St. Luke's Wood River Foundation
Ways to Give

Life-saving technology, patient care, medical research, health education and specialized services are supported by charitable gifts. There are many ways you can help bring healing to patients and make a difference today.

Whether a cash donation or a planned gift, your donation strengthens the ability of St. Luke’s to provide high quality health care today and tomorrow. You may make an unrestricted gift to benefit the most urgent area of need or designate the service or program you would like to help. Your contribution is tax deductible for the amount allowed by law.

Benefits of Giving

St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation is a nonprofit organization with no shareholders to whom profits are distributed. The St. Luke's Wood River Foundation Board, serves to advise and assist efforts to raise funds from individuals, corporations and foundations. Those who make donations to the Foundation can direct how contributions are utilized. Generally, your giving helps to support the mission of the Foundation in three vital areas:

• Capital Improvements – The Foundation helps purchase or upgrade critical medical technology and provide facilities that would not be economically possible in other hospitals of similar size.
• Endowment – The Foundation’s endowment fund offers an avenue for individuals to help support programs and services for future generations. Donors may establish named endowment funds to support specific areas or simply provide financial support required to grow the existing fund.
• Community Support – The Foundation also supports a variety of services that fill vital needs in the community that are distinct from direct medical support. You can help others educate themselves, maintain a healthy lifestyle, cope with loss, maintain dignity in their declining years, and have timely access to the health care system.

Ways To Give

People donate to the St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation for a variety of reasons. Whether you choose to provide a cash donation or establish a deferred gift, your philanthropy will make a measurable difference in the lives of Wood River Valley residents. The four general avenues available for giving to the Foundation include:

• direct monetary donation
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• donations of securities and real estate (How to make a gift of appreciated securities to the St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation )
• in-kind or art gifts
• planned giving — including bequests or estate gifts, charitable gift annuities, and charitable remainder trusts

Mission

St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation exists to enhance and sustain health care services in the Wood River Valley. We provide assistance to St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center and other community health care providers by generating and managing resources of time, talent, and funding.