TMA Foundation SOLUTIONS Fall 2023 Newsletter

  • Fall 2023

    President's Message

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    We’re Worth the Pause

    Have you yet felt the “grateful pause” that this holiday season can convey? Our lives are busy beyond measure, so during this final month of the year I hope you share pride in what your foundation not only has achieved but aspires to become on behalf all TMA and TMA Alliance members and the patients and Texans we serve. You can learn more about what YOU make possible and make a year-end donation to support our 2024 work at tmaf.org. Thank you!

    Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year,

    Carla Ortique, MD
    President, TMA Foundation

  • Funding the Future

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    Pon Satitpunwaycha, MD, strongly believes in the vision of the foundation’s General Endowment. This fund supports programs that change the lives of Texans as well as essential functions such as fundraising, program monitoring and financial stewardship that are the hallmark of well-run not-for-profits. Dr. Satitpunwaycha is a major donor to the 2016 million-dollar plus campaign that expanded this endowment. Earlier this year he made a significant additional gift of $100,000.

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  • More than 30 Grants Improve the Health of ALL Texans

     

    From suicide prevention screening to first aid training for elementary school children, grants approved by the TMAF Board in 2023 are impacting Texans in dozens of communities. Included in these grants are  29 medical student scholarships and eight nursing student scholarships. Learn more about how TMA and TMA Alliance members along with community collaborators are finding local solutions to the most pressing health problems facing Texans in their towns and cities. You can support their efforts with a year-end donation or by becoming a PULSE donor with a regularly scheduled gift at https://tmaf.ejoinme.org/donate or call (512) 370-1663.

  • Who’s Your Champion?

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    Nominate a Texas program that promotes healthy lives and healthy communities to the TMA Foundation John P. McGovern Champion of Health Award. Winners receive cash awards for their winning program. The Champion of Health Award focuses on exceptional projects that address urgent threats to the public’s health and that further TMAF’s mission: to help physicians create a healthier future for all Texans. Nominations are due Feb. 15, 2024.

    Learn How You May Nominate Your Champion