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Emergency funds for Lincoln County residents with a terminal diagnosis. You do not need to be enrolled in hospice to apply, and applications are reviewed quickly.
See if you qualifyRuidoso Hospice Foundation
No family in Lincoln County should face the end of life alone, or without help.
Since 2002 we have paid for medications, hospice and home-health care, medical equipment, heating, travel and other urgent costs so families can focus on being together.
Butterfly Release
Our annual celebration of life on Saturday, August 15, 2026 at White Mountain Meadows Pavilion. Reserve a butterfly to release in memory of someone you love.
Event detailsGive locally
Every dollar stays in Lincoln County. Your gift goes directly to families in their hardest days, through a volunteer board with no paid staff.
Make a donationHow we help
Small amounts of money, exactly when they matter most.
End-of-life care brings costs that arrive all at once: prescriptions, a hospital bed at home, firewood for a cold winter, the gas to bring a daughter home from out of state. The Foundation covers those costs for families who have exhausted their other resources.
We are a local 501(c)(3) governed by a volunteer board of Lincoln County residents. Every qualified applicant in recent years has received assistance.
Learn how it works- 2002Helping Lincoln County families since
- 90 daysCounty residency needed to qualify
- 100%Of qualified applicants helped in recent years
We have funds to help.
Do you know someone in Lincoln County who needs help with costs during hospice care? Applications are reviewed quickly so we can help with immediate needs.
This year's event is sponsored by
Mortgage Pro, First Security & Investigations, Conley's Nursery & Landscaping, Shuttle Ruidoso, R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation, Presbyterian Lincoln County Medical Center, Mirau Capital Management.