The Mary Free Bed Fund is a corporation owned by the Mary Free Bed Guild, which also owns Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital.
The Mary Free Bed Fund is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to support the hospital and other community agencies serving the physically disabled. The MFB Fund acts much like a foundation in that it provides monies to the entities it chooses to support based on meeting certain criteria.
Established in 1986, the MFB Fund was initially established by a contribution of approximately $4 million from the Mary Free Bed Guild.The fund receives its income from condominium tenant leases, investment earnings, and an annual distribution from the Sackner Foundation. The Sackner Foundation monies are specially designated for services to children. A board of 14 directors governs the fund.
The Mary Free Bed Fund supports the hospital as well as a variety of community agencies and individuals who work with the physically disabled. Among the community projects supported last year were:
- Alliance for Health
- Alternatives in Motion
- American Heart Association
- BLINK
- Bikes for the Rest of Us
- Bike Helmet Safety Program
- Brain Injury Resource Center
- Center for Limb Differences
- Cherry Street Health Services
- Conductive Learning Center
- Equestrian Center
- Fifth Third River Bank Run
- Wheelchair Division
- Girl Scouts of Michigan
- Grand Rapids Center for
- Independent Living
- GRCC Diversity Learning Center
- Grand Rapids Eagles
- Grand Rapids Wheelchair Sports Association
- Heroes Program
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- Indian Trails Camp
- Junior Challenge Golf
- Junior Pacers
- Junior Paralympic Games
- Ken-O-Sha Playground
- Kent County Early-On Program
- KCMSA Foundation
- Kent Special Riding Program
- Living Light Dance Company
- Michigan Wheelchair Athletic Association
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- Pediatric Art Program
- Pediatric PT Fellowship
- Ronald McDonald House
- Sled Wings Hockey Team
- West Michigan Spina Bifida Association
- Wheelchair Sports Camp
- YMCA
- YWCA of Grand Rapids
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For more information regarding the Mary Free Bed Fund or for a special requests application, please call 616.242.0403.
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