Confused by all the different gift types? Don't be.
Giving to Cooley Dickinson Hospital is easy when you know what's available. To help you understand all the differences involved, we've made a simple interactive chart to help you compare, contrast, and understand all the gift types and asset classes available.
Select up to three gift types to compare.
Your Goal
Your Gift
A gift that pays fixed annual payments.
A trust that pays variable annual payments.
A gift that reduces taxes upon your estate.
Give your home and continue to live there.
Give retirement assets to help avoid taxes.
A revocable gift upon your death.
Use insurance assets to help avoid taxes.
A gift that gives immediate benefits.
The simplest gift is a gift of cash.
Avoid taxes on the sale of real estate.
2023: Report on Giving
Throughout 2023 so many of you, our friends and supporters, gave generously to Cooley Dickinson.Click here to download the report and learn how your gifts were put to work caring for you and the people you love.
In this report, you will read about:
Emergency Department Project Update: A Groundbreaking Occasion
Freedom Credit Union and Cooley Dickinson: Partners in Caring for our Community
Richard Cooper and Catherine Kay: Keeping their Connection to Community Alive and Well
Patrick and Lois McCabe: Preparing for Future Emergencies Now
Michael Klare and Andrea Ayvazian: Empathy in Action
Dr. Michelle Helms: Supporting Cooley Dickinson’s Emergency Department Campaign
Bikes Fights Cancer Donates $46,000 to the Mass General Cancer Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Jack and Nancy Spanbauer: A Gift from the Heart
The Childbirth Center: Updated, Upgraded, and Elevated Thanks to You!
Lisa Ekus: Celebrating Life!
Finck & Perras: Goes Platinum!
Daniel Polacheck: Inspiring and Outpouring of Memoriam Gifts
Susan Hodgkins: A Lifetime of Involvement with Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Marcia E. Burick: Her Commitment to Community Lives On
Jon Steinberg: A Valentine for Marilyn
and donor listings of our many generous supporters!