Collaborations with established partners help MMA Foundation reach beneficiaries and extend and amplify the impact of MMAF’s grants and programs.
The Mayo Foundation provides the mechanism for delivering MMA Foundation scholarships to medical students at Mayo Medical School.
State and federal programs managed by ORHPC help bring health care to underserved communities. MMAF provides additional funding that takes advantage of ORHPC’s existing infrastructure and extends the reach of ORHPC programs including the Rural Physician Loan Forgiveness Program and the Minnesota State Loan Repayment Program. These programs help bring physicians to practice in medically underserved communities throughout Minnesota.
Minnesota’s Future Doctors
An MMA Foundation grant to Minnesota’s Future Doctors helps outstanding college pre-med students from underserved communities succeed in college, build supportive relationships with peers and mentors and prepare for admission to medical schools. Minnesota’s Future Doctors was created by Mayo and University of Minnesota medical schools to identify, assist and attract outstanding students from underserved urban and rural communities. Their website
www.mnfuturedocs.com was created and is operated by participating students.
MMAF is the charitable foundation of the Minnesota Medical Association. Related in origin and history, and having organizational links to the MMA, MMAF is incorporated as a separate 501(c)(3) organization.
Not to be confused with MMAF, MMF is associated with the University of Minnesota, and supports the university’s medical school and its other medical training and research programs. MMF provides the mechanism for delivering MMAF scholarships to medical students at the university’s Twin Cities and Duluth campuses and is the conduit for MMAF support for Minnesota’s Future Doctors.
Those generous individuals and organizations who support the MMA Foundation with their financial contributions are also important partners in the work of the MMA Foundation. Their support is essential to furthering the programs of the MMA Foundation. We appreciate their contributions and recognize each one by name in our list of Contributors.
Future Partnerships
MMAF is actively engaged in building collaborative programs with foundations, health care systems and other public and private entities that share MMAF goals to expand access to health care in underserved communities and provide essential financial support for medical students.