How to Donate to the Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Founded in 1921, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation is the formal name for Cleveland Clinic, one of the world's largest private hospitals. The hospital has a staff of approximately 1,700 physicians who see about three million patients annually. In a 2006 national ranking of hospitals by U.S. News and World Report, Cleveland Clinic was named number three in the nation, with the top-rated heart program in the U.S. for the 12th consecutive year.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Funds to donate

Research Cleveland Clinic Foundation Before You Donate

1. Know your charity before you donate. Visit the award-winning Cleveland Clinics homepage to learn more about Cleveland Clinics, its eight hospitals and several international centers and its world-renowned Heart and Vascular Institute (see Resources below).
2. Connect with Cleveland Clinic's Health Information Center to receive a wealth of up-to-date health information delivered directly to you in the form of podcasts, webcasts, RSS feeds and webpage reading (see Resources below).
3. Learn more about the Cleveland Clinic Foundation off their website by using your favorite Internet search engine for more information.

Donate Online, By Mail, or Phone to Cleveland Clinic Foundation

4. Visit the Cleveland Clinic Foundation's "Make a Donation Online" web page to donate to Cleveland Clinics (see Resources below). Enter your information and confirm if you wish to make your gift in honor or in memoriam of another individual.
5. Call the Office of Institutional Development at [phone] or [phone], ext. 41245, if you wish to make your gift by phone or by mail.

Expand Your Participation as a Regular Donor And/Or Volunteer

6. Keep a file of your donations, canceled checks or credit card receipts, and correspondence with Cleveland Clinics, both for tax purposes and to serve as a prompt for future donations.
7. Volunteer with Cleveland Clinics by entering your information on the "Cleveland Clinic Ambassadors--Please Join Us" web page (see Resources below). Volunteers serve by greeting patients, staffing the information desks, visiting pediatric patients and delivering mail to patients, among other duties.

Tips & Warnings

• If you are a Cleveland Clinic patient, you can also use the Cleveland Clinics MyChart web page to keep track of your medical records, make and keep track of appointments and request prescription renewals (see Resources below).