Regional One Health Foundation Director of Philanthropy Jared Bulluck recently was recognized with the “40 under 40” award from the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy.
This prestigious national award recognizes Bulluck’s work to secure grants and donations for the lifesaving work at Regional One Health.
Bulluck says he is humbled by the honor and by the chance to support the miracle workers who care for patients at Regional One Health, and he looks forward to continue generating awareness and support as Regional One Health builds a new campus.
For Regional One Health Foundation Director of Philanthropy Jared Bulluck, working to obtain grants and donations isn’t just about supporting the hospital – it’s about supporting miracles.
“Everyone who works at Regional One Health is a miracle worker,” Bulluck said. “It’s amazing to see how passionate our clinicians are about what they do. Working for the Foundation is an opportunity to help them get the support they need to save more lives.”
Regional One Health Foundation Director of Philanthropy Jared Bulluck has been recognized with the “40 Under 40” award from the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy.
Those efforts are now being recognized on a national scale: Bulluck was recently named to the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy’s prestigious “40 under 40” list for 2026.
“This is a national award, and highly prestigious,” said Sam McCrimmon, Vice President for Development. “I know that I can speak for several of us when we shake our heads in disbelief at all that Jared has accomplished and all the good that he has done for Regional One Health and Memphis at such a young age.”
For Bulluck, a career in development is a chance to use the experience and skills he has gained over the years to make a positive difference in the community.
While attending University of Memphis, he participated in the Memphis Institute for Leadership Education (MILE), which led to internships at Leadership Memphis and MPACT Memphis. After college, he worked for Leadership Memphis, rising to senior director of operations.
“When you work for a nonprofit, you wear many hats – operations, fundraising, recruitment,” he said. “We also had about 200 program participants each year, and when you add that up, I got to know a lot of people in the community. Those relationships, along the work I was doing on the philanthropic side, led me into development.”
Bulluck earned his Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) credential, learning the skills and science around fundraising, and worked at the Memphis Museum of Science and History (MoSH) prior to joining Regional One Health Foundation in 2023.
At the Foundation, his role has evolved over the years.
He has worked on general fundraising and events that include ONE Night gala, ONE Round Golf Championship, ONE Mile race, Trauma and Burn Conference, and plays a major role in identifying and obtaining federal, state, and private grants. In his current position as Director of Philanthropy, Bulluck also focuses on major gifts from corporations, foundations, individuals, etc. who support the mission of Regional One Health.
“Everyone who works at Regional One Health is a miracle worker,” Bulluck said. “Working for the Foundation is an opportunity to help them get the support they need to save more lives.”
It has allowed him to leverage his relationships and his passion for matching donors and grant organizations with real-time needs at Regional One Health.
“I see my role as seeking out potential donors who want to hear how Regional One Health can help solve some of the problems they’re interested in,” he said. “I also see it as raising awareness about what we do, why it’s important, and our vision for the future.”
Recently, much of that work has focused on Regional One Health’s plans to build a new campus to meet the community’s health care needs for generations. The transformational project is an opportunity for donors to play a role in supporting essential care for the Mid-South.
“We care for the sickest, most complicated patients – the hard stuff that only Regional One Health does,” Bulluck said. “Our goal is to find people whose mission aligns with what we do and get as many people as possible engaged with this work.”
Bulluck’s mom was an emergency room nurse for 40 years, so he has a personal connection to the challenges that health care professionals face. As a longtime resident of West Tennessee, he also cares deeply about issues that plague the region, like poor access to healthcare and rising rates of conditions like cancer and heart disease.
Being able to be part of the solution is rewarding, and being honored for that work is humbling.
Bulluck is excited to play a role in fundraising for the new Regional One Health campus: “I’m looking forward to seeing the new hospital built and seeing what I can do to help achieve that vision.”
“I’m honored that the work I’ve done is being recognized,” Bulluck said. “We have an amazing team at the Foundation, and our success is based on the vision established by Regional One Health’s leadership and the donors who believe in us and work with us to get things done.”
“My proudest moments are when I can see the impact of the Foundation’s support and see these projects come to fruition,” he added. “We opened a hybrid OR with support from a grant, and we’ve purchased new equipment for the NICU. There are projects all over the hospital that are a result of our donors’ generosity.”
Now, he looks forward to continuing to support the lifesaving work of Regional One Health as the new campus takes shape. “We’ve done a lot of great work so far, and we’ve got a lot more to do,” Bulluck said. “I’m looking forward to seeing the new hospital built and seeing what I can do to help achieve that vision.”