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Renown Health Foundation offers philanthropic programs and services that reach beyond the hospital's walls into our community, bringing education, comfort, healing and life-saving care to people in need.

Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals

Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals is a nonprofit organization that raises funds for children's hospitals in the U.S. and Canada that support the health of 10 million children each year across the U.S. and Canada.

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Leadership Giving

The Leadership Giving campaign inspires others and sparks meaningful change. Every gift, big or small, stays local and supports our mission.

Leading the Charge

Renown Health leadership and Board pose at the T5 ribbon cutting event

Employee Giving

Our Employee Giving Program empowers staff to make a difference, funding advanced equipment, research, community health initiatives, and professional training.

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Renown Employees Who Participate in Employee Giving Program

Fianna’s Healing Garden

Fianna’s Healing Garden is a peaceful outdoor space at Renown Regional Medical Center. It was created to honor Fianna Dickson Combs, a local businesswoman, gardener, and advocate for healing environments.

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Fianna’s Healing Garden: A peaceful outdoor space at Renown Regional Medical Center

Sophie's Place

Sophie’s Place is a music therapy room created in memory of Sophie Barton, a young singer-songwriter who passed away too soon. Inspired by Sophie’s life and supported by her loving family, this special space is designed to bring comfort and peace to young patients through the healing power of music.

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Sophie's Place opening celebrated by Renown Leadership and affiliates

Foundation News

Senior Care Plus member Amy Hebel-Brenner smiles for a photo outside.

Meet Sterling Silver Club's Amy Hebel-Brenner

When you meet Amy Hebel-Brenner – who you may recognize on the front cover of the 2025 Senior Care Plus Best Start Booklet – you are immediately greeted with a warm smile. Behind that smile is a passion for family, mental health, the great outdoors and leaving the world a better place.

Two photos of Ava, bone sarcoma patient, side by side before and after chemotherapy.

Ava's Story: Fighting Cancer Close to Home

It started with a sore knee. Ava was 17, a senior at Bishop Manogue High School in Reno. She played soccer for all four years. Fast, focused, and competitive.

From the Brink of Loss to a New Beginning: The Sloan Family’s ECMO Journey

It was the Fourth of July 2024, but for the Sloan family, there were no fireworks or festivities. Instead, Megan Sloan stood by her husband Darrin’s bedside in the intensive care unit at Renown Regional Medical Center, watching machines take over while monitoring his fragile condition. Just a week earlier, Darrin, a devoted father, husband and retired sergeant with the Carson City Sherif’s Office, had been full of energy. Now, he was fighting for his life.

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