About us: Community Relations

The UW Health Community Relations Program facilitates and enhances UW Health’s connections to the community it serves. This includes directing charitable giving, reporting community benefit and serving as liaison between the health system and community members and partners.

Connecting to the community

Charitable giving

UW Health funds many community partners whose work aligns with our community health improvement and social impact priorities. Community Relations partners with Social Impact and Belonging, Population Health and many other departments to coordinate our community giving and partnerships. To inquire about a donation please contact communityrelations@uwhealth.org.

We do not provide donations to:

  • Individuals or teams

  • Schools, parent-teacher organizations or academic competitions

  • Third-party events

Living our mission

Community benefit

UW Health provides more than $325 million in total community benefits annually. This financial assistance to patients, workforce development programs, community health education, support groups and medication assistance.

In the community

Employee participation

Community Relations provides support to our annual employee campaigns, including for Friends of UW Health. Additionally, each year, our employees give back through several drives benefitting local partners.

Contact us

We're here for you

  • Sara Eskrich, Director, Community Relations

  • Annie Bockhop, Program Director, Community Relations and Social Impact

  • Sami Clausen-Ruppert, Coordinator, Community Relations

  • Email: communityrelations@uwhealth.org