About Us

Ascension Providence Foundation

Since 1993, Providence Foundation has worked with our generous philanthropic community to invest in the health of Central Texans by supporting Ascension Providence’s mission and ministry. We work to secure philanthropic gifts from generous benefactors to assist Ascension Providence in its pursuit of excellent and innovative healthcare. Our initiatives reflect our commitment to faith-based healthcare and the tradition of the Daughters of Charity for quality, respectful, reliable and compassionate services.

Ascension’s Mission

Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually centered holistic care which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities. We are advocates for a compassionate and just society through our actions and our words.

Our Impact

  • More than $43 million raised since 1993
  • Serve 8 Counties and over 430,000 friends and neighbors
  • Provides over $22 million in charity care each year
  • Offers a full continuum of care with 30 clinics (including 3 Express Care Clinics), a mental health facility, a full service senior living facility, our Breast Health Center, an advanced MRI Center as well as our acute care hospital
  • Over 15,000 mammograms performed and 1,000 babies delivered each year
  • Leader in heart health with more than 10,000 open heart surgeries, 100 TAVR procedures and 50 Watchman Device Implants

Our History

For more than 116 years, Ascension Providence has sought to serve Central Texas by providing the best healthcare possible right here at home. Since 1993, the Ascension Providence Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the hospital, has secured over $43 million through generous donations to invest in the future of healthcare for our community. It is our goal to bring the most skilled clinicians as well as the most advanced healthcare to Waco, allowing our friends and neighbors to get the best care right here at home.

The Ascension Providence Foundation was founded in 1993 to assist Ascension Providence in its commitment to serve all persons in the community through spiritually centered, holistic care. We serve as the philanthropic arm of Ascension Providence today, raising funds and awareness within the community in order to operate and advance Ascension Providence’s mission and ministry.

Ascension Providence Foundation Team

Jana Whitaker
Executive Director
(254) 751-4640
[email protected]

Paige Corley
Director of Annual Giving
(254) 751-4717
[email protected]

Robyn Trippe
Director of Development
(254) 751-4490
[email protected]

Our Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Sloan Kuehl, Chairman
The First National Bank of Central Texas

Gary Young, Immediate Past Chairman
TYMCO, Inc.

Scott Rogers, Vice Chairman
Alliance Bank Central Texas

Kitty Tunmire, Secretary
RET-KAT Foundation

Brian Bivona, Treasurer
Jaynes, Reitmeier, Boyd & Therrell, P.C.

Johnny Mankin*
Retired, Time Warner Cable

Philip Patterson
Ascension Providence President

Ed Page
Retired, H-E-B

Miguel Romano
Ascension Texas Foundation’s President

Board Members 

Bosibori Amoro, M.D.
AMG Providence Pediatrics 

Penny Aynesworth*
Community Volunteer, Philanthropist

Chris DeCluitt
The Sovereign Corporation

Virginia DuPuy*
Dupuy Oxygen & Supply

Trish Griffin
Kelly, Realtors

Cindy Hayes*
Higginbotham & Associates

Suzanne Hack
Sheehy, Lovelace & Mayfield, P.C.

Rusty Haferkamp
Central National Bank

Kent Keahey*
Retired, Ascension Providence President

Rodney Kroll*
Texas First Agency

Tim Martindale, M.D.*
Martindale Family Medicine Clinic

Diane McEachern*
Retired, UBS Financial

Kelly Meier
Dispute Resolution Center

Branch Musil
Wooddale Development

Al Pollard, Sr.
McLennan Community College

Elisa Dillard Rainey
Rainey & Rainey, Attorneys at Law, LP

Margaret Ratliff
Community Volunteer

Rodney Richie, M.D.*
Retired, Palliative Care, Ascension Providence

Charles Shoultz, Jr., M.D.*
Retired, Waco Cardiology Associates

Shawn Skeen, M.D.
Waco Radiology

Kim Stevens
Blue Scout Media

Jeff R. White, M.D.
Waco Radiology

Melli Wickliff
Attorney

Gloria Young*
Community Volunteer

*Life Member