Evidence-Based Compassion. Better Patient Outcomes.
Compassion changes lives. Research shows that when patients feel heard, supported, and cared for, they experience less anxiety, greater trust, and better health outcomes.
Yet today, burnout, workforce shortages, and growing disparities are making compassionate care harder to deliver. Your support helps bring the Schwartz Compassionate Care Model and programs like the Schwartz Rounds® to healthcare organizations around the world — equipping caregivers with the tools they need to connect, heal, and thrive.
Help ensure that every patient receives not only excellent treatment, but also the compassion that makes healing possible.
Support the Schwartz Center with a gift by making a fast and secure one-time or monthly online gift.
Dr. Beth Lown Innovation Fund
Support the expansion of the Schwartz Rounds program via new adaptations and in new settings, and the development of new programs and tools.
Stanzler Open Doors Fund
Help provide access to the Schwartz Rounds program for financially constrained healthcare organizations in the U.S.
Honor Your Caregiver
Honor a compassionate caregiver with a donation to the Schwartz Center. We’ll add your caregiver’s name to our Compassionate Caregiver Honor Roll, and we will also send a Compassionate Caregiver certificate on your behalf.
Ways to Give
Online via Credit Card
Make your gift online via credit card.
Check
Make checks payable to The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare and mail to:
The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare
P.O. Box 417597
Boston, MA 02241-7597
*Please be sure to indicate how you would like your gift allocated — whether to the Schwartz Center’s Annual Fund or another designation — in the memo field on your check or in an accompanying letter.
Monthly gifts provide steady, reliable support that allows us to plan and sustain vital programs year-round. By spreading your gift out over time, you can make a greater impact without stretching your budget.
Monthly gifts are billed automatically to your credit card every 28 days. If the billing date falls on a weekend or holiday, it will be processed on the next business day. You can cancel or modify your billing information by contacting us at development@theschwartzcenter.org. We request at least two weeks’ notice to modify your billing information.
Visit our secure giving form and select “Monthly” to start your recurring donation.
Making a grant from your DAF is easy! Connect with your DAF administrator directly and provide them with the following information:
The Schwartz Center Tax ID/EIN: 04-1564655*
Primary Name: The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare
Secondary Name: Massachusetts General Brigham
*The Schwartz Center is under the same tax ID number as Massachusetts General Brigham.
Mail Checks to: PO Box 417597, Boston, MA 02241-7597
Important: To ensure your gift reaches us, please specify that the grant is intended for the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare.
Please note: If you plan to recommend a grant from your donor-advised fund (DAF) toward your giving intentions, DAF grants cannot legally be used to pay a pledge or satisfy a binding commitment.
You may notify us separately that your DAF grant is intended to support your personal giving commitment by contacting: Jessica Moran-MacAleese, Director of Individual Giving at jmacaleese@theschwartzcenter.org
A gift of appreciated securities or stock is a great way to support the Schwartz Center. Gifts of stock and other securities typically entitle a donor to a federal income tax charitable deduction and capital gains tax savings for securities owned for at least a year.
To transfer securities electronically to the Schwartz Center via MGH, the DTC instructions are as follows:
Broker Name: UBS Financial Services
DTC Number: 0221
Account Name: MGH
MGH Tax ID #: 04-1564655
Account Number: PWA8289
Send to the attention of: Christopher Herlihy at UBS Financial Services, (617) 439-8028
Reference: Donor Name and restricted to the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare
Please include your name in the reference field when making the transfer. To ensure your gift is properly credited to the Schwartz Center, please email details of the donation—including the securities being transferred and the number of shares—to development@theschwartzcenter.org.
In accordance with IRS guidelines, the date of gift will be considered the date that The Schwartz Center assumes ownership of the shares. For crediting purposes, the value is determined as the average of the high and low listings on the date the stock is gifted.
If you are over 70½ years old and have an IRA, you can make a QCD up to $108,000 directly from your IRA to the Schwartz Center. A QCD can help you reach your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) without having to pay income taxes on the amount of your donation.
Your gift must go directly from your IRA to the Schwartz Center. In order to complete a QCD, contact your IRA administrator for the necessary forms and procedures. Gifts must be made by December 31 to take advantage in the current tax year.
Important:
Inform the institution holding your IRA that you want to make a QCD the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare.
Complete the necessary paperwork to request the QCD
Please direct the institution to mail checks to: The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, P.O. Box 417597, Boston, MA 02241-7597
By making a planned gift, you can strengthen the Schwartz Center and gain financial and tax benefits for you and your family. For more information, please visit Learn About Legacy Gifts to learn more about Schwartz Center planned giving options or contact Courtney Barth, Chief Development Officer, by email or by phone at 857-282-9783.
Donations may be made in honor of a loved one, caregiver, or colleague, or in memory of someone whose life and legacy you wish to celebrate.
To make a tribute or memorial gift, please indicate the name of the person you wish to honor or remember when making your donation. You may also provide the name and contact information of the individual you would like us to notify of your gift. Tribute and memorial gifts are a meaningful way to celebrate a special person while supporting the Schwartz Center’s mission to strengthen compassionate healthcare.
The Schwartz Center’s Honor Your Caregiver program provides an opportunity to directly thank a compassionate caregiver for their everyday acts of compassion.
By donating in honor of a care provider, grateful patients express their gratitude while honoring caregivers for all acts of compassion whether large, small, heroic, or humble. The caregiver of your choice will receive a letter with your name, an explanation of the Honor Your Caregiver recognition program and a Compassionate Caregiver certificate. The Schwartz Center’s Honor Your Caregiver program provides an opportunity to directly thank a compassionate caregiver for their everyday acts of compassion.
You can make your gift online and select Tribute or by sending your donation by mail. Please be sure to include the name and mailing address of the recipient you are honoring.
Your donation may be eligible for a corporate match from your employer. Many companies match charitable gifts made by their employees, retirees and directors. Please consult your company’s human resources department to learn more about your employee matching gift program. We will acknowledge your total giving including your matching gift in our donor listings.
If you’re making your gift online, please check “My company will match my gift” on the donation page and provide your employer’s name. Please also fill out the necessary paperwork through your HR department in a timely fashion to ensure that we receive your intended match.
How Your Giving Makes a Difference
Philanthropy is the vital catalyst of our mission, serving as our primary source of funding to advance compassionate care globally. While our program partnerships provide essential revenue, it is the generosity of our donors that allows us to innovate, scale, and reach healthcare communities around the world.
We are deeply committed to financial stewardship and ensuring your investment directly impacts patients and the front lines of care. During Fiscal Year 2025, 71% of all spending was directed to mission-specific programming, putting your philanthropy to work where patients and healthcare teams need it most.
Corporate Champions of Compassion
Corporate partners are the engine of this mission and our work. By sponsoring the Schwartz Center, your organization joins a prestigious cohort of global leaders committed to advancing compassionate healthcare both around the world and within your own walls. This partnership goes beyond financial support; it signifies a commitment to adopting data-driven strategies that nurture empathy deeper into the fabric of your own institution.
Beacon
Catalyst
Innovator
Support Our Cause
Every patient deserves care rooted in empathy, and every caregiver deserves the support to provide it. Your generosity is the vital catalyst that allows us to deliver evidence-based programs, scale our national and international reach, and systematically embed compassion into the global healthcare culture. When you support our cause, you are investing in better patient outcomes, healthier clinical environments, and a future where human connection remains at the heart of medicine.
Join us in transforming the healthcare experience—for patients, for families, and for the frontline teams who care for us all.
Contact Us
Contact us at development@theschwartzcenter.org or (857) 282-8788.
Donation FAQs
Making a grant from your DAF is easy! Connect with your DAF administrator directly and provide them with the following information:
The Schwartz Center Tax ID/EIN: 04-1564655*
Primary Name: The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare
Secondary Name: Massachusetts General Brigham
*The Schwartz Center is under the same tax ID number as Massachusetts General Brigham.
Mail Checks to: PO Box 417597, Boston, MA 02241-7597
Important: To ensure your gift reaches us, please specify that the grant is intended for the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare.
Please note: If you plan to recommend a grant from your donor-advised fund (DAF) toward your giving intentions, please note that DAF grants cannot legally be used to pay a pledge or satisfy a binding commitment.
If you wish, you may notify us separately that your DAF grant is intended to support your personal giving commitment by contacting: Jessica Moran-MacAleese, Director of Individual Giving at jmacaleese@theschwartzcenter.org.
A gift of appreciated securities or stock is a great way to support the Schwartz Center. Gifts of stock and other securities typically entitle a donor to a federal income tax charitable deduction and capital gains tax savings for securities owned for at least a year.
To transfer securities electronically to the Schwartz Center via MGH, the DTC instructions are as follows:
Broker Name: UBS Financial Services
DTC Number: 0221
Account Name: MGH
MGH Tax ID #: 04-1564655
Account Number: PWA8289
Send to attention of: Christopher Herlihy at UBS Financial Services, (617) 439-8028
Reference: Donor Name and restricted to the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare
Please include your name in the reference field when making the transfer. To ensure your gift is properly credited to the Schwartz Center, please email details of the donation—including the securities being transferred and the number of shares—to development@theschwartzcenter.org.
In accordance with IRS guidelines, the date of gift will be considered the date that The Schwartz Center assumes ownership of the shares. For crediting purposes, the value is determined as the average of the high and low listings on the date the stock is gifted.
If you are over 70½ years old and have an IRA, you can make a QCD up to $108,000 directly from your IRA to the Schwartz Center. A QCD can help you reach your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) without having to pay income taxes on the amount of your donation. Your gift must go directly from your IRA to the Schwartz Center.
In order to complete a QCD, contact your IRA administrator for the necessary forms and procedures. Gifts must be made by December 31 to take advantage of the current tax year.
Steps:
Inform the institution holding your IRA that you want to make a QCD the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare.
Complete the necessary paperwork to request the QCD. Our federal 501(c)(3) number: 04-1564655.
Instruct your IRA administrator to mail checks to: The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, P.O. Box 417597, Boston, MA 02241-7597
Please note: In accordance with IRS guidelines, the date of gift will be considered the date that MGH assumes ownership of the shares. For crediting purposes, the value is determined as the average of the high and low listings on the date the stock is gifted.
The Schwartz Center is a nonprofit organization operating under the 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status of the Massachusetts General Hospital but is governed by a separate Board of Directors. Our independent Board of Directors has complete discretion over the Center’s budget. The Schwartz Center’s operations, fundraising and financials are separate from those of MGH.
Yes, donations are fully tax-deductible unless given in exchange for goods or services. We will send a tax receipt and letter of acknowledgement to the email address you provide.
Yes, recurring gifts provide steady, reliable support that allows us to plan and sustain vital programs year-round. By spreading your gift out over time, you can make a greater impact without stretching your budget.
Monthly gifts are billed automatically to your credit card every 28 days. If the billing date falls on a weekend or holiday, it will be processed on the next business day. You can cancel or modify your billing information by contacting us at development@theschwartzcenter.org. We request at least two weeks’ notice to modify your billing information.
Visit our secure giving form and select “Monthly” to start your recurring donation.
Many companies match charitable gifts made by their employees, retirees and directors. Please consult your company’s human resources department to learn more about your employee matching gift program. We will acknowledge your total giving including your matching gift in our donor listings.
If you’re making your gift online, please check the “My company will match my gift” box on the donation page. Please also fill out the necessary paperwork through your HR department in a timely fashion to ensure that we receive your intended match.
Thank you for considering The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare during this difficult time. A memorial gift is a meaningful way to honor the life and legacy of a loved one while supporting compassionate care for patients and families.
The following language is suggested for obituaries:
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in memory of ‘name of deceased’ to The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, PO Box 417597, Boston MA 02241-7597
Planned gifts, such as bequests, charitable trusts, or retirement plan assets, are an effective way to provide for a future gift to the Schwartz Center while preserving your current income. Please click here to learn more.
Questions? Contact us at development@theschwartzcenter.org or (857) 282-8788. Our tax ID number is 04-1564655.
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