Our Mission

The William Newton Healthcare Foundation provides philanthropic support to advance the mission of William Newton Hospital and enhance the quality of life in our community.

Our Vision

To be the premier not-for-profit philanthropic organization recognized for exceptional commitment and leadership in the advancement of healthcare in our community.

Organization

William Newton Healthcare Foundation is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization.

Strategic Outcomes

• Service- WNHF provides exemplary customer service to donors through stewardship and servitude meeting their needs.
• Quality- WNHF is an essential partner with William Newton Hospital, providing significant resources that make a profound difference in quality healthcare for all members of our community.
• People- WNHF targets its resources to a select number of strategically important core programs, and identifies key solicitation methods and giving options that are compelling to donors.
• Finance- WNHF increases its capacity to raise significant charitable funds for operating, capital, and endowment needs of William Newton Hospital.
• Growth- WNHF promotes the image and branding of William Newton Hospital through strategic communications that increase public awareness of William Newton Hospital as a quality, not-for-profit hospital and an essential resource for our community.

Mission of the Foundation's Board

"To be a steward of the funds raised, to be a part of putting a good plan in place and to assure accountability. We want to continue to have good equipment and to maintain and recruit quality physicians. We don't want people to have to go to Wichita or elsewhere for their care..." - Laurie Turner - Board President

WNHF Board of Directors

Foundation Staff

Kaydee Johnson Director

Yvonne Stone Administrative Assistant CMN Coordinator

Amanda Salzman Foundation Assistant

William Newton's Legacy

William Newton, was a simple man. English born and orphaned at a young age, William's virtues of thrift, integrity, and hard work guided him throughout his life.

He was a harness maker; a trade learned on the Plains of the Midwest. William opened a saddle and harness shop in Winfield in 1876 with his wife Mary Virginia. Over the course of the next 47 years, William acquired considerable means.

William and Mary Virginia never had any children. At the time of his death in 1923, William's Last Will and Testament provides the foundation of his Legacy and the future of healthcare in our community. William Newton gave to the City the remains of his estate to be used to erect a public hospital for Winfield. In return, the City of Winfield would maintain his cemetery lot.

History

Founded on philanthropy, William Newton Memorial Hospital (WNH) opened its doors in 1927. The 51-bed hospital enjoyed the next 45 years of big hospitals, advances in medicine and physician directed healthcare. Hospitals now operate without the luxury of reserves and in a climate of strict regulation. Healthcare philanthropy fills an important gap for hospitals across the nation.

As a result of the first ever capital campaign in the history of WNH, the William Newton Healthcare Foundation was formed in 2007. The Foundation provides philanthropic support to advance the mission of William Newton Hospital and enhance the quality of life in our community.

William Newton could not have foreseen the impact of his visionary gift. The simple, unassuming harness maker's legacy lives on today in the faces of our elders and in the heart beat of our children.

Contact

For questions or more information on how you can be a part of the future healthcare in our community, contact us at:

William Newton Healthcare Foundation
1305 E 5th
Winfield, KS 67156
620.222.6275 office
620.221.2013 fax
foundation@wnmh.org

Visit William Newton Hospital
at wnhcares.org.

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