Annual Appeal - How your Gift Helps

The devotion and consistent support of our annual donors make many of Griffin Hospital's accomplishments possible. Annual gifts can be designated for current use - to be used where the money is needed most, for example, a hospital program discretionary fund. Or, you can choose to support an endowment fund where your gift will be invested and will provide a return to the Hospital in perpetuity.

Annual gifts strengthen hospital programs, enhance our health resource library and medical technologies, it helps attract the best clinical staff, helps maintain a healing environment, or funds an important capital project. In short, the Annual Fund increases the quality and reputation of Griffin Hospital - therefore, all patients and staff, past and present, have benefited from the Annual Fund.

One of the reasons that your participation is so important is that when foundations and corporations are deciding whether to award Griffin grants, they look at the number of patients, physicians, community members and staff who contribute to the Annual Fund as a factor to help them make their decisions. So your modest gift translates into helping Griffin receive of thousands of dollars!

Your participation counts! Every gift shows that you care enough to support the Hospital and its programs. You can make your annual gift in the following ways:

• Make an online gift now using your credit card
• Pick up the telephone: Call 203-732-7504
• Mail a check to:
  

  The Griffin Hospital Development Fund

  130 Division Street
  Derby, CT 06418
  

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Matching Gifts

Does your company participate in an employee matching gifts program? Some employers even match retirees. You could double or even triple your gift to Griffin Hospital.

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Giving Societies

Both individual and matching gifts count toward the recognition level for the year. Membership in Griffin's Giving Societies is open to all individuals. Membership is based on gifts made to the Annual Fund during the Hospital's fiscal year, October 1 through September 30, and is renewable each year.

The Chairman's Council

The Chairman's Council is comprised of seven levels:

• Founder - gifts of $10,000 or more
• Patron - gifts of $5,000 to $9,999
• Benefactor - gifts of $2,500 to $4,999
• Member - gifts of $1,000 to $2,499
• Guardian Club (gifts of $500-$999)
• Millennium Club (gifts of $250-$499)
• Commodore Club (gifts of $100-$249)