Arkansas Business

Linda Stringfellow

The Share Foundation, primarily an operating foundation, seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people in south Arkansas. Its creation, in 1996, arose out of an agreement between the Medical Center of South Arkansas and what is now Community Health Systems. Share had assets of $68.5 million as of Dec. 31, 2009. Its programs include hospice care; chaplaincy services to the Medical Center of South Arkansas; the Pride Youth Programs, which work toward the development of healthy, drug-free youth; and a medical clinic that serves low-income patients.