Giving Options

As a 501-c-3 qualified charitable organization, all donations to the Methodist Medical Foundation are fully tax deductible. The Foundation can accept assets in any form, including

  • Cash
  • Securities (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, option contracts, IRA Funds)
  • Charitable Trusts
  • Life Insurance
  • Gift Annuities
  • Real Estate

Our staff will be happy to work with your financial or estate planner to determine the most advantageous way for you to make your gift. 100% of the assets you donate to the Foundation will be used to benefit Methodist Medical Center patients and families and programs that enhance community health.

 

Giving Levels

Methodist Medical Center Foundation tracks and celebrates cumulative lifetime giving at several levels.

  • Lifetime: $100,000 and more
  • Founder: $25,000 - $99,999

Annual giving is recognized at the following levels:

  • Founder: $100,000 and more
  • Benefactor: $25,000 - $99,999
  • Medalist: $10,000 - $24,999
  • Sponsor: $5,000 - $9,999

Donors of $1000 or more annually become members of the President’s Society and are invited to dinner each year to celebrate the accomplishments of Methodist and our supporters.

Those who have included Methodist Medical Center Foundation in their estate plans become members of the Merle Yontz Legacy Society.

We value and appreciate our Foundation donors and recognize them prominently on the hospital campus. We communicate regularly about Methodist plan, strategies, services, and programs.

Gifts In Action

Youth Manikin for hands-on training

Legacy Gift to the Service League Provides World-Class Nursing Training

Students learn essential skills hands-on at the Elizabeth Glos Learning Resource Center. 

Elizabeth Glos, a longtime member of the Methodist Medical Center Service League, determined that she wanted to leave a lasting legacy.

In her will she made a bequest of $300,000 to the Methodist Service League. This money was invested by her fellow Service League Members in a unique Learning Resource Center that is used by the students at the Methodist College of Nursing.  Click here for more.