"Blessed is the influence of one true, loving soul on another." - George Eliot

Your Goals	Your Strategy	Your Benefits
Maximize your deduction; minimize the gift details.	Use cash to make your gift to St. John's Hospital.	Claim your deduction against a larger portion of your adjusted gross income and make an immediate impact on St. John's Hospital.
Afford a larger gift to St. John's Hospital -- and avoid capital gains liability.	Give appreciated stock or bonds held over one year.	Buy low and give high -- make a gift that costs you less than the benefit it delivers to us, while avoiding capital gains tax.
Make a gift to St. John's future that doesn't affect your cash flow or portfolio now.	Put a bequest in your will (cash, specific property or a share of the estate residue).	Today -- a gift that costs you and your family nothing. Tomorrow -- an estate tax deduction.
Tap one of the most valuable assets in your portfolio to make a gift to St. John's Hospital.	Use real estate to make your gift to St. John's Hospital.	Avoid capital gains tax, receive an income tax deduction -- and have the option of a gift that doesn't affect your lifestyle.
Locate an overlooked asset you can easily give to St. John's Hospital.	Name St. John's Hospital as beneficiary of your retirement plan; leave other assets to family.	Eliminate income tax on retirement plan assets; free up other property to pass to your heirs.
Make an endowment gift from income rather than capital.	Create a new life insurance policy, or donate a paid-up policy whose coverage you no longer need.	Increase your ability to make a significant gift.
Make a Corporate Gift.	Make a Corporate Charitable Gift while investing in one of St. John's programs.	Numerous benefits to the business, the stakeholders and the community.
Help St. John's Hospital during financially unsteady times	Recession Proof Giving Ideas	Minimize your taxes, reduce the tax burden on heirs and fund important hospital programs.