St. Luke's Magic Valley Health Foundation
Making a difference through your giving...

Why the St. Luke's Magic Valley Health Foundation?

The mission of the St. Luke's Magic Valley (SLMV) Health Foundation is to facilitate cultivation, recognition and stewardship of charitable gifts given to support the medical center and the health care of the community.

To effectively provide superior health care services for all people requires the constant support of dedicated community leaders, who develop funding for the continuous changes in medical diagnosis.

The SLMV Health Foundation is a non-governmental, non-profit, charitable corporation with its own principle fund. It has been helping enhance health care in the Magic Valley since 1978.

The Foundation is governed by a volunteer 25 member board of trustees comprised of community leaders who support SLMV and encourage giving to local health care services.

The Foundation uses charitable gifts to assist the St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center health care providers and various community programs through grants given for patients needs, staff education, medical equipment, capital purchases and beneficial projects in the Magic Valley area.

The Foundation's vision of enhancing the Magic Valley community's health care through philanthropy is carried out through its broad fundraising operations.

The SLMV Health Foundation manages more than 60 funds to help meet our local health care needs and has been instrumental in assisting with the Magic Valley's present high level of health care availability.

The Foundation accepts both cash and planned gifts from donors who have the spirit and the will to give to help meet those health care needs.

Charitable gifts to the Foundation, from community minded organizations and individuals, help purchase medical equipment, support preventive and wellness programs for all ages, provide support for patients needs, send hospital staff to workshops to improve their caregiver skills, and provide scholarships to nursing students who will stay and work in the Magic Valley. 

The Foundation donated $187,780 to MVMC to purchase its first digital cardiac ultrasound system to improve diagnoses of both adult and newborn heart patients. In all, the Foundation has awarded more than $6 million in support of health care over the past 20 years, but new needs emerge every year.

Ways That You Can Help

People donate to the St. Luke’s Magic Valley Health Foundation for a variety of reasons. Whether you choose to provide a cash donation or establish a deferred gift, your donation strengthens the ability of St. Luke’s to provide high quality health care today and tomorrow for all residents of  Magic Valley and northern Nevada.

There are many ways you can help bring healing to patients and make a measurable difference in the lives of Magic Valley today.

• You may make an unrestricted gift to benefit the most urgent area of need or designate the service or program you would like to help.

• Your gift of cash, securities, property or life insurance will enhance the health care services available to you and your family, while providing a possible reduction in your income and estate taxes.

• Your memorial gift will be a lasting tribute to a departed loved one. Notice of your gift will be sent to the family without the amount mentioned.

• Your honor gift can be given to celebrate a birthday, wedding, anniversary or as a promotional gift.

• Your estate gift can help assure that quality community health care will continue to be available in the future.

• Your contribution is tax deductible for the amount allowed by law.

Donor Tax Advantage

The Internal Revenue Service allows deductions to qualifying donors of charitable gifts. These charitable contributions and the methods by which they are made to the SLMV Health Foundation should be discussed with your tax or legal advisor.