The Sage Foundation for Health is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization created in 2002 through Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. The first grant received by the Sage Foundation was from the Victoria Lund Foundation enabling SCNM to fund a Children’s Clinic at Arthur M. Hamilton Elementary School in South Phoenix. Since establishing the Hamilton clinic, seven other community collaboration clinics have been created, providing sites for student medical rotations and opportunities for students to gain experience in the community.

Through the Sage Foundation, thousands of individuals are receiving medical care at eight Valley clinics that they would otherwise not receive. These clinics receive, on average, 34,100 patient visits per year. Physicians from SCNM experience an opportunity to practice not only medicine, but also compassion in ways they may not otherwise by working at these community clinics.

Community Clinics Supported by the Sage Foundation for Health include:

Arizona Pathways                                                Royal Assisted Living Center

Drug and alcohol recovery                                                        General medicine mental care

Guadalupe Family Health Clinic                         Sojourner Center

Family medicine to low income families                                   Domestic violence shelter for women and children

Hamilton Elementary School                              Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS

Pediatric and low income family care                                       HIV/AIDS clinical care

Mission of Mercy                                                 World Addiction & Health Institute

Family medicine for uninsured and working poor                     Drug and alcohol recovery

The Sage Foundation relies on the generosity of individual, corporate, and foundation support. Operating costs for these community clinics partially cover physician salaries and student education expenses, but also must go toward supplies and equipment for each of the eight locations where SCNM serves. At many community clinics, physicians and students operate with the barest of necessities.

Each year the Sage Foundation holds two major events, the Tournament of Champions (golf tournament) and the Red Ball (black tie gala), to raise awareness and support to continue to provide medical care for the uninsured and underserved.

This year one of the Foundations' major fundraisers, the Red Ball, will be held on November 7, 2009 at the beautiful Ritz Carlton Hotel in Phoenix. Click here for more information.

The vision of Sage Foundation is that "healthcare should be available to everyone." With the help of SCNM's physicians, student physicians, and generous donors, SCNM's desire is to see the annual income for the Sage Foundation grow so more individuals in Arizona have a greater opportunity for healthcare access due to the Foundation's efforts.

Contact Us

Edward Phillips, Executive Director

Phone: 480.222.9229

Email: e.phillips@scnm.edu

2140 East Broadway Road Tempe, AZ 85282

© 2009 Sage Foundation for Health