Qlarant Foundation Continues Westward Expansion to Include Mission of Mercy in Texas
As part of the 2025 Grant Cycle, Qlarant Foundation expanded grants into the state of Texas. One of the first grants provided was a $20,000 grant to Missions of Mercy, Inc (MoM). The funds are intended to support their mission of healing through love and restoring dignity through assistance of free health care. This organization seeks to provide free medical, vision, dental, and mental health care, as well as medication assistance and education to those who are uninsured, underserved, or working poor so they can remain healthy, self-sufficient, and able to work. Their loving and individualized health care is provided by both paid medical professionals, as well as volunteers.
MoM was founded in 1992 as an independent, 501(c)(3), nonsectarian, community-based organization. They have since grown to impact the lives of thousands of individuals in search of quality health care in their time of need. “Our founders saw a need to help the uninsured, underserved health care population who worked, did not have health insurance, and did not qualify for public assistance such as Medicare and Medicaid,” said Sherry Bowers, Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive (ACFRE) for MoM. “These were people often described as Falling through the cracks in our healthcare system.”
They are the underserved healthcare population who have no other choice for healthcare other than hospital emergency departments. Without MoM’s help, these individuals would often go without care, visit hospital emergency departments for treatment that would otherwise easily be provided in a primary care physician’s office, or wait until their condition reaches an emergency status.
MoM operates independent clinic programs in the Maryland/Pennsylvania border area, Phoenix, and portions of South Texas in and around Corpus Christi. “[Mission of Mercy Medical Center] differs from other organizations treating low- and moderate-income patients in that: (1) We never charge for services; (2) we do not accept government funding; and (3) we do not serve the same population as other free clinics. We serve people who qualify for Medicare, Medicaid, and other public assistance programs.”
Currently, MoM has over 3,000 patients who rely on them as their main form of health care. Annually, they strive to provide over 3500 free patient visits and an estimated $300,000 in free prescription medications provided by patient assistance programs that work hand-in-hand with MoM. All of this is funded by the generosity of donors and not trough government funding. This keeps individuals from having to fulfill the requirement of collecting lack of income information to “prove their poverty,” a process that “repeated continually while seeking services, strips people of their dignity,” according to Bowers.
Through Qlarant Foundation’s generosity, funding for MoM will continue to support its longstanding commitment to providing compassionate, high-quality health care to individuals who might otherwise go without care. Together, the organizations are working to improve health outcomes, strengthen communities, and ensure that vulnerable populations have access to the medical services they need to live healthy and productive lives.
