Ways to Give

Your generous one-time gift, in any amount—when made today and on an ongoing annual basis—gives us the flexibility to address the most pressing needs throughout Mass General Brigham Home Care. Visit our giving site to make an online gift today or mail your gift to:

Mass General Brigham Home Care
Development Office
300 1st Ave.
Charlestown, MA 02129

For wiring instructions, please call us at 617-952-6880.

Consistent, monthly giving has tremendous impact on the work we do for families in our communities. It allows us to plan, manage, and optimize care for the people who need us most. Become a monthly sustainer by setting up a recurring gift through our online giving site today.

Double the impact of your donation to Mass General Brigham Home Care by leveraging your employer’s matching gift program. Many companies offer employer-matched giving as an employee benefit – even if you’re not aware of it. Contact your employer’s Human Resources office to see if your company matches charitable gifts. It may even be possible to have earlier gifts you’ve made this year to Mass General Brigham be included in this matching program.

Give us a call at 617-952-6880 if your organization requires additional information or documentation to match your charitable gift.

Invest in the future of Mass General Brigham Home Care and in the mission we all represent. As a Mass General Brigham employee, you know the power of hope, health and recovery. Every day, you bring your best efforts to help our patients find their strength. By supporting the “Strength Fund,” your donation means we can do even more together. 

Gifts of all sizes add up to big impact when we all contribute. Become a member today by setting up a recurring donation or making a one-time gift. However you choose to give, you are supporting our Home Care team’s mission of transforming home health care.

For more information on employee giving through the Strength Fund, contact Louis Pratt, Development Coordinator, at 617-952-6880 or lrpratt@partners.org.

Honor a loved one, nurse, therapist or other caregiver who has made a difference in your life. Their legacy will live on for people who need care and support that may otherwise not be available to them. A tribute or memorial gift is a wonderful way to honor or remember a family member, or to show your gratitude for the support you or a family member received from a Mass General Brigham Home Care caregiver.

If you would like to direct gifts to Mass General Brigham Home Care in memory of a loved one, we hope the following language is helpful.

In lieu of flowers, donations in memory can be made to Mass General Brigham Home Care

Visit our website today to make a tribute or memorial gift here: https://giving.partnersathome.org

Checks can be mailed to:
Mass General Brigham Home Care
Development Office
300 1st Ave.
Charlestown, MA 02129

Please reach out to our office at 617-952-6880 for any assistance or questions.

Naming Mass General Brigham Home Care in your will provides critical support to our patients recovering from illness and disability. For legacy gifts of Securities and other property including Mass General Brigham Home Care in your estate plans, you make a profound impact for generations to come—and inspire others with your legacy of generosity.  Naming Mass General Brigham Home Care in your will or trust is a simple and flexible way to make a deferred gift that reflects your enduring values and philanthropic priorities. Giving through a life insurance policy is another meaningful and tax-efficient way to leave your legacy.

Through your estate plans, you can make a gift of a specific dollar amount, a percentage of your estate, or the remainder of your estate once all your other distributions have been fulfilled as you wish.  You can also earmark a bequest for a specific purpose, facility or program or identify your bequest as unrestricted.

If you are interested in including Mass General Brigham Home Care in your estate plans, contact John MacRae, Senior Director of Principal and Major Gifts, at jcmacrae@partners.org or 617-306-2394.

Donating stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other property can provide benefits for you and for our patients.  Your generosity can change lives...and can make good sense for your financial and tax plans. Donating gifts of securities—appreciated stocks, bonds, mutual funds—and other property can have many benefits for you and make a meaningful impact for the patients we serve. Gifts of stock and other securities typically entitle a donor to a federal income tax charitable deduction and capital gain tax savings for securities owned for at least a year. We encourage you to consult your own advisors to discuss your gift plans and tax implications.

Common security gifts:

• Publicly traded stock
• Mutual fund shares
• Corporate and municipal bonds
• Other types of property gifts:
• Private stock
• Partnership interests/stock options
• Real estate
• Tangible personal property (e.g., artwork, rare coins, certain medical equipment, etc.)

Our development professionals will collaborate with you and your advisors to help determine whether your gift of property is suitable for donation to Mass General Brigham Home Care. For gift transfer instructions, options for property gifts, or other information, please contact the Home Care Development Office at 617-952-6880 or lrpratt@partners.org

By requesting a distribution from your donor advised fund to Mass General Brigham Home Care, you can make a significant impact.  A donor advised fund is a smart vehicle to manage and direct your giving—and you can make a meaningful impact by including Mass General Brigham Home Care as a top priority.

Mass General Brigham Home Care gratefully welcomes charitable support through donor advised funds (“DAF”), which are often managed by financial services firms (Fidelity, Vanguard, etc.) or non-profit community foundations (e.g., the Boston Foundation). If you would like to contribute to Mass General Brigham Home Care, you may direct your DAF administrator to send your distribution to:

Mass General Brigham Home Care 
Development Office 
1575 Cambridge Street 
Cambridge, MA 02138

If you or your DAF administrator have questions about making a distribution from your fund, please call us at 617-952-6880.

IRAs, 401Ks, and other retirement plan assets can be a meaningful and tax-efficient source of giving.

When planning for your future, you can also have an impact on the future of home care. Naming Mass General Brigham Home Care as a beneficiary of your retirement plan is a meaningful way to support our important mission of delivering the best and most accessible home care available. IRAs, 401Ks and other retirement plan assets can be valuable, tax-efficient vehicles for charitable giving. A retirement gift plan is simple to make: Simply add Mass General Brigham Home Care to your “beneficiary designation” information on file with your retirement plan administrator easily and at any time.

Retirement plan assets often come with estate and income taxes that leave little left over for heirs. However, by designating Mass General Brigham Home Care as a remainder beneficiary of your retirement account, you can support meaningful work while minimizing your family’s tax burden.

If you are 70.5 or older, you can use your traditional or Roth IRA to make a gift now to Mass General Brigham Home Care. In fact, you can have up to a total of $100,000 transferred directly from your IRA to Mass General Brigham Home Care each year—and have that amount count as part of your required minimum distribution—that is not reported as taxable income. To learn more about these beneficial giving opportunities, please contact John MacRae, Senior Director of Principal and Major Gifts, at jcmacrae@partners.org or 617-306-2394.