Mission: To provide “that extra measure of care” for patients served at the not-for-profit Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Miller Children’s Hospital in Long Beach, California, through philanthropic gifts and grants for health care education, clinical research, medical equipment and patient care programs.
The Importance of Philanthropy to Community-based Health Care
In the beginning, there was philanthropy. In 1907, four physicians and four Long Beach citizens established Seaside Hospital, the predecessor to Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. In 1960, the hospital moved to its present location and has grown into a large medical campus stretching from Atlantic Avenue to Long Beach Boulevard.
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Philanthropy continued to make a difference. The dream of a children’s hospital for the Long Beach area became a reality when the doors of the Earl B. and Loraine H. Miller Children’s Hospital opened in 1970. Over the years, philanthropy has played an important role in the support of almost every center of excellence at Long Beach Memorial and Miller Children’s.
In 1961, Memorial Medical Center Foundation (MMCF) was established, enabling individuals, corporations, and foundations to support the medical center with philanthropic gifts in traditional ways—and added a then very innovative hospital related Charitable Gift Planning Program. The charitable gift planning experts provide assistance for individuals and their financial advisors to do tax-wise planning through the creation of lifetime income through charitable trusts and annuities and leave a legacy for future generations.
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