Giving to Mercy College

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Restricted Funds 

Supporting Mercy College

Ensuring that the charitable needs of Mercy College are met is the responsibility of the Mercy Foundation of Des Moines. The Foundation is also responsible for all of the charitable needs of Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines and its other subsidiaries.

Your gifts to Mercy College of Health Sciences will be restricted to the area you select. They should be made payable to Mercy College of Health Sciences and sent to:

Mercy Foundation
411 Laurel Street, Suite A110
Des Moines, Iowa 50314
Phone: (515) 247-3248
Fax: (515) 643-8026

Mercy Foundation Staff

Several Mercy Foundation staff members are actively involved in the fundraising success of Mercy College. Listed below are the names and faces of those you can contact with questions on the areas noted above their picture.

Bob Ravenscroft, President Mercy Foundation 411 Laurel Street, Suite A110 Des Moines, Iowa 50314 bravenscroft@mercydesmoines.org

Daily Management Responsibilities

Sherylea Downes, Director of Development Mercy College of Health Sciences 928 6th Ave Des Moines, IA 50309 sdownes@mercydesmoines.org

Special Events Coordinator

Melisa Cox, Director of Special Events and Operations Mercy Foundation 411 Laurel Street, Suite A110 Des Moines, IA 50314 mcox@mercydesmoines.org

Phonathon Coordinator

Ellen Diehl, Director of Annual Giving Mercy Foundation 411 Laurel Street, Suite A110 Des Moines, IA 50314 ediehl@mercydesmoines.org

Foundation Administrative Support

	Becky Griffiths, Executive Secretary Mercy Foundation 411 Laurel Street, Suite A110 Des Moines, IA 50314 bgriffiths@mercydesmoines.org
	Roberta Abbott, Administrative Secretary Mercy Foundation 411 Laurel Street, Suite A110 Des Moines, IA 50314 rabbott@mercydesmoines.org
	Paula Moenkhaus, Administrative Secretary Mercy Foundation 411 Laurel Street, Suite A110 Des Moines, IA 50314 pmoenkhaus@mercydesmoines.org

Online Giving

If you would like to make a gift online using a credit card, please click on the link in the top right corner of this page to be redirected to the Mercy Foundation website. There you can go to Make a Donation to Mercy Foundation and use the drop down arrow under the field Please direct my gift to the following fund to select Mercy College of Health Sciences.

All gifts, unless specified, will be placed in the Mercy College of Health Sciences General Scholarship Fund (#545100). If you would like to direct your gift to an existing restricted funds, please note the restricted fund number in the If other, please specify box.

Restricted Funds

*Endowment funds are established with a minimum gift of $25,000 with the principle amount invested, with annual income from those investments used to support the intended purpose of the fund.

If you would be interested in discussing the creation of an endowed gift to benefit Mercy College, please contact Sherylea Downes, Director of Development.