Give to SJMO
Gifting Information
Most of our friends find an outright gift of cash is the easiest way to support St. Joseph Mercy Oakland. A receipt for your tax-deductible gift will be mailed to you.
- Check. Please make your check payable to St. Joseph Mercy Oakland and
mail it to:
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Fund Development, H-32
44405 Woodward Avenue
Pontiac, MI 48341-5023 - Credit Card. You may charge your gift to your MasterCard or Visa. Gifts by credit card may be made by calling the fund development office at 248-858-3161. You can also donate online by clicking here.
Matching gifts
Many employers
have matching gift programs, which will match all or part of your gift
to St. Joseph Mercy Oakland. Please call your company’s human resources
department to see if your company participates in a matching gift program.
Memorials and tribute gifts
Gifts may be given in memory of a loved one,
in someone’s honor or
for a special occasion, such as a birthday, anniversary or holiday. You
may also designate that your memorial or tribute gift support a specific
area of St. Joseph Mercy Oakland. The fund development staff will send a
note about your gift to the person you are honoring or the honoree’s
family. Gift amounts will be held in confidence.
Please mail your check made payable to St. Joseph Mercy Oakland to:
St.
Joseph Mercy Oakland Fund Development, H-32
44405 Woodward Avenue
Pontiac, MI 48341-5023
Major gifts
Has St. Joseph Mercy Oakland made a significant impact on your
life or the life of a loved one? If so, you may feel compelled to make
a significant investment in the hospital through a major gift. The fund
development staff is available to help match your major gift with the most
vital needs of St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, or with a service or program that
complements your interests. Please call 248-858-3161 for
more information about making a major gift.
Planned gifts and will bequests
Some donors support St. Joseph Mercy Oakland
through planned gifts, which help build the hospital’s endowment.
Endowments provide nonprofit organizations, like St. Joseph Mercy Oakland,
with ongoing income essential for bridging the gap between limited reimbursements
and emerging community health care needs.
There are many types of planned gifts, including bequests, charitable trusts and gifts of life insurance and real estate. Planned gifts allow you to provide meaningful support to an institution that has been important to your life and the lives of your family members while reducing your tax burden and benefiting your heirs.
Here is an example of standard language for a will bequest to St. Joseph Mercy Oakland:
- I (we) give to St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, a Michigan nonprofit hospital, located in Pontiac, Michigan, the sum of $_________ (or percent of the residue of my (our) estate or other personal property appropriately described) to be used for its general purposes.
For more information on planned gifts at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, contact your attorney or advisors for advice, as well as Jim McLaughlin of the Fund Development office at 248-858-6142.
By making a planned gift to St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, you qualify for membership in the Mercy Heritage Society.
By remembering St. Joseph Mercy Oakland with a bequest in your will, you can support the hospital’s mission beyond your years. Many people find that they can make a more generous gift through a will bequest than they can comfortably during their lifetime. In addition, your bequest will qualify you for an estate tax charitable deduction.