ECMC Foundation
From lifesaving surgery for trauma patients to the extra support that makes a difficult time easier for visiting families, ECMC offers true care at every level.
Making more possible for our patients and community.
ECMC Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation, enhances what ECMC offers to our patients and community, secures the resources that make all the difference, and takes on initiatives to financially support the lifesaving work of ECMC.
As our community hospital, ECMC serves a range of patients and families across Western New York. Through generous community support and building connections throughout our region, the Foundation strives to make more possible for our patients, their families, and our community.
The Foundation also assists patients and families in large and small ways. From providing patient transport vehicles to extended-stay housing assistance, from patient comfort carts to personal items, we are committed to providing the resources that are too often overlooked in times of illness or crisis.
Ways to Get Involved
Become a Volunteer
At the heart of every foundation are its volunteers. ECMC Foundation relies on volunteers to help staff and support our events with the gift of their time.
Give to the Foundation
Gifts to the ECMC Foundation may be given as cash donations, corporate contributions, and matching gifts, United Way donor choice designations, planned gifts, grants, and more.
Attend Events
The ECMC Foundation hosts or sponsors several fundraising events each year to help ensure we can continue to offer critical support to ECMC.
View Patient Stories
Each year, thousands of patients come to ECMC with serious injuries and debilitating conditions seeking medical treatment and rehabilitation. Learn more about some of their stories.
What We’ve Accomplished
Healthcare Explorers Program
The ECMC Foundation offers this exciting opportunity for high school students in 10th, 11th, and 12th grade. Healthcare Explorers is an immersive summer internship experience, allowing students to have hands-on learning opportunities across our campus. Exploration topics include Surgical Services, Transplantation, Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and so much more.
Tuesdays at the Terrace
Tuesdays at the Terrace features music and entertainment to enhance the quality of life of residents and their families at Terrace View, our long-term care facility. In addition to the long-term care that is provided—such as our nursing home and rehabilitation services—there are also short-term care options available. Additionally, The Terrace has a beautiful, spacious garden which residents enjoy throughout the year.
Mobile Mammography Unit
The ECMC Mobile Mammography Unit is a one-of-a-kind service in our region which reaches women in underserved parts of our community and around ECMC’s neighborhood to provide crucial diagnostic and preventive care.
Continuing Education Initiatives
Having the most committed and talented people on our team is critical to providing our patients the best possible treatment. To that end, the Foundation contributes to staff training, conference attendance, and other employee assistance programs to help careers flourish and ensure patients receive the most cutting-edge care.
General Support
The ECMC Foundation also works to support the needs of specialty departments, fulfilling requests for equipment, therapeutic tools, and staff support. The Foundation contributes to the hospital’s staff fitness center with machines, weights, and other equipment.
Kidney Transplant Resources
Learn More About The Process
Fastest kidney transplant in the U.S.—right here in Buffalo, NY.
Living Donor Information
Living donation is the process of transplanting a kidney from a healthy individual into a person with kidney failure. Living donors can be family members or someone patients are close to, such as a spouse or friend.