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About Us
Filling Healthcare Needs
Around the Globe
The F.I.N.N. Foundation (Filling International and National Needs) is committed to delivering compassionate, life-changing healthcare to those in need—locally, nationally, and internationally. Since our founding, we have sought to close critical gaps in medical care, reaching underserved individuals with essential services they might not otherwise receive.
Our Story
The F.I.N.N. Foundation was born out of two simultaneous acts of compassion. When Dr. Finn learned of a young local man, Chad, who lacked access to urgent medical care, he stepped in to help—galvanizing support from patients, colleagues, and the community.
At the same time, Dr. Finn organized his first surgical medical mission to Guatemala. The incredible impact of both efforts, and the overwhelming support they received, inspired Dr. Finn and his wife, Tamra, to create a foundation dedicated to serving those with the greatest need.
Since then, the F.I.N.N. Foundation has proudly completed 10 surgical medical missions to Guatemala, providing critical operations and post-operative care to individuals who would otherwise go untreated. These trips have become a cornerstone of our work—bringing not only medical expertise but also hope to families and communities in remote areas.
completed missions
2026 marks the first year we will expand to two trips per year
– February 21-27
– November 14-20
Coming Next
2026 marks the first year we will expand to two trips per year
– February 21-27
– November 14-20
Our Ongoing Commitment
While our international missions continue to grow, we remain deeply invested in helping those closer to home. Whether supporting patients who fall through the cracks of insurance systems or funding treatments not covered by government programs, we strive to be a safety net for our neighbors in need.
Where Your Contributions Go
Thanks to our all-volunteer staff, 100% of donations go directly to patient care. Contributions help us provide medicines, medical devices, surgical supplies, and treatment services. Every dollar helps change lives—across borders, across cultures, and across communities.
We are proud to serve without discrimination—providing equitable care regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, or religious affiliation. Funds are distributed as needs arise, under the direction of our dedicated board of directors.
A Lasting Impact Through Partnership
Our ongoing partnership with The Shalom Foundation and their surgical hospital, The Moore Pediatric Surgery Center in Guatemala City, is essential to the long-term success of our mission work.
While our medical teams are on the ground for a focused, weeklong surgical mission, our commitment to patients extends far beyond that. Thanks to The Moore Center’s dedicated staff and facilities, every patient we treat has access to post-operative care, recovery support, and long-term follow-up. This ensures that healing continues well after surgery—and long after we return home.
This partnership transforms what could be a one-time intervention into a continuum of care—one that offers our patients real hope and a stronger future.
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Chad’s Story
Local Service
TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc)
The F.I.N.N. Foundation continuously strives to further help our local community. We partnered with TROSA to help the graduating residents of their two year program. The purpose of their program is to give people more than sobriety – it is to give them the tools they need to rebuild their lives and maintain their sobriety when they leave TROSA. Key elements of our program include vocational training, education, peer counseling/mentoring, leadership training, and aftercare. The F.I.N.N. Foundation helps graduating residents improve their self-esteem through healing the emotional and physical scars of their past. We provide services such as scar revision, tattoo and gang symbol removal, and excisions of moles and cysts. We enjoy helping members in our own local communities as well as people abroad.
Past Missions
6th annual mission trip to Guatemala
In February 2019, Dr. Finn, his wife Tamra, and his carefully constructed team of doctors, nurses, and surgical techs went on their 6th annual mission trip to Guatemala.
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This year they operated out of The Moore Pediatric Surgical Center in Guatemala City. The Moore Center was established by a non-profit group out of Tennessee called The Shalom Foundation.
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This clinic hosts medical mission trips year-round providing surgeries for children that address the desperate medical and health needs of poor children in Guatemala.
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They provide surgeries for children that span 10 different specialties. The FINN Foundation team performed 50 surgeries including repair of microtia (ear), cleft lip and palate, nasal fractures, facial soft tissue injuries, and various other procedures caused by congenital deformities. All the work is done pro bono. They also collaborate with the local medical specialists and donate supplies and medications.
In November 2018, Dr. Finn took a small medical team to Jacmel, Haiti. This was Dr. Finn’s first medical trip to Haiti. There is an overwhelming demand for medical care from coast to coast in Haiti.
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Dr. Finn and his team performed a wide variety of surgical procedures. The clinic where they operated had a limited amount of electricity that could be used each day.
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