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