Support Keck Medicine of USC today
Donations help transform the practice of medicine and ensure patient-centered care in a compassionate, healing environment.
Support Keck Medicine of USC today
Donations help transform the practice of medicine and ensure patient-centered care in a compassionate, healing environment.
Areas of Support at Keck Medicine of USC
Keck Medicine of USC takes on the toughest and most complicated cases. Our world-class tertiary and quaternary patient care excels because of philanthropic investments in medical technology, ongoing clinical training, innovative patient-centered approaches and visionary research.
Keck Medicine of USC Greatest Needs Fund
This fund enables Keck Medicine of USC to support high priority needs that enhance all aspects of clinical care across the health system. This includes investing in state-of-the-art equipment and technology, modernizing facilities, and improving patient programs and services.
USC Norris Cancer Hospital Fund
This fund helps support all patient care and hospital-related needs of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, allowing us to remain at the cutting edge of cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment, while providing personalized care in a serene, healing environment.
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Greatest Needs Fund
This fund supports the highest priority needs at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, including investments in leading-edge technology, facility improvements, clinical training, patient programs and community health initiatives. For information about giving to USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, please visit: www.uscvhh.org/giving/foundation
USC Arcadia Hospital Greatest Needs Fund
This fund supports the highest priority needs at USC Arcadia Hospital, including investments in leading-edge technology, facility improvements, clinical training, patient programs and community health initiatives. For more information about giving to USC Arcadia Hospital, please visit: www.uscarcadiahospital.org/Foundation
Newport Beach Oncology Clinic
This fund helps sustain the latest technology and therapy in cancer care for our Orange County communities, advancing the life-saving excellence that is the hallmark of this extraordinary program.
Nurses of USC Fund
This fund supports the tools and equipment needed for simulation training and skill building for our nurses, as well as ongoing professional development, including conferences and workshops, to enhance nursing practice and strengthen areas of expertise.
Keck Medicine of USC Patient Experience Fund
This fund enables our Patient and Family Experience Department to deliver exemplary patient services that bolster care coordination and provide navigational support, chaplain services, a whole-person care approach and comfort amenities.
Keck Medicine of USC Care for the Caregiver Fund
This fund maintains a multifaceted employee support program that addresses clinician burnout and stress by providing workshops, counseling, massage therapy and comfort care items to sustain the health and wellness of our caregiving staff.
Keck Medicine of USC Care for the Community Fund
This fund supports under-resourced patients by helping with meal vouchers, prescriptions, durable medical equipment and transportation to and from appointments. It also provides discounted or no-cost stays at hotels near the Keck Medical Center for family and loved ones of our patients.
Institute for Arts in Medicine
This fund provides for an integrative approach to patient care that incorporates expressive arts in recovery and healing, reducing anxiety, depression and stress, as well as improving clinical outcomes.
Other Areas of Support
There are additional opportunities to support disease-specific initiatives, equipment purchases and investments in leading-edge technology. If you have a specific project or program you’d like to support, please contact us.
Research
Our doctors not only provide personalized and compassionate patient care, they are also often renowned faculty members and medical researchers. Gifts in support of the Keck School of Medicine of USC can be directed to underwrite disease-specific research, sponsor clinical trials, combat chronic conditions and provide medical school scholarships for the next generation of physicians. For more information about supporting these initiatives visit: www.keck.usc.edu/giving/
Education and Training
When you pair compassionate care with innovation and scientific discovery, you have an incredible opportunity to nurture the next generation of health care heroes.
Your gift to any of the funds below enables us to train the next generation of health care and public health heroes who might not otherwise have an opportunity to study at USC and learn from our doctors, researchers, and care teams.
- Keck Medicine of USC Dean’s Medical Scholarship Fund
- USC Resident Medical Education Scholarship Fund
- USC Althea Alexander Diversity Scholarship Fund
- USC Population and Public Health Scholarship Fund
- USC Salerni Collegium Scholarship Fund
- USC Parents Association Medical Scholarship Fund
- Keck Medicine of USC Nursing Education Fund
- USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Nursing Education Fund
Interested in establishing a scholarship or education fund?
Please contact Molly Gervais, Executive Director of Development, at (323) 442-1700 or mgervais@med.usc.edu.
Community
Keck Medicine of USC is committed to bridging the access-to-care gap and empowering community members with accurate and reliable information, resources, and care.
Your gift to any of the funds below shows your solidarity with Keck Medicine of USC in offering world-class care to all patients and populations, regardless of income or other barriers to exceptional care.
- Keck Medicine of USC Care for the Community Fund
- USC Street Medicine Fund
- USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Community Resource Center for Aging
Interested in naming opportunities?
Please contact Jonathan Isorena, Director of Leadership Annual Giving, at (323) 442-2700 or jonathan.isorena@med.usc.edu.
Honor Your Health Care Heroes
At Keck Medicine of USC, we are proud to celebrate the extraordinary contributions of our health care team.
If you received excellent care from a member of the Keck Medicine family, please let them know by sending a note of gratitude and making a gift in their honor to our “Honor Your Health Care Heroes” campaign.
Memorial and Tribute Giving
Honor a family member or friend by making a gift in their memory. Select “Make this gift a memorial or tribute in honor of someone” to get started.
Your memorial or tribute gift will be acknowledged and a note will be sent to the individual honored.
Click here to donate now.
Health Giving Circle
At Keck Medicine of USC, we are committed to providing exceptional patient-centered care backed by the latest medical education and research.
Help support our mission by becoming an annual donor in our Health Giving Circle.
Click here to learn more.
How to Get Involved
You can help us raise awareness of our work and inspire support, so we can continue delivering patient-centered care in a compassionate, healing environment. Learn more about opportunities to get involved and lend your support.
USC Council of Keck Hospitals
The Council of Keck Hospitals is an ancillary support group dedicated to awareness, volunteer and fundraising efforts that promote the health and welfare of the hospital communities of Keck Medicine of USC, including Keck Hospital of USC, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, USC Arcadia Hospital and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital.
For more information about getting involved with the USC Council of Keck Hospitals, contact: Veronica Alvarez, at (323) 442-0254 or send an email to CouncilofKeckHospitals@med.usc.edu.
Become a Health Care Champion
Health care champions are friends of Keck Medicine of USC who share their passion for this critical health care resource with their neighbors, colleagues and friends. They host fundraising events, organize supply drives, promote social media networking and crowdfunding, and share special talents and connections to expand Keck Medicine’s circle of friends. Learn more about how to support and raise awareness for your meaningful cause by clicking the following link: Become a Health Care Champion Today!.
For more information about how to get involved, contact: Jacqueline Bertole at (626) 716-4455 or send an email to Jacqueline.Bertole@med.usc.edu.
Ways to Give
Thank you for your interest in making a gift to Keck Medicine of USC. We are dedicated to making giving easy. Keck Medicine offers more traditional methods—like making your gift over the phone—as well as more sophisticated solutions—like initiating a wire transfer. Please explore the options below to learn more about the ways you can make your gift to Keck Medicine of USC.
Online
You can make a one-time or recurring gift online at giveto.usc.edu. You will have the option to make your gift in honor or memory of someone on the second page.
Phone
Call (323) 442-2700 to make a gift with your credit card over the phone.
Mail your gift to:
Keck Medicine of USC
Office of Medical Annual Giving
1149 South Hill Street, Suite 360
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Please make checks payable to Keck Medicine of USC and include the preferred area of support on the memo line to expedite gift processing.
Matching Gifts
Your gift to Keck Medicine could double or triple with the help of a matching gift. Many employers match charitable gifts for employees, retirees, and their spouses. Please contact your human resources representative for more information or click here to see if USC has your business/employer matching gift information on file.
Keck Medicine of USC is part of the University of Southern California (USC), and our tax ID number is 95-1642394.
You can direct any matching gift paperwork or inquiries to Jonathan Isorena, Director of Leadership Annual Giving, at (323) 442-2700 or jonathan.isorena@med.usc.edu.
Donor Advised Funds
Please utilize the address listed below and ensure that the fund administrator includes your preferred area of support on the memo line of the check—or in an accompanying letter—when directing your gift to Keck Medicine of USC. Keck Medicine of USC is part of the University of Southern California (USC), and our tax ID number is 95-1642394.
Keck Medicine of USC
Office of Medical Annual Giving
1149 South Hill Street, Suite 360
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Wire Transfers
To initiate a gift via wire transfer, please contact Jonathan Isorena, Director of Leadership Annual Giving, at (323) 442-2700 or jonathan.isorena@med.usc.edu.
Stocks/Securities
Gifts of appreciated securities, stocks and bonds also provide considerable tax advantages when transferred to USC before they are sold. If you have held your securities for more than one year, you may find that your gift will provide a twofold tax benefit—creating an income tax deduction and avoiding the capital gains tax that would have been due upon their sale. To initiate a gift of appreciated securities, please contact Jonathan Isorena, Director of Leadership Annual Giving, at (323) 442-2700 or jonathan.isorena@med.usc.edu.
Gifts in Kind
From personal protective equipment to meals for the entire nursing staff, your business can gift tangible goods that align with Keck Medicine of USC’s mission and receive tax credit for the contribution. To learn more, contact Jonathan Isorena, Director of Leadership Annual Giving, at (323) 442-2700 or jonathan.isorena@med.usc.edu.
IRA Charitable Rollovers
Donors who are 70½ years old or older can make a gift to Keck Medicine of USC from their IRA without having to pay income taxes on the disbursement. Learn more about the IRA charitable rollover or contact Jonathan Isorena, Director of Leadership Annual Giving, at (562) 881-6621 or jonathan.isorena@med.usc.edu.
Estate/Planned Gifts
Your planned gift establishes a legacy at Keck Medicine for generations to come. It can also offer you and your family substantial financial benefits and tax savings. To learn more, contact Jonathan Isorena, Director of Leadership Annual Giving, at (323) 442-2700 or jonathan.isorena@med.usc.edu.
Cy Pres
Support Keck Medicine of USC’s mission and recommend Keck Medicine as a beneficiary of a class action cy pres distribution. Our doctors not only provide personalized and compassionate care, they are renowned leaders in research and education, driving revolutionary discoveries. Cy pres awards fuel and accelerate out ability to develop new treatments, sponsor clinical trials, and combat chronic conditions that impact almost every family.
Designating Keck Medicine as a cy pres recipient will help our clinicians, researchers, and students develop novel treatments in the context of a major, multi-disciplinary research university. Our focus on education and supporting the community, along with our non-profit status, distinguish us from other businesses who develop and patent treatment options for consumers. Cy pres awards to Keck Medicine of USC amplify the power of academic medicine not only in Southern California, but around the United States and world.
Cy pres awards are unclaimed funds from class action settlements or judgments. These funds can be awarded to a nonprofit organization that engages in work that advances public interest. The court makes the final determination of where a cy pres award should be directed, but plaintiff and defense attorneys have an opportunity to influence that decision by recommending Keck Medicine of USC as a beneficiary.
For more information, please contact Jonathan Isorena, Director of Leadership Annual Giving, at (323) 442-2700 or jonathan.isorena@med.usc.edu.
Contact Information
If you’d like to learn more about endowment or naming opportunities, gifts of stock, gifts of real estate, estate gifts and other ways to give, please contact a member of the Office of Health Systems Initiatives team. We thank you in advance for your interest in supporting Keck Medicine of USC.
Kerri Yoder Hubbard, MSc, PhD
Sr. Executive Director of Development
Office of Health System Initiatives, Keck Medicine of USC
Kerri.Yoder@med.usc.edu
(323) 442-0976
Jacqueline A. Bertole
Associate Director of Development
Office of Health System Initiatives, Keck Medicine of USC
Jacqueline.Bertole@med.usc.edu
323-442-3275
Veronica Alvarez
Development Coordinator
Office of Health System Initiatives, Keck Medicine of USC
Veronica.Alvarez@med.usc.edu
323-442-0254
