How You Can Help
Good Samaritan Hospital, a not-for-profit organization, is grateful for your support. Each gift makes a difference, including supporting research to prolong life, alleviate pain and cure medical conditions and enabling the hospital to provide programs and charitable care. All donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.
Many different options exist for making a gift to the hospital. You may designate your gift to support any of our programs or you may mark your gift "unrestricted," allowing the hospital to apply your funds where it is most needed. Unrestricted gift checks should be made out to Good Samaritan Hospital. Gifts to our nationally renowned Heart Institute or Orthopedic Institute should be made directly payable to that institute.
Send your gift to:
Good Samaritan Hospital
Development Department
1225 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90017-2395
Donation Information
Contributing by Credit Card
Gifts may be made by credit card. To charge your gift to your American
Express, Discover, MasterCard or Visa, please call our Development Department
at (213) 977-2902. Or you may contribute online using this
form.
Making a Pledge
Pledges are gifts made over a period of years. Good Samaritan's Development staff
can help you establish a regular gift schedule.
Creating a Tribute or Memorial for Friends and
Family
Making a gift in celebration of a friend or family member's special occasion
or in honor of a loved one's memory is a thoughtful way of paying tribute to
someone who has touched your life. Send your gift to our Development Department,
and include the name and address of the honoree or their family. We will send
a personal letter informing them of your generous gift (we do not disclose donation
amounts).
Planned Giving
Using Stocks, Bonds, or Property to Make a GiftDonating appreciated property may enable you to avoid paying capital gains tax, reduce your estate tax and receive an income tax deduction. If you have a loss on your investment, it is best to sell it first, deduct the loss on your taxes, and then contribute the proceeds.
Bequests Through a Will or Living Trust
A gift through a will or living trust (bequest) is a popular way to provide significant long-term support. We accept bequests of any size or type. Some assets, such as retirement funds, may be especially advantageous to leave to charity. You may give a particular dollar amount, a specific property, or a percentage of your estate. You may also make a gift of the "residue" or "what's left" of your estate, after providing for your loved ones.
If you already have a will or living trust, you don't have to re-write it if you would like to include Good Samaritan Hospital; you may add a document or "codicil" to your existing documents. If you wish, you may designate your gift to a particular area or program within the hospital. We recommend that you discuss such a designation with us to be certain that we can carry out your intent.
Life Insurance
Life insurance can help you make a larger gift than you might have thought possible, while also increasing your total benefit to your loved ones and generating substantial tax advantages. You may name the hospital as a beneficiary and/or make a gift of the ownership interest in an existing policy. You may also create a new life insurance policy specifically to benefit the hospital.
Trusts/Annuities
Good Samaritan Hospital offers a full range of customized gift plans that may help you reduce taxes, increase the yield on your investments, dispose of non-producing assets, and provide you or your loved ones with income for life. Some examples of popular gift plans include the Charitable Gift Annuity and the Charitable Remainder Unitrust. These types of plans allow you to make a significant charitable gift to Good Samaritan Hospital while also providing greater financial security for you and your family. Gift plans can help you solve such financial problems as saving for retirement, paying for educational expenses, or providing elder care for a parent, friend or relative.