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MPF Mission Statement
The Mission of the Michigan Pharmacy Foundation is to advance pharmacy, pharmacy education and research, and to promote pharmacy practice to the highest level of patient care … consistent with our "Commitment to Quality"

The Michigan Pharmacy Foundation was established as an initiative of the Michigan Pharmacists Association in 1992. Directing the fund-raising activities and programs of the Foundation is a Board of Trustees whose members are leaders in Michigan pharmacy.

The Foundation was established for the primary purpose of advancing the practice of pharmacy through education and practice innovation and research, focused on pharmaceutical care … for the improvement and promotion of public health and public education.

MPF Goals include:

• Pharmaceutical care.
  This concept will be analyzed through academic review of the following target areas specified by the Board of Trustees: Demonstration projects focusing on community and hospital pharmacy practice, including coordination of care services.
• Professional and Public Relations
  Special projects focused on advancing the professional image of pharmacists to the general public.
• Commissioned Studies
  Collaborative studies with colleges of pharmacy to advance the professional and economic aspects of pharmacy practice.
• Pharmacists’ Self-Study Program
  Directed self-study program aimed at pharmacists who temporarily lease active practice for a period of time. Special certificate programs for pharmacists, including self-study.

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Grant Awards
MPF grant monies are available to pharmacy professionals, including MPA members, practice sections and component organizations, to assist in achieving these goals. Grant requests are reviewed in January and July each year and should be directed to MPF Board Chairman Andrew Young, 815 North Washington Avenue, Lansing, MI 48906. The requesting document should include specific objectives, background and significance, project design and methods, a timetable for completion (or indicate that it will be ongoing), listing of key personnel, other financial supporters, and a detailed project budget with an exact amount of grant monies being requested from MPF. View more information on making a grant request.

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Giving
Foundation Gifting will provide Michigan pharmacy with an arena for bridging the gap between theory and innovative practice data gathering. Our Michigan pharmacists’ "Commitment to Quality" through their "Gifts of Caring" will illuminate the way for future generations of pharmacists in their never-ending quest for knowledge, direction and purpose.

One hundred percent of all contributions (gifting) to the Foundation is used for these identified goals and objectives. Gifting provides the opportunity to advance pharmacy in Michigan in many ways, which are beyond the scope of an association such as the Michigan Pharmacists Association.

A contemporary illustration of the time-heralded mortar & pestle is prominently incorporated in the stationery masthead of the Michigan Pharmacy Foundation, as well as its categories of gifting, representing the bridge between the mission of the Foundation and the mission of pharmacists providing essential pharmacy services to their patients with a commitment to quality.

Since the appearance of pharmacy as a profession, independent from medicine/physicians in Europe in the late Middle Ages, pharmacists have been depicted using the mortar and pestle. Among both the profession and the public at large, the mortar & pestle continues to graphically represent the art of pharmacy, the pharmacist’s unique knowledge of medications and their uses, and the commitment to quality care by pharmacists subscribing to professional practice standards.The mortar & pestle graphically illustrates the personal attention, service and patient care that is the standard of pharmacy excellence.

Similarly, the Foundation adopted the mortar & pestle to reflect its commitment to advance gifting by pharmacists who share these goals, and in turn dedicate these collective resources exclusively to special programs which specifically advance quality care standards through practice innovation in collaboration with colleges of pharmacy, and through public education programs.

Your commitment to advance pharmacy in Michigan is demonstrated by your gifting to the Foundation … much like the mortar and pestle has been pharmacy’s historical symbol of commitment recognized by the general public.

The following Gifting & Caring schedule or categories have been established to recognize pharmacists who contribute for the advancement of Michigan Pharmacy … as a "Commitment to Quality"

• Founders Club
  $1,000 in a single contribution will be recorded as a charter member of the Foundation. Enrollment will be limited to 100 members.
• Diamond Mortar & Pestle Club
  Cumulative donations of $10,000 or more
• Platinum Mortar & Pestle Club
  Cumulative donations of $5,000-$9,999
• Gold Mortar & Pestle Club
  Cumulative donations of $1,000-$4,999
• Silver Mortar & Pestle Club
  Cumulative donations of $500-$999
• Bronze Mortar & Pestle Club
  Cumulative donations of $100-$499
• Contributor's Club
  Cumulative donations less than $100

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