What We Do
Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation, Inc.
Financial Support Building Blocks
Financial support comes from individuals/families, businesses, WMH Medical Staff, WMH Associates, WMH Board of Directors, WMH Foundation Board of Directors, WMH Regional Auxiliary, civic and service organizations, special events, foundations, and our parent organization Allegheny Health Network.
WHO (click to expand)
The WMH Foundation will celebrate its 48th Anniversary in July of 2026 and is comprised of an all-volunteer board currently consisting of 16 individuals dedicated to AHN Westfield Hospital; it values our community and quality of life. The board meets bi-monthly to strategically plan and execute fundraising programs for the purchase of needed hospital equipment.
WMH is a not-for-profit, primary care hospital, founded in 1942, serving the healthcare needs of more than 32,000 citizens of 14 towns and villages in a 375-square-mile rural area of northwestern Chautauqua County. There were over 30,000 patient visits in 2025.
Westfield Memorial Hospital provides a diverse array of services including:
- 24/7 Emergency Services
- Ambulatory and Short Stay Surgery
- Outpatient Diagnostic Services
- Radiology
- MRI
- Digital Mammography
- Physical Therapy
- Women’s Diagnostic Services
- Laboratory
- Cardiac Stress Testing
- Wound and Infusion Clinics
The community hospital also provides:
- Specialty Services Suite: General Surgery, Orthopedic Clinic, Cardiology Clinic, GI Services
- Primary Care at the Chautauqua Clinic located on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution (during Summer season)
- Telemedicine
WMH will also continue to evaluate the medical needs of the community, explore potential new services, and plan for further updates to the services provided as appropriate, all with the assistance and input of our associates and members of our medical staff. A helipad is conveniently located behind the hospital for emergency transportation to our affiliate, AHN Saint Vincent, which is also part of the Allegheny Health Network, the trauma center at UPMC Hamot, located in Erie, PA, or the Golisano Children’s Hospital in Buffalo, NY, when a higher level of care is required.
WMH prides itself in two areas:
1. We know we provide sensitive, personal, and high-quality care. We see it in the faces of those to whom we deliver healthcare services.
2. We strive to keep the cost of healthcare down. We will do everything possible to care for you on an “outpatient” basis. It is less expensive to care for you without admitting you for an overnight stay. If it is necessary to admit you to the hospital, we deliver that quality care in the most cost-efficient manner possible.
WHAT
The Annual Campaign (clearly one of the building blocks of critical financial support) is the most important function of the foundation. This year’s Annual Campaign Goal is $238,000, which will undoubtedly help us to continue to provide funding for cutting-edge diagnostic equipment.
The WMH Capital Equipment Budgets for the past eight years included funds for the Emergency Department Upgrade, Operating Room, Cardiac Rehab and Physical Therapy Departments, Diabetes Education, hospital-wide TV system,
Major financing came from the support of the WMH Foundation with several grants from local community & family foundations and banks. In addition, the Foundation began a new Endowment - ‘The Little Hospital That Could’ maintained by Courier Capital.
Over the last eight annual campaigns, we have raised over $1.3 M designated for equipment, endowment and unrestricted gifts for the hospital. Philanthropy at WMH has helped provide a new high definition imaging system and C-Arm to aid surgeons in minimally invasive surgery, slim design colonoscope, physical therapy equipment, cardiac equipment, facilities maintenance equipment, air purifiers, water softening system and two new flooring projects.
WHERE
The Annual Campaign is conducted throughout the 14 communities* served by WMH including *Ashville, Bemus Point, Brocton, Chautauqua, Clymer, Dewittville, Findley Lake, Mayville, Panama, Portland, Ripley, Sherman, Stockton and Westfield.
WHEN
The Annual Campaign takes place throughout the calendar year 2022 until December 31st.
HOW: Building relationships with individuals, businesses, and foundations throughout our service area and beyond.
- Face-to-face visits and direct mail solicitation
- PowerPoint Presentations
- Fundraising Events
- Memorials
- Honorariums
- Endowments
- Grants
- Spencer Legacy Society