About us
The Rotunda Foundation is the official fundraising arm for the Rotunda Hospital. We raise funds to support the outstanding care delivered at the Hospital. Donations fund additional vital equipment, family and baby care initiatives and research.
Established in 1745 by Bartholomew Mosse, The Rotunda Hospital is the World’s first Maternity Training Hospital. A ballroom ‘rotunda’, function rooms and pleasure gardens, were built on site to fund the maternity care of Dublin’s poorest women.
Today, with 10,000 babies born per annum, the Rotunda Hospital remains the Maternity Hospital of Choice. Through the Rotunda Foundation the charitable arm of the Hospital, donations to the charity provide funding for vital equipment, research and infrastructure that makes exceptional maternity care possible.
We believe that access to quality maternity and newborn service is a right and makes a vital contribution to the well-being of both individuals and communities.
The values that guide us are;
- Sustainability
- Professionalism
- Transparency
- Efficiency
We encourage;
- Philanthropy
- Innovation
- Compassion
- Hard Work