.
Our History & Purpose
Learn more about this mission-driven, forward-thinking organization dedicated to serving seniors on the Northshore.
Gifts in Action
Your gift to the Christwood Foundation, can help provide a wide array of mission-driven programming that benefits residents, staff and neighbors.