Our mission: To support the charitable efforts of physicians and others, increase access to healthcare, promote education and serve the community’s health needs through innovative projects that are exemplary, affordable and dignified.
Area of Greatest Need – Donations support the mission and initiatives of the Capital Medical Society Foundation including its We Care Network program, Scholarship Fund, Physician Wellness Program, Access to Care Grants, and other innovative projects that address the health care need of the underserved in the community. These donations may also be used to support the ongoing, general operating expenses of building maintenance and repairs, insurance, computer upgrades and maintenance. Area of Greatest Need donations have the broadest impact on addressing the health care needs of the community.
CMS Foundation General Endowment – Donations to the endowment provide sustained funding to meet the critical operational program needs of Capital Medical Society Foundation. Only the accrued and future income from the investment will be used to support its purpose, preserving the donor’s gift in perpetuity.
The FSUCOM Food Pantry – Donations are used to reduce food insecurity for medical students and P.A. students at the FSU College of Medicine’s Tallahassee Regional Campus. Funding is used to purchase requested food items. The Florida State University College of Medicine attracts students who are more likely to choose to serve in rural or other medically underserved areas where recruiting new doctors is a challenge. Often, that means students who come from such communities and have a personal understanding, or a family story, about the great need for more doctors who will choose to serve in areas that are not always the first-choice destination for physicians entering practice. Many FSU medical students are first-in-family college graduates. These remarkable individuals have a heart for service and a desire to go where they are most needed. Most people never considered that some of these students are not eating as well as they should, because they do not have money in the bank. Their student loans go directly towards tuition and other expenses related to their education. They do not all have family members sending money from home, so some find themselves unable to afford some of the basic things most of us take for granted. Students can discreetly receive necessities such as mac and cheese, ramen noodles, popcorn, soup, crackers, peanut butter, chips, pretzels, “shelf-stable” milk, cereal, and fruit.
ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
We Care Network – The We Care Network provides between $4 and $10.9 million annually in donated specialty medical and dental care to the community’s low-income, uninsured adults in Leon, Gadsden, Jefferson, and Wakulla Counties. Donations to the We Care Network and the We Care Network Endowment support the case management team compensation, patient assistance, and Dental Clinic Days expenses and other program operating costs.
We Care Network Endowment – The We Care Network Endowment provide sustained funding to meet the program needs of the We Care Network whose program is historically grant-funded. Only the accrued and future income from the investment will be used to support its program costs, preserving the donor’s gift in perpetuity.
Access to Care Grants – Donations to Area of Greatest Need enable the CMSF Board to make modest grants to support local programs that address the health care needs of the underserved in the community. Past recipients include Big Bend Hospice, Elder Care, FSU Cares/FSU College of Medicine for the Chapman Community Health Clinic, and Lighthouse of the Big Bend.
Ronald G. Pickett Endowment – The Ronald G. Pickett Endowment was established in 1982 in memory of Ronald G. Pickett. The accrued interest and future income from this investment is used to provide financial assistance to We Care Network cancer patients, such as prescription assistance and transportation costs assistance.
PHYSICIAN WELLNESS
CMS Foundation Physician Wellness Program – Donations enable Active and Associate CMS members and TMH residents to receive six wellness coaching visits annually to address normal life difficulties in a confidential and professional environment.
SCHOLARSHIPS
The Capital Medical Society Foundation Scholarship Fund – Donations to the CMSF Scholarship Fund support medical school scholarships for first and second year students at Florida State University College of Medicine and 3rd and 4th year students at its Tallahassee Regional Campus who are committed to returning to NW Florida after completion of their residencies to improve access to health care in the Big Bend.
The Anesthesiology Associates of Tallahassee Scholarship Endowment – Donations to the endowment provide sustained funding to support medical school scholarships for first and second year students at Florida State University College of Medicine and 3rd and 4th year students at its Tallahassee Regional Campus who are committed to returning to NW Florida after completion of their residencies to improve access to health care in the Big Bend. Only the accrued and future income from the investment will be used to support its purpose, preserving the donors’ gift in perpetuity.
The William Frederick Lindsey, M.D. and Jimmie Moore Lindsey Scholarship Endowment – Donations to the endowment provide sustained funding to support medical school scholarships for first and second year students at Florida State University College of Medicine and 3rd and 4th year students at its Tallahassee Regional Campus with financial need. Only the accrued and future income from the investment will be used to support its purpose, preserving the donors’ gift in perpetuity.
The J. Orson Smith, M.D. Scholarship in Internal Medicine Endowment – Donations to the endowment provide ongoing support for academically and clinically successful fourth-year medical students of the Florida State University College of Medicine with financial need who have expressed an interest in practicing internal medicine in north Florida upon completion of their residencies.
The Julia Revell St. Petery, M.D. Scholarship in Pediatrics Endowment – Donations to the endowment provide sustained funding to support scholarships to 4th-year medical students at the Florida State College of Medicine who plan to practice pediatric medicine.
The Charles D. “Pedro” Williams, M.D. Scholarship Endowment – Donations to this endowment, established by Tallahassee radiologist Dr. Charles D. “Pedro” Williams, provide sustained funding to support medical school scholarships for first and second year students at the Florida State University College of Medicine and 3rd and 4th-year students at its Tallahassee Regional Campus who are committed to returning to NW Florida after completion of their residencies to improve access to health care in the Big Bend. Only the accrued and future income from the investment will be used to support its purpose, preserving the donors’ gifts in perpetuity.