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to the Medcen Foundation!

As a community, not-for-profit hospital, The Medical Center faces many challenges. Rapidly developing medical technology, reductions in government funding for health services, and increasing amounts of indigent care add up to great expense. The hospital receives less than 2% of its budget through tax dollars. In order to remain on the leading edge, to renovate and expand existing services and provide care to all members of the community, The Medical Center needs continuing support.

Funds received by the Medcen Foundation are not used for the hospital's operating expenses but go toward capital projects, purchase of new equipment, medical research and education.

How You Benefit From Giving

The personal satisfaction of knowing you have helped to save or improve someone's life is the most rewarding aspect of giving to the Foundation. Your gift also offers you the security of knowing you have made it possible for your family and frineds to have access to high quality medical care should they need it. And, since all gifts to the Medcen Foundation are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law, your contribution has an added advantage of reducing your taxable income.

Foundation donors receive hospital publications are invited to special activities sponsored by the Foundation and the hospital.

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We seek gifts under the leadership of Medcen Community Health Foundation's officers, through the work of our Board of Trustees, the development council, and staff. Often members of other advisory or governance boards also become involved with the Foundation's activities. Fundraising takes many forms through our committees and Foundation activities:

Sustained Giving . . . comes from many loyal supporters that make annual gifts to the foundation in support of our many charitable programs. Gits of $100 or more qualify donors for membership into the 1895 Society supporting hospital projects, Hospice Partners supporting Pine Pointe at Hospice of Central Georgia, and the Building Block Society supporting our Children's Hospital.

Memorial and Honor Gifts . . . are an important fundraising activity and a service to our donors. In addition to acknowledging the gift to the donor, we send a note to the family of the deceased for memorial gifts, or to the person being honored. These gifts provide a meaningful and helpful way to express concern for someone or appreciation for a kindness or service. The amount of the gift is not shared with the family or the honoree.

H.E.A.T . . . Healthcare Employees Achieving Tomorrow is our employee giving program, which supports many hospital projects and awards grants annually to healthcare-related charities within our community. Known as on of the most successful employee campaigns in the Southeast, H.E.A.T.'s motto "I Give Back Because I Care" is a precise reflection of its process.

Special Events . . . are composed of hundreds of donors who give as volunteers, participants and sponsors to special events throughout the year. Stars over Macon Ball, Children's Miracle Network Broadcast and Radiothons, and the Celebrity Classic are some of our most recognizable happenings.

Business & Corporate Honor Roll . . . contributions are solicited throughout the year through membership in Medcen's Business & Corporate Honor Roll. Businesses may join for $10,000, $25,000, $50,000, or $100,000+. Pledges may be spread over three to five years.

Callaway Society . . . Members of the Callaway Society promote health, wellness, and hope to our patients with a significant gift or pledge of $10,000 (Bronze Level), $25,000 (Silver Level), or $50,000 (Gold Level). Pledges may be spread over three to five years. Callaway gifts are cumulative and permanently recognized on the donor wall in the hospital’s main lobby.

Signature Gifts . . . The cornerstone of a capital campaign project or at any level of a development program these gifts start at $50,000 and come with a naming opportunity to honor or memorialize the family or corporate name.

Heritage Circle . . . Members of the Heritage Circle are individuals who have remembered The Medical Center of Central Georgia through a planned gift such as their will, trust, life insurance policy, or by funding a life-income gift such as a charitable gift annuity. These gifts are important to the long-term funding of the Hospital and come with many benefits to the donor and their heirs ensuring the continuation of high quality care for generations to come.

Olin H. Weaver Society . . . Physicians know first-hand the value of outstanding healthcare for citizens of central Georgia. The Olin H. Weaver Society recognizes physicians for their outstanding leadership and philanthropic support.

    Some of planned giving vehicles you may wish to consider:
  • An outright Bequest in your will.
  • A Charitable Gift Annuity which allows you to receive fixed, guaranteed lifetime payments in exchange for their gift of cash, securities or other property. In addition to income benefits, there are significant tax benefits.
  • A life insurance policy with The Medical Center as the beneficiary.
  • The Home Value Program. For persons seventy years of age or older who are house-rich and need or want to increase their incomes, we offer no cost reverse annuity mortgages and other innovative services that help seniors take a large portion of the equity out of their home in the form of monthly payments. Donors have life tenure in their homes and share in any appreciation through extended payments.

When you have a question about Medcen, please call our offices at 478-633-1555.
Please send correspondence to MSC 78, Macon, Georgia 31201.
Direct all email to info@medcenfoundation.org

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The Medcen Community Health Foundation serves as the philanthropic partner for The Medical Center of Central Georgia. We serve Central Georgia by cultivating relationships with individuals and corporations who wish to establish charitable giving vehicles to fund healthcare needs. These gifts, while helping to ensure top caliber healthcare now and for future generations, also offer numerous benefits to our benefactors.

  • You can give to the various causes and programs you care about while supporting and bettering our community’s healthcare.
  • Working with the Foundation is likely to more closely align your financial resources with your personal values.
  • Your gifts to Medcen Community Health Foundation are combined with those of other funding sources and donors, allowing us to maximize the effect of your gift to the hospital.
  • The Foundation can maximize the tax benefits available to charitable givers. Donors can deduct qualified donations that total up to 50% of their adjusted gross income.
  • You can be as involved in your charitable gifting as you wish, from site visits to service on Foundation committees. You also can make anonymous contributions.
  • The tax benefit received reduces the cost of a donation. A $10,000 donation from someone in the 30% tax bracket really costs the donor only $7,000.