The Emergency Fund

The Emergency Fund

Mission: To provide financial support to employees of affiliated senior healthcare organizations who face emergency financial hardship.

Geographic Scope

• Employees of affiliated senior healthcare organizations (U.S.-based)

Eligible Situations

Examples of eligible emergency financial needs include:
• Personal or family crisis involving emergency financial need
• Unexpected medical expenses exceeding insurance provisions resulting in economic hardship
• Unexpected funeral expenses exceeding insurance provisions resulting in economic hardship
• Uninsured loss due to fire or natural disaster resulting in economic hardship

Focus Areas

Types of assistance provided:
• Emergency financial support for personal crises
• Medical and funeral expense assistance
• Disaster relief (fire, natural disasters)
• Help for employees facing unexpected hardship

Eligibility

• Employees of affiliated senior healthcare organizations
• Those experiencing emergency financial need
• Must demonstrate economic hardship from crisis situations

Background

The Emergency Fund has helped numerous employees including:
• Families dealing with loss of children or spouses
• Employees with medical emergencies requiring extended hospital stays
• Employees who lost homes to fire and needed assistance rebuilding
• Single grandparents caring for children affected by disaster
• Parents with unexpected complications from childbirth

The fund is described as "a way of helping employees whose lives are turned upside down by tragedy."

Contact Information

Elevate Charities
• Address: 29222 Rancho Viejo Rd., Suite 127, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
• Phone: (866) 256-7220
• Email: ddeheras@ElevateCharities.org
• Tax ID: #26-3458040 (IRS Code 501c3)
• Website: elevatecharities.org