Ways to Support Our Program

Please read below to discover how you may maximize your impact

The Way We All Want the World to Be

Our collective challenge is to come together so the phenomenon of selfless Hosts welcoming into their homes patient-families in need may endure and spread to other cities nationwide

In these times of the Covid-19 virus, we are mainly placing patient-families in private-setting lodging: AIRBNB’s, in-law suites, cottage houses, vacant homes/apartments.
Please contact us if you or someone you know may have some type of private-setting lodging to offer for any length of time.

Your Support Today Will Make an Immediate Difference!

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Fundraisers

Reach out to your friends,colleagues and family
via Facebook & other social networks. Help us raise
money at anytime through your personal contacts
& networks.

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Community Support

Have your club, place of worship
or other community group develop a
giving relationship with our program

LEARN MORE

Corporate Support

Speak with us about a direct gift,
associate matching gifts, or a Gala 2020
sponsorship through your company

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Planned Giving

Make a gift through your estate
to help ensure our program endures
into the future

LEARN MORE

Donor Advised Funds

Set up a fund such as through TD Ameritrade, Vanguard Charitable or the Philadelphia Foundation, with others able to make tax-deductible gifts to your fund so that it can grow and further support our program

LEARN MORE

Community Support

Providing financial support helps us sustain our help to patient-families

Do you belong to a place of worship or other community group which makes annual or periodic gifts to causes which the members of the group care about? We invite you to nominate HOSTS for HOSPITALS to receive such a gift. Upon request we have information available about the services we provide, and would also welcome meeting in person with any members of your group to further answer questions about our program. To begin the discussion, please contact HOSTS for HOSPITALS Executive Director Mike Aichenbaum: 484-380-2999 or mike@hostsforhospitals.org

Corporate Giving

Leverage the impact of your associates community involvement
by providing financial support for their volunteer efforts

Four Easy to Magnify the Impact!

#1: Does your company provide matching funds for United Way and other associate gifts to nonprofits?

Promote HOSTS for HOSPITALS
as one of the charities to which
associates may give and feel that
they’ve doubled their impact!

Click here to print
our designation card

Agency # 14146

#2: Does your company match associate hours volunteered in the community with grants to the nonprofit?

Many corporations have volunteer grant programs whereby for every hour an associate volunteers
at a nonprofit organization, the company will donate a given amount.

The numbers of volunteer hours recognized and the donation per volunteer varies by company.
Hosting patient-families is a recognized community volunteer activity.

Check with your company, and you may discover a very easy way to help even more!

3. May associates nominate a particular nonprofit to receive a direct gift from your company?

YES!
For example, the daughter of one of our Hosts worked at the John Templeton Foundation
and at end of 2018 nominated our program. As a result we received a $5,000 grant in 2019!

Check with your company, and you may discover another way to help even more!

#4: Could sponsoring our 20th Anniversary Gala be part of the company’s social responsibility
program?

YES!
Click here to go to our 20th Anniversary Gala webpage to learn about sponsorship levels
and much more.

Planned Gifts

By making a gift through your estate you can ensure HOSTS for HOSPITALS continuing to help patient-patient-families and society into the future.

“Thank you so much, the generosity and support of your hosts and program may have save my life! At 76 years of age this was a major event in my life, and you enabled it to be done at the ‘Best” hospital by the “Best” surgeon. My wife was at my side every minute. Since we do not have children we had to do it together, And we did it! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.”

Patient Todd from Florida, who was a guest in 2019 while receiving care from Dr. Carol Shields of Wills Eye Hospital

Four ways you can make a planned gift to HOSTS for HOSPITALS:

1. Bequests

Bequests can be a percentage of the remainder of your estate or a specific dollar amount. You can also make your bequest contingent upon the death of your spouse or other beneficiary. Sample language for making a bequest: “I give, devise, and bequeath to Gift of Life Family House, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization located at 326 Conshohockin St. Rd. #2, Gladwyne, PA 19035, EIN 23-3038412 or its successor-in-interest, (insert dollar amount or percentage) for its unrestricted use and purposes.”

2. Charitable Gift Annuities (CGA)

In return for your irrevocable gift to us of cash or stock, we agree to pay you an annuity (a fixed rate of return) over your lifetime. The annuity can also include your spouse or other beneficiary. Annuity rates are based on the age of the person receiving the annuity. You may be entitled to receive a tax deduction for your gift the year it was made, and there may be other tax benefits if your gift included appreciated assets. Annuity payments may be partially tax-free.

3. Life Insurance Policies

Name us as a beneficiary of a new or existing life insurance policy by completing a beneficiary designation form provided by your insurer.

4. IRAS and other Qualified Retirement Plans

Designate us to receive all or part of your IRA or another qualified retirement plan. Already have us in your will? Let us know so you can celebrate with us now! Fill out the application form to get started.

Your Name

Date of Birth

Spouse Name

Date of Birth

Primary Address

Address Line 2

City, State / Province / Region, Postal Code

Country

Phone

Email *

I / We have included HOSTS for HOSPITALS in my / our will:

A specific bequest
A percentage bequest
Other

Please provide the specific bequest amount, the percentage bequest and estimated value, or other.

Additional Plan Support: Life Insurance

Primary Beneficiary

LI: Death Benefit Value

LI: Current Cash Surrender Value

Additional Plan Support: A Qualified Retirement Plan (IRA, 401k, 403b)

Primary Beneficiary
Secondary Beneficiary

RP: Foundation interest percentage

RP: Current Market Value of Plan

Additional Plan Support: Charitable Remainder Unitrust or Annuity Trust:

Additional Plan Support: Testamentary Charitable Lead Trust:

Additional Plan Support: Other:

Please provide any additional details about your estate provision or other planned gift for HOSTS for HOSPITALS:

Documentation

I / we will send the portion of the will that applies to HOSTS for HOSPITALS or the trust agreement or Change of Beneficiary From (401k, 403b, IRAs, Insurance) in which HOSTS for HOSPITALS is named.

Other information HOSTS for HOSPITALS should know about my / our gift:

Website

Donor Advised Funds

Ensure that the impact you want to have becomes a reality not just today, but forever

Advantages of a Donor Advised Fund:

Establish an overall purpose for your giving
Undistributed dollars are invested, maximizing the impact of your charitable support.
Others can make tax-deductible contributions to your fund so that it can grow through outreach and fund-raising.

Your private foundation may also be converted to a donor advised fund:

An existing private foundation can easily be converted to a Donor Advised Fund.
The private foundation’s name can be perpetuated
Support for the purpose for which the private foundation was created can continue while also providing support for HOSTS for HOSPITALS.

We welcome discussing with you how we may collaborate with you today and tomorrow to help patients and their families at their most vulnerable moments.

Community Groups

Introducing via any group forum the opportunity to become part of our helping patient-families.

Outreach Throughout the Community About Our Program

Think about how many book clubs, music venues, school programs, community fairs, speakers series, holiday gatherings, organization and neighborhood association meetings which you, your family & friends take part. Each of these types of venues are wonderful opportunities to let people know how through they may help relieve the stress, anxiety and financial burdens of patient-families traveling to Greater Philadelphia for medical care.

Outreach Spotlight

Each year we have exhibitors space at the Pennsylvania Conference for Women. At the October 2019 conference over 40 people signed up, together having affiliations with 22 organizations. One was the Philly Charities which subsequently gave us a $15,000 grant. Five people are becoming Hosts, and "Lunch and Learn" meetings are already scheduled with associates at a number of the companies.

“When I’m hosting I get to be the type of person I want to be.” - Long-time Ardmore Host Bill Wilkinsky

How you may help build an inclusive community

Arrange with us to present to community groups with which you have a connection.
Arrange for our information table at community group venues.
Arrange for information about HOSTS for HOSPITALS to be listed on community group websites.
Nominate individuals from community groups to our Board of Directors.

No community gathering is too small, for just one new host will make a world of difference to the patient-families whom they Help. As a first step, please call 484-380-2999 or send us a message below.

Medical Partners

Collaborating so patient-families may know of the option of lodging at a Host-home.

Proactive Patient-Patient-Family Support Program

To save patient-families great expense and needless anxiety about where they will be staying,
we work with medical department staff to make the Host-home lodging option
effectively known to patient-families
as close in time as possible to when a medical trip has been arranged.

Best Referral Practice When you or your colleagues know of a patient-family that may benefit from being able to stay at a host-home, we recommend that you tell the family these three things: 1) That you know of a program that may have a wonderful lodging option for them. 2) That if they wish, you will have someone from our program contact them. 3) They will be under no obligation to accept lodging if offered. With the family’s permission you may then call/email us with the contact information for the family. From experiences over many years, we know that merely giving out our phone number is not effective, as families often are too overwhelmed by the medical situation to give timely attention to their lodging.

Referral Spotlight:

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Fetal Diagnosis & Treatment Team

Over the last three years, social workers Liz Morris, Jessica Hertzog and their associates have referred 114 of their patient-families to HOSTS for HOSPITALS!

The advantages of Host-home lodging: • We accept families of patients of all ages • We allow families to make advance reservations • We do not have a distance requirement, (e.g., that the patient lives at least 75 miles away) • We accept families associated with all types of illness, (e.g., cancer or transplant) • There are no restrictions on patient-family size or length of stay • Families will not lose their “spot” at a Host-home if they need to leave for a few days

Additional support for hospital staff. • Printed brochures are available upon your request. • In-service presentations may be arranged at your convenience • We are happy to have our information table at any patient-attended functions or conferences • Our guest-application is available in English, Spanish and Mandarin versions here. We strive to make interacting with our program as easy as possible, as we are deeply appreciate of your time and dedication In making the difference which you do.

Ways to Support Our Program

Please read below to discover how you may maximize your impact

The Way We All Want the World to Be

Our collective challenge is to come together so the phenomenon of selfless Hosts welcoming into their homes patient-families in need may endure and spread to other cities nationwide

In these times of the Covid-19 virus, we are mainly placing patient-families in private-setting lodging: AIRBNB’s, in-law suites, cottage houses, vacant homes/apartments. Please contact us if you or someone you know may have some type of private-setting lodging to offer for any length of time.

Your Support Today Will Make an Immediate Difference!

Fundraisers

Reach out to your friends,colleagues and family via Facebook & other social networks. Help us raise money at anytime through your personal contacts & networks.

Community Support

Have your club, place of worship or other community group develop a giving relationship with our program

Corporate Support

Speak with us about a direct gift, associate matching gifts, or a Gala 2020 sponsorship through your company

Planned Giving

Make a gift through your estate to help ensure our program endures into the future

Donor Advised Funds

Set up a fund such as through TD Ameritrade, Vanguard Charitable or the Philadelphia Foundation, with others able to make tax-deductible gifts to your fund so that it can grow and further support our program

Community Support

Providing financial support helps us sustain our help to patient-families

Corporate Giving

Leverage the impact of your associates community involvementby providing financial support for their volunteer efforts

Four Easy to Magnify the Impact!

Planned Gifts

By making a gift through your estate you can ensure HOSTS for HOSPITALS continuing to help patient-patient-families and society into the future.

Four ways you can make a planned gift to HOSTS for HOSPITALS:

1. Bequests

2. Charitable Gift Annuities (CGA)

3. Life Insurance Policies

4. IRAS and other Qualified Retirement Plans

Donor Advised Funds

Ensure that the impact you want to have becomes a reality not just today, but forever

Advantages of a Donor Advised Fund:

Community Groups

Introducing via any group forum the opportunity to become part of our helping patient-families.

Outreach Throughout the Community About Our Program

Medical Partners

Collaborating so patient-families may know of the option of lodging at a Host-home.

Proactive Patient-Patient-Family Support Program

In these times of the Covid-19 virus, we are mainly placing patient-families in private-setting lodging: AIRBNB’s, in-law suites, cottage houses, vacant homes/apartments.
Please contact us if you or someone you know may have some type of private-setting lodging to offer for any length of time.

Reach out to your friends,colleagues and family
via Facebook & other social networks. Help us raise
money at anytime through your personal contacts
& networks.

Have your club, place of worship
or other community group develop a
giving relationship with our program

Speak with us about a direct gift,
associate matching gifts, or a Gala 2020
sponsorship through your company

Make a gift through your estate
to help ensure our program endures
into the future

Leverage the impact of your associates community involvement
by providing financial support for their volunteer efforts