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The Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation, a hospital conversion foundation, was established August 14, 1984. Its original purpose was to engage primarily in the conduct of medical care, medical education and public education. This was accomplished by operating an ambulatory osteopathic family practice clinic for the underserved populations in El Paso County and environs, providing a facility to train and educate osteopathic students, interns, and residents in an ambulatory family practice care setting and conducting continuing medical education programs as well as educating the public in matters relating to osteopathic medicine and health.
Today we are still organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. As of July 2009, the Foundation has transformed itself from a public charity to a private non-operating foundation where the purpose of the Foundation is to improve the health and well-being of its community consistent with its osteopathic heritage. To accomplish this, the Foundation will make grants to qualified nonprofit tax-exempt public charities described in Sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) or 509(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that meet its mission priorities, provide scholarships to osteopathic medical students, educate the public about osteopathic medicine and collaborate with like minded organizations to develop solutions to meet community health needs.
August 14, 1984
The Foundation is established
October 1985
The Family Medicine Center becomes operational
October 1985 to June 2002
The Foundation provides more than $3,000,000 in care for the uninsured and Medicaid populations
1983 to 1993
Grants totaling almost $700,000 are awarded to other 501(c)(3) charitable non-profits
1986 to 1999
Physician referral service operates, receiving over 600 calls annually
June 1987
The Foundation receives accreditation from the American Osteopathic Association to become a postgraduate training facility and to conduct a family practice residency program
1987 to 2006
63 family practice physicians train and graduate; four fellows are trained in geriatric medicine and two fellows are trained in sports medicine
1987 to 1992
The Foundation hosts a weekly radio talk show, “House Calls”
1987 to 2001
The Foundation sponsors an active health awareness and wellness public education program through the media — radio, television and print
1987 to 1999
A total of $231,000 in grants/scholarships are awarded to 98 osteopathic medical students from Colorado
1989 to 2001
Medical ethics conferences are conducted with 250 to 750 annual participants
July 2002 to 2004
An AOA-approved internship program is implemented; Four D.O. physicians complete their internship through our program
2003 to February 2009
The Family Medicine Center (aka Centennial Health) focus becomes Geriatrics and chronic disease management
2005
The Foundation sells its office at 15 West Cimarron
2006
Land at 3480 Centennial Blvd is purchased to build a new clinic — Centennial Health — and office space for the Foundation offices
June 11, 2007
Centennial Health opens for business
February 28, 2009
Centennial Health closes
July 1, 2009
The Foundation became a 501(c)(3) private, non operating foundation under section 509a with a primary focus of awarding grants to selected qualified 501(c)(3) health-related charities and to award scholarships to selected third-year osteopathic medical students attending an accredited College of Osteopathic Medicine
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