Mission & History

Mission

Our mission is to inform, connect and support efforts to improve the health of individuals and communities in Arizona.

In all that we do, St. Luke’s Health Initiatives seeks to be a catalyst for community health.

History

St. Luke’s Health Initiatives (SLHI) has been an Arizona nonprofit corporation since 1907. For most of its existence, SLHI operated one or more hospitals in the Phoenix metropolitan area, including St. Luke’s Medical Center and St. Luke’s Behavioral Health Center in Phoenix, Arizona and Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital in Tempe, Arizona. In 1995 SLHI sold all of its hospital facilities to OrNda HealthCorp. At the time of this transaction, SLHI was known as St. Luke’s Health System. In connection with the transaction, SLHI changed its name to St. Luke’s Charitable Health Trust, and then changed its name to St. Luke’s Health Initiatives in 2000.

Since selling its hospital facilities, SLHI has used its financial assets to fund charitable activities and engage in public education activities as determined by the Board of Trustees following a study of community health needs and broad citizen input. Even though SLHI no longer operates a hospital system, its activities and community initiatives continue to be focused on the same principles of excellence, service and volunteerism that have characterized the St. Luke’s tradition since 1907.