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Partners in Discovery –
Make a gift to the Penn CVI

Over the past decade cardiovascular investigators in all disciplines have partnered at the University of Pennsylvania to develop numerous nationally and internationally recognized research and clinical programs. To accelerate our discovery and the pace at which life-saving procedures, devices, and medications reach the public we established the Penn Cardiovascular Institute in 2005. Financial support from friends and grateful patients allows us to pursue avenues of discovery that frequently can not be supported by clinical revenue or grant funding. Your donation enables us to seize unexpected opportunities not anticipated in the annual budget process.

How Can You Help Catalyze Discovery?
Learn how patients Herbert and Doris Gunther crafted a custom planned gift which generously supports research at the Penn Cardiovascular Institute. » Penn Medicine Magazine Summer 2007 (pp. 34-37).

Help us accelerate the pace of our advances by becoming one of our partners in discovery.
Every gift to the Penn Cardiovascular Institute is critical to our success.
Thank you!

Make a Gift Now

You may make a tax-deductible contribution using a secure online form, by phone or by mail.
Gifts may be made by cash, check or credit card.

Make Gifts Online: Cardiovascular Development Fund Giving Form »

Make Credit Card Gifts: Call 215-898-0578

Make Gifts by Check:
Make checks payable to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.
Please mail checks to:
Penn Cardiovascular Institute
Penn Medicine Development and Alumni Relations
3535 Market Street, Suite 750
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309

Planned Gifts

The Cardiovascular Institute accepts estate gifts made by a bequest in a will, gifts of real estate, personal property, life insurance, retirement assets and trusts. These giving options are referred to as "planned giving." We are happy to arrange a confidential, no-obligation discussion of your particular situation with a planned giving specialist.

Please call William J. Green at 215-746-3003 or email wjgreen@ben.dev.upenn.edu.
You may also visit the Penn Medicine Planned Giving website.

Giving Opportunities:

Many types of gifts and giving opportunities are available, such as:

Tribute Gifts
Gifts may be made in memory of a loved one, in honor of a special person or major life event. In these cases we send an acknowledgement of your gift to the honoree or family of the person being memorialized.

Stock Gifts
The Cardiovascular Institute can accept gifts of stock. Gifts of appreciated securities are a highly tax-effective way of supporting our mission while reducing your tax burden.

Unrestricted Gifts
These are donations that are allocated at the discretion of the Director of the Cardiovascular Institute without regard to a specific program or topic. Unrestricted gifts give the Director the flexibility to fund areas with the greatest need and rapidly respond to emerging opportunities not budgeted for in the current fiscal year.

Restricted Gifts
Many donors wish to support specific programs or types of research. Gifts designated to a specific use are referred to as “restricted” gifts. Grateful patients, for example, frequently wish to support research in the specialty area of their personal physician. Restrictions may also be as broad as a component of our tripartite mission; research, education, or clinical care.

Endowed Funds
An endowed fund holds a gift or “principal” in a sub-account of the University’s investment pool. Only the interest earned on the principal each year is available for use by the Cardiovascular Institute. Endowed funds may be “named” and live on in perpetuity offering an excellent opportunity to memorialize or honor someone, for example, The Jane and John Doe Fund for Electrophysiology Research. A minimum gift of $25,000 is required to create an endowed fund.

Naming Opportunities:

Virtually any project, program, or facility related to the Cardiovascular Institute may be named in return for a gift that provides support at a level that will ensure the program’s future well-being. Examples include:

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