Frequently asked questions

There are many ways you can support Mayo Clinic, and gifts of all sizes make a difference. Your tax-deductible gift will help us continue to provide the best care to every patient through integrated clinical practice, education and research. You may make a gift or pledge to any area of Mayo Clinic.

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For 160 years, Mayo Clinic has never wavered from our leadership role in medicine. We earned our reputation through the most cutting-edge research combined with dedicated, compassionate physicians and healthcare teams.

As a nonprofit organization, Mayo Clinic reinvests all earnings into giving patients high-quality care, finding answers to the most complex medical questions, and training the next generation of doctors and researchers. Because Mayo Clinic is on the forefront of healthcare, we see our supporters as co-visionaries who imagine the unimaginable. See Mayo Clinic facts and statistics.

Your gift holds great power to help Mayo Clinic continue to transform medicine and expand its unparalleled patient experience to people everywhere.

Learn more about funding opportunities and ways to give by exploring this site.
Use your credit card to give online now through Mayo's secure online giving website.
To make a gift by mail using a check or credit card, please complete this contribution form. Mail the completed form and your check, if applicable, to:

Department of Development
Mayo Clinic
200 First St. SW
Rochester, MN 55905
To make a gift by credit card or to speak to a staff member, please call 855-852-8129 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Central time, Monday through Friday.

Mayo Clinic Department of Development staff members are available to assist you during business hours. If you call at another time, please leave a message and your call will be returned during business hours.
Any gift can be made in memory or in honor of a special person or event. When making your gift, please indicate the name of the person you wish to honor and provide a mailing address on the contribution form, in a short note or in the memo portion of a check addressed to Mayo Clinic.

When giving online, select the option to “Make this gift a tribute” under Gift Options. You will be prompted to indicate the name of the person you wish to honor with your gift.

Mayo Clinic will send a notification of your generous remembrance to the individual you designate.
To make an automatic gift by checking account or credit card, please call 855-852-8129 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Central time, Monday through Friday.

Mayo Clinic Department of Development staff members are available to assist you during business hours. If you call at another time, please leave a message and your call will be returned during business hours.
Mayo Clinic welcomes gifts through your long-term estate or financial plans. By making gifts in this way, you join with us to ensure our unique model of patient-centric healthcare continues for generations to come.

There are many ways to give, and we've provided the tools on our Planned Giving page to help you explore your options. If you have any questions, please contact our Gift Planning team at 800-297-1185 or giftplanning@mayo.edu.
Mayo Clinic Department of Development can help you include memorial gift information in obituaries. Sample sentences include:

The family requests that memorial gifts be designated for cancer research at Mayo Clinic. Memorials can be made online at philanthropy.mayoclinic.org/donate or mailed to:

Department of Development
Mayo Clinic
200 First St. SW
Rochester, MN 55905

Gifts in memory of Mr. Smith can be made to Mayo Clinic cancer care and research.
Many employers have matching gift programs through which your generosity to Mayo Clinic can be multiplied. As a nonprofit organization, Mayo Clinic is eligible for many matching gift programs of corporations, foundations and other organizations.
Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Mayo Clinic's tax identification number is 41-6011702.

To confirm that Mayo Clinic has received your gift and for tax purposes, you'll receive a letter documenting the gift amount.
Thank you for thinking of Mayo Clinic. For fundraising information and guidelines, please call 855-852-8129 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Central time, Monday through Friday, or email development@mayo.edu.

Complete the community fundraiser application (PDF) to submit your proposal for an event.