Planned Giving at Saint John's Health Center
and John Wayne Cancer Institute

Saint John's Health Center provides traditional care with advanced technology, offering comprehensive care in Emergency Services, Orthopedics, Cardiac Care, Cancer Care, Labor and Delivery, and Women's Health. With your estate gift, you help insure that Saint John's world-class doctors and nurses can continue to provide exceptional care for your family and beyond.

Andrew Trilling
Director of Planned Giving

If you have made provisions for Saint John's in your estate plans, please let us know so that we may thank you for this extraordinary commitment and welcome you as a member of our "Friends for the Future" honor society.  If you would like additional details or sample legal language, please let us know.  You will confidentially receive the information you request, without any commitment.

For more information on estate planning and the "Friends for the Future" program, please contact Andy Trilling, Director of Planned Giving at (310) 829-8958 or email: Andy.Trilling@stjohns.org.

Personal Planner

Chronic Illness – Care of Your Person If you have a chronic illness, your personal planning will need to involve careful consideration of your condition. Many Americans experience ALS disease, Alzheimer's, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis (MS) or other types of chronic diseases. More ...

Donor Stories

Ruth Weil - Guardian of the Future Ruth Weil has been engaged in the battle against cancer for as long as she can remember and has a passion to eradicate this terrible disease. It started at an early age as her parents and many close relatives fell to cancer in her small coal-mining hometown of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. More on Ruth Weil - Guardian of the Future >>.

Jeanne and Stanley Strasberg Jeanne and Stanley Strasberg have always considered Saint John's their family hospital. "Our doctors practice at Saint John's and we're comfortable there," Mrs. Strasberg shared. "We like the way its run, and we think Sister Marie Madeleine is fantastic." More on Jeanne and Stanley Strasberg >>.

The Grayson's Support Saint Johns Wally Grayson, a dedicated volunteer at Saint John's Health Center, has navigated his life by a guiding principle: "You learn, you earn, and then you return." For the past 16 years, Wally has been following this path and providing invaluable "returns" at Saint John's as a selfless volunteer and as a generous donor More on The Grayson's Support Saint Johns >>.

A Bequest to Further Good Work Nancy and David Atkins were dedicated volunteers. Over the years, they had seen many individuals impacted by the good work of our organization. They wanted to create a legacy to provide future support to continue our mission. More on A Bequest to Further Good Work >>.

Deferred Gift Annuity Several years ago Larry and Allison invested $30,000 in what they believed to be an attractive stock. It turned out to be a very wise decision, because the value of the stock increased to $100,000 a few years later. More on Deferred Gift Annuity >>.

Major IRA Gift Tom is a retired CPA. With good investments, his IRA had grown to become over 80% of his total estate. Tom was looking for a way to rebalance his estate. He wanted to make a major gift to charity, but needed to protect his home and personal savings. More on Major IRA Gift >>.

Professional Advisors

• View the latest charitable tax news.
• Research charitable tax questions.
• Calculate a charitable deduction.
• Sign up for the free weekly charitable tax e-newsletter.