Make a Gift

There are many ways you can help support Mayo Clinic. Your tax-deductible gift will help us provide the best care to every patient every day and pioneer medical innovations that help people around the world.

Gift methods:

• Online (by credit card)
• By mail (credit card or check)
• By telephone (credit card) (507) 284-8540
• In your will
• Matching gifts
• Charitable gift annuities and other planned gifts
• Stocks and other property

Gift options:

• In memory or in honor
• Designating your gift

Our pledge:

• What you can expect as a benefactor of Mayo Clinic
• Receipts

Online

See our online donation system to support Mayo Clinic — hosted by our secure service provider.

By Mail

You may send your check or credit card payment to:
Mayo Clinic
Department of Development
200 First Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905

Use our printable Contribution Form.

By Telephone

Call (507) 284-8540 to make a gift by credit card or to speak to a development officer. Our friendly receptionists are available to assist you during regular business hours. If you call at another time, please leave a message and your call will be returned during regular business hours.

Matching Gifts

Many employers have matching-gift programs through which your generosity to Mayo can be multiplied. As an educational institution, Mayo is eligible for many matching-gift programs of corporations, foundations and other organizations.

In Memory or In Honor

Any gift can be made in memory or in honor of a special person or event. By supporting Mayo's work, such thoughtful gifts can help ensure a healthier future for people today and in the future. When making your gift, please indicate the name of the person you wish to honor and provide a mailing address as appropriate on the giving form, in a short note or in the memo portion of a check addressed to Mayo Clinic. We will be honored to send a notification of your generous remembrance to the individual or individuals memorialized or honored (gift amount is not disclosed).

Our online giving site and our Printable Donation Form also include text fields which allow you to designate your gift to a specific Mayo Clinic program and instruct us to notify others that you have made a gift in memory or in honor of someone.

Obituary Information

Mayo Clinic Department of Development can help you include memorial gift information in obituaries. Sample sentences include:

• The family requests that memorial gifts be forwarded to the Mayo Clinic cancer research program, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.

• Gifts in memory of Mr. Smith can be made to the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's disease research program.

Designating Your Gift

When making a donation to Mayo Clinic, you may state the purpose for which you would like Mayo Clinic to use your gift. Please consider broad categories such as "medical education and research," "cancer," "Alzheimer's disease," "capital projects" (construction of facilities) or "charity care." For more information, please send an e-mail to the Department of Development or call (507) 284-8540.

Pledge to Benefactors

As a benefactor of Mayo Clinic, you can expect:

• Efficiency: Our goal is to spend no more than 14 cents on fund-raising administration for each charitable dollar that we raise. In 2005, we were able to keep that figure to 9.6 cents, thanks to the generosity of our many benefactors.

• Impact: When you make a gift to Mayo Clinic, you are adding strength to strength. Mayo Clinic is the best-known and most-preferred "brand name" in medicine. We consistently earn top ratings in many studies of medical organizations. The innovations that we pioneer benefit our patients as well as people around the world. Your support will help us continue this legacy of leadership.

• Options: Mayo's initiatives in medical research and education offer a wide range of options for your philanthropic investment. You may consider supporting construction projects, research programs or educational opportunities. You might identify with a certain medical condition or with Mayo's commitment to display artwork within our facilities and offer other dimensions of a humanistic environment. You can connect with a specific Mayo Clinic campus or give support that extends throughout our system.

Receipt

To confirm that we receive your gift and for tax purposes, we will send you a letter documenting the gift amount.