Charitable gifts to the Foundation help:

• underwrite the latest technology for medical excellence;
• fund facilities that improve caregiver effectiveness and enhance the patient experience,
• support programs that improve the health of the community,
• provide education and training opportunities for nurses, therapists, physicians and other caregivers,
• promote the medicine of tomorrow through clinical research, and
• make special projects happen to benefit the patients in our community.

Gifts of Cash

• Gifts of cash may be designated as Unrestricted or Restricted. Benefits include:
• Tax deductible if you itemize deductions.
• Up to 50 percent of your adjusted gross income can be deducted in any one year.
• Excess can be deducted over the next five years.
• Actual savings from the deduction depend on tax rate.
• The higher the tax rates, the greater the savings.

Unrestricted Gifts: Donate to the area of greatest need at Jupiter Medical Center and used at the discretion of the Foundation's Board of Trustees to support the mission of Jupiter Medical Center;

Restricted Gifts: You may choose to designate a gift to support a specific service or area of your interest. These funds are used exclusively for a specific purpose or program as designated by the donor, or an Endowment, where funds are deposited into a general endowment fund where the principal remains invested, while the interest is used to support projects.

Gifts of Stocks & Securities
If qualified as a long-term capital asset (12 months and a day), property should be given outright to avoid payment of capital gains tax on the increase in value of the stock. You will receive a tax deduction for full fair market value of the stock at the time of the gift, limited to 30% of adjusted gross income. Excess beyond 30% can be carried forward for five years.

Gifts of Real Estate
By making an outright gift of a residence, farm or vacation home, avoid capital gains tax and receive a charitable deduction for the full fair market value of the property.

Matching Gifts
Matching gifts take advantage of programs offered by many employers and leverages your gift to a higher level.

Pledges
Pledges are payable over a three to five year period, and are tax deductible in the year a payment is paid.

Tribute Gifts
Whether your gift is to commemorate an event, to honor a friend or to memorialize a loved one, the individual or family named by the donor receives special acknowledgement that a gift has been made in their name. The amount of the donation is always confidential. You may direct your gift to a specific area or allow the Jupiter Medical Center Foundation to use it where the need is the greatest. A tribute gift may also be made as a way of thanking a special nurse, physician or caregiver for the care you or a loved one received at Jupiter Medical Center.

For more information about the Jupiter Medical Center Foundation, please call 561-745-5728, or fax 561-744-4493.