Capital Campaign for a New Altrusa Hospitality House
Keeping Families Together When It Matters Most
About Us
Since 1989, Altrusa Hospitality House has given families a place to stay in Green Bay while someone they love receives medical care. We provide a home away from home for families who travel to Green Bay for medical care, and for patients during treatment or after discharge. This restorative environment is offered at low cost or no cost to guests who meet eligibility criteria
Comfort. Kindness. Community.
Demand Has Outgrown the House
Specialty care continues to concentrate in Green Bay, where hospitals now serve an area far larger than Brown County; more patients travel here for treatment than ever before. Somewhere to stay is one of the non-medical barriers that decides whether a family can be present through treatment, which is why lodging is part of Brown County’s Pathways to Healthcare work. Requests for a room keep climbing, and Altrusa Hospitality House has operated with the same twelve rooms since 2001, last year, turning away more families than were served.
rural Wisconsin hospitals closed since 2012
19
4 in 10
adults in our region will be over 70 by 2024
838
families sought a room in 2025
385
families turned away due to lack of space
Whatever the need is today, it’s going to be greater moving forward.
– Thomas Miller, President, Aurora Baycare Medical Center
The Plan
A new 47-room home on a new site will join the original house to bring Altrusa Hospitality House to 59 rooms near the hospitals.
Having had four surgeries in the past seven months, Altrusa House has saved us a lot of overnight costs. There was only one time when we could not stay during surgery. Guess they were full.
– A guest, 2024
The Investment
$18 million
Your gift builds the new house, furnishes it, and helps keep stays affordable for families who can’t pay.
Naming Opportunities
| Spaces | Range |
|---|---|
| The Building | $5,000,000 |
| Signature Spaces (the Campus, the Playground, and the Welcome Center) | $1,000,000 to $3,000,000 |
| Gathering and Program Spaces (the Library, Kitchen, Board Room, and Fitness Space) | $250,000 to $750,000 |
| Guest and Family Spaces (Suites, Family Rooms, and Alcoves) | $10,000 to $50,000 |
| Places for Everyone (paving stones, engraved bricks, and the Community Wall) | $100 to $5,000 |
What Your Gift Makes Possible
Your gift will enable more patients and families to stay together and close to the care when they need it most.
Beyond the Build
The new house is designed to earn its keep. Leased space, rental suites for traveling medical professionals, and an endowment join together to cover operating costs.
Our Impact to Date
Since 1989
keeping families close
$500,000
saved by families in 2025
807
guests welcomed in 2025
say their stay improved their quality of life
98%
My husband had open heart surgery, and if it weren’t for the Altrusa Hospitality House, I wouldn’t have been able to stay in Green Bay and be with him.
– A guest, 2024
Stories from our House
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Jack’s Story at Altrusa Hospitality House
Our Partners
We work alongside the region’s health systems, and leaders from those systems serve on our board. The Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, a long-term supporter of our mission, receives and stewards all campaign gifts.
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Full Case for Support
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Financial Sustainability
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Impact Report
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Naming Options
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Annie Bongiorno, Executive Director
1116 E. Mason Street, Green Bay, WI 54301
A home away from home since 1989.