The Department of Family and Community Medicine at
at the OU-TU School of Community Medicine
Founders of Doctors’ Hospital, Inc. (FDH) is a supporting organization for the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the OU-TU School of Community Medicine in Tulsa. We are proud to have endowed the Founders of Doctors’ Hospital, Inc. Chair in Family Medicine.
Grants have been awarded for clinic and educational equipment, campus building campaigns, scholarships and research endowments, lectureships and annual operating expenses. Additionally, we honored the memory of original trustees with gifts in their names.
On November 16, 1960, a group of family practice physicians agreed to establish a hospital. In December 1964, after years of research, negotiation, and personal financial commitments, construction of Doctors’ Hospital was begun at 2323 S. Harvard, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
On August 29, 1966, the nonprofit hospital opened its doors, the first doctor-managed hospital west of the Mississippi to be built completely with private funds. Doctors’ Hospital flourished under the guidance of this group of family practitioners.
Our founding Board of Trustees, 1983: (Front) Drs. John Forsythe, William Ewell, Warren Gwartney, Logan Spann, Herbert Orr (Back) Drs. Leslie Walls, Emil Childers, Hugh Nicholas, Joseph Salamy, Charles Lilly, John Keown, Harlan Thomas, Curtis Clifton
Family Medicine became a recognized medical specialty a few years after the hospital was built. The vision, commitment and advocacy of our founders contributed to continuing advancements in this important are of practice, to launching the careers of skilled physicians, and to improving health care for so many in the Tulsa Community.
Doctors' Hospital was sold on September 29, 1983. Founders of Doctors' Hospital, Inc, a non-profit corporation, was established with the proceeds of the sale to continue the charitable contributions of these dedicated family physicians.
OFFICE
4138 S. Harvard Ave., C-3
Tulsa, OK 74135
918.743.3525
Grant Prerequisites
• A non-profit 501(c) (3) organization serving the Tulsa community within a 75 mile radius.
• Requests should be for one-time needs that will be acquired/completed within twelve months of receiving the grant.
• Generally, no consideration is given to requests for operating, salary, or maintenance expenses; reimbursement of expenditures made prior to receipt to of the grant request; travel or trips, improvements to property owned by another entity; funding that benefits another entity, churches, capital campaigns, loans multi-year commitments, endowments; or entities with program service ratios less than 75%.
Request for Grant Guidelines: Call 918-743-3525
Online request form is down for repair.
A request for Guidelines is not a Grant Proposal. Guidelines will be mailed.
Deadlines for completed grant proposals are February 1st and August 1st