Legacy Giving
Cement your legacy and support accurate, independent reporting on the health issues that shape our lives by including the Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism in your estate plans.
Leave a legacy for trusted health journalism
Reliable health journalism helps people make informed decisions about their health, their families and their communities. By including the Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism in your estate plans, you can help ensure that future generations of journalists have access to the training, resources and support they need to cover health care accurately, independently and ethically.
A bequest is a simple and meaningful way to make a lasting investment in the future of health journalism.
The Center supports the work of the Association of Health Care Journalists by funding conferences, workshops, fellowships, reporting resources and other professional development opportunities that strengthen coverage of public health, medicine, health policy and health care systems.
Ways to leave a bequest
You may choose to support the Center through:
- A gift in your will or living trust.
- A percentage of your estate.
- A residual bequest after other commitments are fulfilled.
Bequests of any size can help sustain independent, high-quality journalism and support journalists covering some of the most important issues affecting public health and health care.
Sample bequest language
“I give, devise and bequeath to the Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, a supporting 501(c)(3) organization of the Association of Health Care Journalists, the sum of $_____ (or _____ percent of my estate) for its general charitable purposes.”
Why your support matters
The Center was created to help journalists better understand and explain complex health issues like medical research, public health, health care policy, ethics and more. Its mission is grounded in fairness, accuracy, independence and public service.
Your legacy gift can help:
- Expand training and fellowship opportunities for journalists
- Support reporting resources and educational programming
- Strengthen independent health journalism nationwide
- Improve public understanding of critical health issues
Contact Us
We would be happy to speak with you in confidence about planned giving, with no obligation.