You may direct your contribution based on your personal interests. You can choose to support services such as cancer care, cardiology services, emergency services, nursing education, adolescent psychiatric care or charity care.

In the coming year, the Foundation's top funding priorities are:

1. State-of-the-art Cancer Center which will offer comprehensive care to help patients win the battle against cancer.

2. New Vascular Suite that will bring together doctors from three specialties: cardiology, radiology and vascular surgery to provide the best diagnosis and treatment available.

3. The promise to provide medical care for the needy and disenfranchised.

We are pleased to offer you information on how to make a charitable gift to St. Mary’s. If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact us at (415) 750-5790. We promise to speak to you in clear terms and give you accurate, fair and reliable information. Your donation choices are:

• Online via Credit Card
• Gift of Stock
• Gift by Mail
• Gift in Honor or Memory of Family and Friends
• Naming St. Mary’s in your Will
• Planned Giving

Yes, you can do this right now while you’re online. Click on Donate now to St. Mary's. It’s secure and takes only a few minutes to make a lasting gift.

A win-win-win. With a gift of appreciated stock, you may save capital gains tax, receive an income tax deduction and benefit St. Mary’s. Typically, a donor is eligible to deduct the full fair market value of long-term appreciated securities. The gift is deductible up to 30% of adjusted gross income with an option to carry the deduction over five years. Please contact us (415) 750-5790, and we will guide you through this straight-forward process.

Please send your check, made payable to St. Mary’s Medical Center Foundation, to our mailing address:

St. Mary’s Medical Center Foundation
450 Stanyan Street
San Francisco, CA 94117

Some employers offer to match an employee's charitable gifts. Please check with your employer to determine if they offer a matching gift program.

You can make a gift in memory of a loved one or in celebration of a special occasion such as a birthday or anniversary. You can also make a gift in honor of a doctor or nurse who cared for you.

When you make a memorial or tribute gift, the Foundation will send a letter to the person or family you designate to notify them of your contribution. The amount you give is confidential.

A bequest is perhaps the best-known way of creating a legacy to benefit future generations through your philanthropy. You may designate any type of property: cash, stock or real estate. In your will, you may leave St. Mary’s a specific dollar amount, a percentage of your estate or a residual of your estate after taking care of other beneficiaries.

If you are considering leaving a gift to St. Mary’s in your will, please contact the Foundation at (415) 750-5790 to ensure that your gift is properly designated so it will benefit St. Mary’s as you intend. If you have already named us in your will, please let us know so that we can recognize your generosity.

A planned gift means exactly that: a gift using your assets that is planned to provide the highest level of benefits for you and St. Mary’s. Planned gifts can help to:

• Decrease capital gains and income taxes
• Preserve assets to benefit heirs
• Establish an income stream

Charitable Remainder Trust
A charitable remainder trust allow you to transfer assets into a trust that will provide an annual income stream to your beneficiaries for life or for a specific term of years. Once the trust is terminated, the Foundation receives the principal to be used according to your instructions. You decide how much you'd like to put into the trust, the amount of income you'd like to receive from the trust assets, and if you want the income to remain constant each year or fluctuate based upon the market.

Charitable Lead Trust
A charitable lead trust is good option if you have concerns about the estate tax that will be levied when your assets are passed on to your children or other beneficiaries. The trust pays income to St. Mary’s for a number of years or for your lifetime, then your heirs receive the trust principal.

The Foundation can send you written information, at no cost or obligation, on how to make effective planned gifts and bequests. We can also assist you and your financial advisor in developing a charitable gift that fulfills your philanthropic and financial goals. To discuss any of these giving opportunities, please call us at (415) 750-5790.