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At Stanford University School of Medicine’s Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS), discovering the cause of deafness and curing hearing loss, countering nose and sinus disease, seeking a cure for head and neck cancer, restoring the voice after disease has struck, and relieving sleep apnea are some of the ways we seek to make a difference.
Chaired by Robert K. Jackler, MD, a leader in Otology & Neurotology, the department houses a talented team of some of the most skillful and innovative surgeons, scientist – surgeons, and basic scientists in the world. Our philosophy is that close collaboration between basic scientists and clinicians is the key to success in bringing discoveries from our research labs to the actual benefit of our patients. Our goal is to discover new cures the major diseases that affect the head and neck.
Charitable gifts to the Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS) enable us to meet this goal as well as to provide the critical resources to develop new therapies and prevention strategies, and create world class clinical and translational research programs.
How to Contribute
Gifts to Stanford’s OHNS can be made in several ways:
- Online – Make a gift online by using Stanford’s secure web site for giving.
- By Mail or Fax – Print and complete this donation form and return it with your gift to:
Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
Medical Center Development
c/o Development Services
PO Box 20466
Stanford, CA 94309
- Call Us – Contact our development staff by calling 650-725-2504 to discuss a gift.
Ways to Give
Charitable contributions to OHNS come in many shapes and sizes – through outright cash, appreciated securities and bequests, to gifts in honor or in memory of a loved one or close friend. When making your next gift to OHNS, please keep the following giving ideas in mind. Our development staff is here to assist you with your philanthropic plans and decisions.
The Otolaryngology Gift Fund
Our Otolaryngology Gift Fund is a valuable source of unrestricted support that impacts every aspect of OHNS, including research, patient care and services, physician and scientist training, and community outreach. With gifts to this Fund, we are able to respond more rapidly to new ideas and to support areas of greatest promise.
Program Support
You may choose to designate your gift for a specific purpose, such as patient care, research, education or head and neck cancer programs. You may also choose to support the work of a particular physician, researcher or clinical specialty area. Contact our development staff for the full range of available funding opportunities.
Tribute Gifts
Gifts may be made in memory or in honor of a loved one or friend, or to celebrate a birthday, anniversary or other special occasion. Stanford will inform the person you designate that a gift has been made in their honor or in memory of their loved one. Tribute gifts are a thoughtful way to show your support for Stanford’s OHNS programs.
Matching Gifts
Many companies match gifts made by their employees to non-profit organizations. If your employer has a matching gifts program your gift to Stanford’s Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Department could be doubled. Contact your human resource department to see if they will match your donation. They will provide you with a matching gift form for you to fill out and return with your donation.
Endowment Support
Endowed gifts create a lasting legacy for the donor and provide a perpetual source of support for OHNS. Income from the endowment allows us to attract and retain the best physicians and scientists, and provides needed resources to establish and sustain programs in research, patient care and treatment. Examples of endowment support include:
- Research Funds – Clinical investigations provide insight into the causes, treatment, and prevention of human disease, while basic science research leads to a better understanding of the molecular biology of disease and helps speed the transformation of new discoveries into improved treatments. Unrestricted research funds encourage new areas of exploration through start-up funds and ongoing program support.
- Faculty Scholar Fund — an endowed faculty scholar fund honors, encourages and supports outstanding young faculty members at the very beginning of their careers. Such awards last for three or four years – a period long enough to complete a segment of work but short enough to make the fund available to other qualified candidates.
- Postdoctoral Fellowships – Postdoctoral fellows devote several years to training in a specialized area of basic science or clinical medicine, playing an important role in teaching medical students and residents, and making tremendous contributions to Stanford’s research and clinical programs. Endowed gifts provide the necessary support for fellows to continue their endeavors.
Planned Gifts
Planned gifts often receive special tax benefits and include gifts through your estate, gifts of principal that pay you income for life, and gifts of retirement plan assets, real property or other complex assets. Planned gifts can be tailored to meet your current and future needs and can provide you with tax savings and other benefits. Examples of some common planned gifts include:
- Bequests — Giving by bequest costs nothing now, yet it may give you a great deal of satisfaction to know that your future gift will live on. A gift through your will or trust is entirely free from federal estate taxes. You may make a bequest and retain the ability to change it at any time.
- Life Income Gifts — Life income gifts are created when you transfer cash, securities, real estate or other assets to Stanford. The University then invests those assets, and you or another beneficiary receives a stream of income for life, after which the principal comes to Stanford. Donors of life income gifts help to secure the future of OHNS in addition to their own.
To learn more, please contact Carol Kersten, J.D., Director of Planned Giving for the Medical Center, at 650-725-5524 or ckersten@stanford.edu . Further information is also included at the following website: http://pgmed.stanford.edu
Publicly Traded Securities and Other Non-Cash Assets
Gifts to OHNS can also be made with non-cash assets, such as real estate and publicly traded securities. Publicly traded securities can be used to make any type of charitable gift: lifetime outright gifts, life income gifts or bequests. In making such gifts, you receive a charitable income or estate tax deduction and may defer or avoid altogether the recognition of long-term capital gain in those securities. Publicly traded securities held in a brokerage account may be transferred electronically to Stanford University. Please use our online giving application or contact the Stanford OHNS development staff to make a gift of publicly traded securities.
Special Events
- If you are thinking of hosting a special event to raise funds for OHNS, please contact our development staff for information on community fundraising policies and procedures.
Contact the Development Staff
For more information on making a gift to OHNS, please contact:
Mail:
Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
Medical Center Development
c/o Development Services
PO Box 20466
Stanford, CA 94309
Medical Center Development:
Phone: 650-725-2504
Website:
Medical Center Development: http://medicalgiving.stanford.edu
