ABH | The Foundation

50+ Years of Caring for the Health of our Community

ABH l The Foundation is a physician-led philanthropic organization that strives to improve the health and well-being of the community through strategic initiatives. Known as the Twin Cities Medical Society Foundation before September 2022, ABH | The Foundation was formed in 1968 with the inaugural project immunizing 735,000 Minnesota children through the Mass Rubella Immunization Project. 

Today the Foundation’s priorities are to provide funding to organizations serving the health needs of our underserved residents and engaging in activities to improve public health.

History
Funding for ABH | The Foundation has come through various donations, including, most notably, the legacy of Dr. Eduard Boeckmann, a man remembered for his charitable contributions to medicine and unimpeachable character to practice, and for the development of surgical catgut treated with pyoktanin. The manufacture and proceeds from this suture were donated to the Ramsey County Medical Society to support and cover the expense of a medical library. Following the library's closing, these funds were transferred to the Boeckmann Fund, maintained today by ABH | The Foundation.   

Foundation’s Priorities

1) Provide funding to organizations serving the health needs of our underserved residents and engaging in activities to improve public health, such as the Phillips Neighborhood Clinic;

2) Since 1989, the Foundation sponsors an annual scholarship to a University of Minnesota Medical Student traditionally underrepresented in medicine - including Black, Indigenous, people of color, LGBTQ+, and students with disabilities - for excellence in leadership, service, and advocacy in health care; and 

3) First awarded in 1952, the Foundation proudly selects a candidate for the prestigous Charles Bolles Bolles-Rogers Award nominated by their colleagues at Twin Cities area hospitals and clinics for contributions to medical research, achievement, or leadership in medicine. 

To continue this important physician-let philanthropic work, we invite you to make a tax-deductible donation. Your contribution will support the Foundation’s mission to help local organizations improve the health and well-being of the community. If you wish to designate your gift, please include a brief note.