How to Donate to Children's Hospital

Children's Hospital Boston is one of the world's largest pediatric medical centers, with more than 350 beds for children up to 21 years of age. The hospital is the pediatric teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School and, according to its website, employs over 850 doctors and dentists, more than 750 residents and fellows and over 5,800 other staff members. According to the Children's Hospital Boston website, the hospital has about 17,000 inpatient admissions and treats over half a million outpatients each year. Read on to learn more.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Funds or assets to donate

Do a Little Homework Before You Donate

1. Read about Children's Hospital's mission, treatment history and world-renowned research facilities on the Children's Hospital Boston homepage (see Resources below).

2. Read about the different Hospital departments to decide where your funds can do the most good.

3. Take inventory of the funds you wish to donate in order to decide whether to make a single gift, a yearly commitment or some form of planned giving.

Donate to Children's Hospital

4. Specify whether your donation will be in honor or memoriam of another and/or earmark it for research, patient Care, community health or another need.

5. Make your donation online on the Children's Hospital Boston donation page.

6. Donate by phone or mail at [phone] or Children's Hospital Trust, 1 Autumn Street, #731, Boston, MA 02215-5301.

Join Children's Hospital's Permanent Giving Community

7. Make a yearly commitment to sponsor a marathon runner in the Boston Marathon or a similar event, with a donation to Children's Hospital's Miles for Miracles program. You could also choose to run or walk yourself and raise funds from your network of co-workers, friends and family members.

8. Set up a monthly Dream Maker gift on the Children's Hospital Boston website.

Tips & Warnings

• There are many pediatric hospitals throughout the United States and around the world, including the Children's Hospitals of Seattle, Oakland, Colorado, San Diego and many other cities. To give to one of these hospitals, look up its website to find donation information.
• File and keep accurate records of all your donations and related correspondence for tax time. These records may also come in handy as you evaluate your donations in future years.

Resources

• Children's Hospital Boston for charity information
• Donation details on the Children's Hospital Boston website
• Dream Maker Gifts on the Children's Hospital Boston website