TFC’s Funding
The Free Clinics has a diversified funding base that includes donations, special events, state and local government support, foundation and corporate grants, United Way funding, service and/or rental contracts, limited fee-for-service, and interest income. For the July 2015 – June 2016 fiscal year, TFC’s funding sources are divided as follows:
- Donations—16%
- Special Events—9%
- Foundation, Corporate, and United Way Grants—34%
- Government Support (federal, state, and local)—36%
- Earned income (pharmacy co-pays and rent)—4%
- Miscellaneous—1%
All clinics and programs are provided to patients free of charge, with the exception of a modest $3 filling fee for the Community Pharmacy. Patients are offered the opportunity to make a donation in return for services.
Current Foundation and Corporate Sponsors include:
- Bank of American matching Gifts Foundation
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation through the NC Association of Free Clinics
- Community Foundation of Henderson County
- Duke Endowment through Park Ridge Hospital
- Foundation for a Healthy Carolina through Foundation for the Carolinas
- General Electric Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- HM Bitner Charitable Trust
- Janirve Legacy Fund of the Community Foundation of WNC
- NAMI Four Seasons
- NC Dental Endowment of the North Carolina Community Foundation
- Ruth R. & E. Lloyd Jr. Knight Fund for Children with Visual or Hearing Impairments of the Community Foundation of Henderson County
- Pardee/UNC Health Care Foundation
- Perry Rudnick Fund of the Community Foundation of Henderson County
- Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- United Way of Henderson County
- The Wells Fargo Bank Foundation
Government Support:
- Henderson County
- Henderson County Maintenance of Effort Funds (mental health services) through Smoky Mountain Center
- NC Department of Health and Human Services
- NC HealthNet through Community Care of WNC
- NC Office of Rural Health
- US Health Resources and Services Administration” Rural Health Network Development