PATIENT CARE
Each year UNC Health delivers more than 4 million doctor’s office visits, 700,000 emergency department visits, and 170,000 hospitalizations, reflecting an unmatched scale of service across North Carolina.
These numbers reflect more than the scale of care delivered; they demonstrate a commitment to expanding access, advancing quality, and delivering compassionate, patient-centered care in every community.
Across this full spectrum of care, there are opportunities to enhance and extend what exists, and to go beyond what is expected—easing barriers for families, introducing innovative therapies for patients, and increasing outreach to communities. This is where philanthropy makes a meaningful difference.
4 M
Doctor’s office visits
700 K
Emergency department visits
170 K
Hospitalizations
DONOR-INSPIRED, IMPACT-DRIVEN CARE
Philanthropic support advances this work by funding the programs, structure, and innovations that advance health and change lives.
We work closely with donors to turn their personal stories, values, and aspirations into meaningful points of impact, creating funds that support exceptional care while reflecting what matters most to them. Donors power new possibilities, bringing forward new treatments, places, and programs that might not otherwise exist.
See what’s possible when
compassionate care and generosity
come together.
A CENTER BUILT FOR HEALING
For 17 years, the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health has transformed lives through comprehensive care for individuals living with severe mental illness. A national model, the Center extends beyond traditional clinical care with specialized treatment for first-episode psychosis and schizophrenia, integrated primary care, supported employment, innovative recovery programs, and the Tiny Homes Village, where 15 permanent homes provide stable housing paired with treatment and recovery services.
More than 3,000 donor gifts have sustained and expanded this work, and in 2025, a major gift from the Lamont family helped ensure the Village continues to support residents and foster community.
ACCELERATING RESEARCH, HONORING A LEGACY
Through the Marshall Insley Classic, a dedicated community of donors is accelerating progress in cancer research, raising more than $3 million in just four years to support the Marshall Insley Cancer Research Fund at UNC Health and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. As colorectal cancer rates rise among younger patients, this philanthropic support is helping advance new approaches to understanding and treating the disease—while honoring a legacy and bringing hope to future patients and families.
BRINGING CARE CLOSER
TO HOME
A new mobile hearing and speech unit from UNC Health is expanding access to care for children across North Carolina, delivering critical services directly to communities where distance and access have long been barriers and ensuring timely diagnosis and early intervention. For donors like Linda Cook, whose grandson thrived because of early care, this work is deeply personal—and through the Cook‑Maciejewski Family Fund, her family is helping extend that same opportunity to more children, giving them the chance to be heard, to communicate, and to succeed.