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Hospice Foundation of Oklahoma

Grants

Grant applications for the 2024 grant cycle are closed. Please check back for next year’s opportunity.

    What is Palliative or Hospice Care?

    Palliative care occurs simultaneously with aggressive or curative treatments, often managing symptoms that these therapies cause. Palliative care is not necessarily restricted to those patients who are dying.

    Hospice is a special concept of care designed to provide comfort and support to patients and their families when a life-limiting illness no longer responds to cure-oriented treatments.

    Khader K. Hussein Awards

    This award program is designed to recognize and encourage graduating medical and nursing students who demonstrate an interest in palliative care and end-of-life issues. The annual awards are presented to a graduating medical student from the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine and a graduating nursing student from the University of Oklahoma School of Nursing, Oklahoma City University’s Kramer School of Nursing, the University of Central Oklahoma Department of Nursing, Langston University School of Nursing and the Southern Nazarene University School of Nursing.

    Recent Grants

    Clarehouse – $12,500 – To support the Clarehouse education program that provides resources and program materials for events throughout northeastern Oklahoma.

    Gospel of Life Association – $100,000 over two years – to support caregivers, provide continuing education and help with costs for residents not covered by Hospice companies.

    Hospice of Green Country – $10,000 – To support free community education events encouraging end-of-life care planning conversations before a medical crisis occurs.

    INTEGRIS Health Foundation – $15,500 – To provide medical professionals with further education in the field of hospice and palliative care.

    Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma – $25,000 – To provide legal support for patients in palliative care to help improve their quality of life.

    Metropolitan Better Living Center – $25,000 – To advance awareness of palliative versus hospice care and the significance of advanced directives.

    Paseo Avenues – $5,000 – To help Comfort Haven Hospice Housing staff attend a conference and learn about other social model hospice organizations in Oklahoma.

    Clarehouse – $10,000 – To help educate people on how to navigate life-threatening illnesses, caregiving and end-of-life decision-making and goal setting.

    Gospel of Life Association – $100,000 – To help expand their caregiving team that provides daily care coordination and direct bedside care for terminal patients.

    Hospice of Green Country – $10,000 – To support free community education events encouraging end-of-life care planning conversations with loved ones and medical professionals before a crisis strikes.

    Mercy Health Foundation Oklahoma City – $25,000 – To support their Whole Person Care Initiative that provides dignified, compassionate care that addresses the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of patients with serious illnesses.

    Metropolitan Better Living Center – $15,000 – To help raise awareness and alleviate the misperception about hospice, advanced directives and palliative care to decrease the gap in equitable care among underserved communities.

    Miller Hospice – $7,000 – To help fund the production of a video focusing on educating and increasing the general public’s awareness of hospice, end-of-life care and advanced directives.

    St. Anthony Hospital Foundation – $15,000 – To help provide education on the availability, effectiveness and importance of hospice care as part of the care journey for terminally ill individuals.

    Palliative & Hospice Care

    In 1997, when the Hospice of Oklahoma County merged its operations with a local hospital, proceeds were used to establish the Hospice Foundation of Oklahoma, a 501c(3) nonprofit organization. At the same time, the organization created a permanently endowed affiliated fund at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation to support and promote palliative and hospice care in Oklahoma.

    How Can We Help You?

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    Patti Biera


    Senior Programs Specialist

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    Michelle Kusselson


    Community Programs Manager

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