What does leaving a legacy mean to you? For our community of legacy donors, it means shaping the future of healthcare through planned giving. Donors who left a gift to the University Hospital Foundation (UHF) in their will have already accomplished incredible things, including bringing the very best brain care to Edmonton. Their contributions have allowed us to advance Gamma Knife radiosurgery, provide state-of-the-art stroke care and so much more. Every donation has a ripple effect in the health ecosystem in Alberta and beyond. Donors who leave a gift in their will add to that ripple effect, extending change and the opportunity for better health into the future. The donations given to the UHF means a better future, and potential cures, for people with Alzheimer’s, diabetes, organ failure and multiple sclerosis, to name a few.

Leaving a donation in your will creates a legacy of health and generosity – in your name​

Over the past five years alone, donors who have included the University Hospital Foundation in their will have committed $14,500,000. While the reason a donor plans a charitable gift into their will varies – perhaps in memory of a loved one, or in gratitude for care provided at the University of Alberta Hospital, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute and Edmonton Kaye Clinic – there are several personal benefits to doing this, including:

• Charitable gifts in your will can offset income taxes to your family.
• Like planting a seed that sprouts a flower in the weeks to come, a gift in your will allows you to extend your vision of the community into the future.
• By determining where and how you want your finances and estate to support the community, you are honoring the values you hold as important beyond your passing.