Start with a well-planned foundation

Everyone should have an up-to-date will or living trust drafted by a lawyer. It's the only way to ensure your final wishes to:

• Remember loved ones and charitable interests


• Distribute assets as you choose


• Designate an executor or trustee


• Appoint a guardian for dependents

A living trust will help you avoid probate (a court-supervised process), distribute assets quickly and maintain privacy.

We thank you if you are considering a charitable bequest for California Pacific's long-term future. By giving back in this way, your gift deepens your legacy to loved ones and your community, helps the Medical Center meet future critical needs, and brings a sense of hope to others like you.
The Foundaton honors those who leave exceptional gifts with permanent endowment and naming opportunities.

As you plan to meet your personal, financial and charitable goals, choose among varied options and benefits:

• Make a bequest as a tribute to or in honor of a special person


• Designate your favorite department, program or service


• Reduce your estate tax (current top rate is 47 percent)


• Make a bequest for a fixed amount, a percentage or the residue

Request Your Free Will Information Kit

Start planning with the basic steps and avoid the most common problems. Our Will Information Kit contains:

• Brochures on wills, living trusts and estate planning


• Referral list of professional advisors


• Booklet to maintain records


• Request form for other free guides


• Bequest language for California Pacific


• Information on our Legacy Society

Request your Will Information Kit by e-mail (without obligation) or call 415-600-2114. Ask us to include brochures on gift tools of particular interest to you.

Information for Your Lawyer

Tax ID: 94-2728423
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation
2015 Steiner Street
San Francisco, CA 94115

Ask your lawyer to use the Foundation's suggested language to implement your bequest.

Personal Assistance

Barbara Lowe, Senior Gift Planning Officer
Phone: 415-600-2769
E-mail: loweb@sutterhealth.org