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About the Elara Caring Hospice Foundation

A Warm Heart and a Helping Hand

Our Mission

The Elara Caring Hospice Foundation is dedicated to enhancing quality of life for hospice patients, their families and caregivers, through compassionate physical, emotional, spiritual, and social support. The Foundation exists to ensure those navigating the hospice journey are embraced with dignity, comfort, and care – where life is celebrated and no moment of hardship or loss is faced alone.

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At the Elara Caring Foundation, we envision a future where every hospice patient and family is surrounded by comfort, connection, and dignity throughout the end-of-life journey. A future where compassionate care is always within reach, challenges are met with support, and every story is valued and remembered.

  • Service: We are dedicated to serving others with compassion, responsiveness, and a commitment to excellence. We strive to meet the needs of patients, families, caregivers, and our community by delivering meaningful support, removing barriers, and continually seeking ways to enhance the quality and impact of our work.
  • Stewardship: We honor the trust placed in us by donors, patients, families, and our community through responsible stewardship of every resource. Guided by integrity, we act with transparency, accountability, and ethical decision-making, while embracing innovation to maximize our impact and expand access to compassionate care and support.
  • Connection: We believe healing, comfort, and support are strengthened through meaningful relationships. Through collaboration and teamwork, we foster connections among patients, families, caregivers, volunteers, donors, and community partners to create a network of care that no one navigates alone.
  • Gratitude: We recognize and celebrate the generosity, kindness, and contributions of those who make our mission possible. We express gratitude through appreciation, humility, and thoughtful action, honoring the gifts of time, talent, and resources that help us bring comfort and support to those we serve.
  • Dignity: We honor the inherent worth, individuality, and life journey of every person. We treat all patients, families, caregivers, volunteers, and community members with respect, compassion, and sensitivity, ensuring that every interaction reflects our commitment to preserving dignity and honoring personal choice.

 

What We Fund

The Elara Caring Hospice Foundation helps hospice patients and their families that are experiencing financial hardships.

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Who We Serve

We help patients and families in communities where Elara Caring provides hospice care. While the foundation works closely with Elara Caring to identify patients in need of assistance, we are equipped to provide assistance to hospice patients that are served by any hospice agency.

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Our 2025 Annual Impact Report

We were grateful and humbled to be able to support nearly 700 patients and their families in 2025, thanks to your generous contributions. Our donors are truly a gift to those navigating end-of-life.

See our 2025 Impact Report here

About Our Logo

Flowers represent love, hope, healing and growth. The Elara Caring Hospice Foundation flower logo incorporates the Elara Caring logo heart, as our foundation is an extension of Elara Caring’s commitment to provide the right care, at the right time, in the right place.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. We send notification letters to families weekly.

To order donation envelopes for a memorial service or personal use, click here.

The Elara Caring Hospice Foundation is equipped to provide assistance to patients receiving care from any hospice organization located in the states the Elara Caring Hospice serves.

Yes, donations to the Elara Caring Hospice Foundation are tax deductible. All donors will receive a donation letter from the foundation for your records. If an additional copy of the letter is necessary, please contact the foundation.

We are pleased to accept gifts from Donor Advised Funds, Qualified Charitable Distributions, and gifts of appreciated stock to offer tax-smart ways to sustain our mission. We invite you to reach out to explore such giving mechanisms: [email protected]

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Make a Donation

Explore your donation options and support the Elara Caring Hospice Foundation.

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