Levels and Benefits
All Founders Society members are listed in the donor honor roll and receive invitations to special events, and Newport Hospital’s Community Lecture Series.
Founders Society members of $7,500 and above receive an invitation to enroll in Newport Hospital Foundation's Donor Amenity Program: Friend of the Foundation. Call 401-845-4339 or click here to learn more.
1873 Society
($250 - $499)
Honors the year Newport Hospital was established as a 12-bed cottage hospital.
MacLaurin Society
($500 - $999)
In honor of the revered nursing superintendent Janet MacLaurin and the building named for her that served as the physical location of the Newport Hospital School of Nursing from 1910-1990.
Corcoran Family Circle
($1,000 - $2,499)
Honors a Newport family whose members have been advocates and supporters of Newport Hospital for three generations.
The Rovensky Society
($2,500-$4,999)
Pays tribute to John Rovensky who provided funds in memory of his wife, Mae Cadwell Rovensky, for construction of the Rovensky Building, completed in 1962.
The Vanderbilt Society
($5,000-$9,999)
Honors Cornelius Vanderbilt, whose wife contributed funds for the Vanderbilt Building, opened in 1903, with the hospital’s first maternity and pediatric units.
Henry Ledyard Society
($10,000-$24,999)
Honors the original founder of Newport Hospital, who led a subscription drive to build the original hospital “for the sick and injured who are unable to obtain, at home, the care and attention they need.”
General John A. Hazard Society
($25,000-$49,999)
Honors an early benefactor who left large tracts of land now known as Ocean Drive, Second Beach and Sachuest Point to the hospital.
The Ellen Mason Society
($50,000 and above)
Created to recognize the earliest advocate for building a hospital in Newport, who started the successful movement to raise funds for its construction in 1873.
