Working to defeat Sudden Cardiac Death
Working to defeat Sudden Cardiac Death
Your support will help fund the scientific research into the the causes and treatments of Sudden Cardiac Death at the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center. The Steven M. Gootter Foundation is a 501( c ) (3) non-profit organization and your gift is tax-deductible.
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Gifts of appreciated stock or real estate are accepted by the foundation. Please call Bobby Present at 520.299.4444 to talk about these giving vehicles and/or contact your tax advisor. Find out more.
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If you need additional information, please call 520.615.6430. Gifts to the Foundation are tax deductible.
Become a Volunteer! The Foundation needs volunteers to work on the Steven M. Gootter Foundation Gala and Grand Slam Tournament and ProExhibition.
Get involved in this exciting event and make a difference.
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Following are live and silent auction donations from previous years' Gootter Grand Slam gala and tennis tournament events.
An AED is designed to help save a life in extraordinary circumstances. It is intuitive, with its clean lines and clear voice instructions as well as effective with its SMART biphasic defibrillation therapy, clinically proven in its 10 years of use. Training on how to use an AED will be provided by The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center.
Cheer on the Suns from the owner’s suite. You and 15 of your closest friends will enjoy dinner and a great basketball game in Robert Sarver’s suite during one game of the 2011-2012 season. During the game you will be escorted on a private tour of the Suns Locker Room and receive an autographed Suns basketball. The selection of the game to be mutually agreed upon by the auction winner and the Phoenix Suns.
Perched on the captivating slopes of Telluride’s Mountain Village is The Lumière; Telluride’s hottest luxury boutique hotel. MSNBC named it “one of the sexiest lodges in the world.” This ski-in ski-out 5-diamond service hotel is comprised of 30 guest rooms. Three nights at your Suite features flat panel televisions with surround sound, gas fireplaces, gourmet kitchen with Wolff and SubZero appliances, Egyptian cotton sheets, L’Occitane natural bath and body products, oversized bath sheets, and plush bathrobes and slippers.
Other amenities include complimentary European breakfast, après ski, fitness center, concierge service, ski valet, as well as hybrid SUV service to airport and downtown Telluride.
This package is for 6-8 guests for 3 nights and 4 days.
Blackout dates apply.
CordeValle, a Rosewood Resort, located in San Martin, California, is a secluded Vineyard, Golf and Spa Retreat in Northern California. The resort features a Robert Trent Jones Jr. golf course that ranks amongst the world’s best and is currently ranked #2 in California by Golf Digest. Come relax at the SENSE Spa, and enjoy wine tasting at their winery and others nearby.
This package includes 2 nights in a luxury Bungalow (750sq ft) with a fireplace, Jacuzzi Tub and private garden; 2 hours of tennis lessons, unlimited play at the new tennis pavilion and a tennis gift bag; and a round of golf on the world renowned private course. (Valid Sunday through Thursday, excludes holidays)
Gather your friends and enjoy 7 days and 6 nights (Monday – Sunday) in Casa San Sebastian, nestled majestically amidst cliff-side boulders in a sheltered Pacific cove on Puerto Vallarta’s exclusive south shore. Enjoy an 8,000 square foot oceanfront luxury villa with 4 master suites to sleep 8 featuring air conditioning throughout, satellite TV and high-speed internet.
Casa San Sebastian features a cook, maid, houseman and a caretaker. Fresh foods of your choice will be purchased by the staff fresh in local markets and prepared to your specifications. Ocean waves spill over massive boulders beneath one’s feet, brightly colored parrots and parakeets serenade from the mountainside jungle that is the front door.
Blackout dates apply. Must be used before 12-18-11.
You can be the fourth player in a doubles exhibition (on Sunday, March 27th, 2011) with tennis legends Mats Wilander, Mikael Pernfors, and U of A football coach, Mike Stoops. Your 15 minutes of fame comes Sunday afternoon, March 27th, at the Jim Reffkin Tennis Center…Stadium Court. Experience tennis at the highest level. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear the roar of the crowd following your down-the-line backhand!
A silent auction is held at the Gootter Grand Slam Tournament and ProExhibition every year. We will happily accespt donations of gift certificates, services from southern Arizona businesses and places of interest, and items such as household goods, toys, artwork, jewelry and sporting equipment.
Legacy is an important mechanism for the growth and development of any foundation. The Steven M. Gootter Foundation has spent the last four years developing sponsorships to promote an endowment chair at the UA Sarver Heart Center in honor of Steve. The completion of the funds for this program will help to recruit/retain a top-notch faculty member and implement a program focused on sudden cardiac death. We are challenged now to have our loyal donors consider a legacy gift in his/her estate. The gift can be in the form of a bequest, a trust or a life insurance policy. Once the Legacy gift has been received the donor will become a part of a unique and extraordinary group. The gift will be recognized in many ways and will keep the research, education and training alive in perpetuity. For more information about completing a legacy gift, please call 520.615.6430.
There are many ways to support the Steven M Gootter Foundation. Planned and legacy giving can ensure that your gifts will continue to support the research, prevention and treatment of sudden cardiac arrest. Please consider one of the planned and legacy giving options described below.
Gifts by bequest in ones Will or Trust can be made outright to the Steven M. Gootter Foundation, with great benefit to your beneficiaries and the Foundation.; Such bequests are tax deductible and reduce your estate for estate tax purposes. Learn More
Many retirement plans, including IRAs, 401(k)s, Keogh, 403(b) annuities, and other qualified pension plans and retirement plans, as well as life insurance policies, will allow participants or insurance plan owners to designate the Steven M. Gootter Foundation as a beneficiary. Learn More
You can make a donation to the Steven M. Gootter Foundation by creating a charitable trust with split interests. These trusts are either Charitable Lead Trusts or Charitable Remainder Trusts. Learn More
Donor Advised Funds are funds created by charitable organizations, community foundations, and some commercial entities, that hold and invest charitable contributions. You may then give advice as to the distribution of those funds to charities. Learn More
A charitable gift annuity is an annuity purchased from a charitable organization, like the Steven M. Gootter Foundation. You pay an amount to the Foundation in exchange for an annuity that may last for your life or the joint lives of you and another person alive at the time of the contribution. Learn More
A bargain sale is what it sounds like: you sell an asset(s) to a charitable organization, like the Steven M. Gootter Foundation, at a bargain price. You get an income tax deduction equal to the amount that the actual fair market value of the asset(s) is greater than the actual sales price. Learn More
Gifts by bequest in one’s Will or Trust can be made outright to the Steven M. Gootter Foundation, with great benefit to your beneficiaries and the Foundation. Such bequests are tax deductible and reduce your estate for estate tax purposes. This reduces the value of the remainder interest in your estate plan, leaving less assets subject to estate taxes.
Making a bequest to the Steven M. Gootter Foundation also allows you to enjoy the benefit of your estate during your lifetime, while sharing something with the Foundation and its important work upon your passing. You have the flexibility to name a fraction, percentage, a specific amount, or even specific assets as a bequest to the Foundation.
Those interested in making a bequest to the Steven M. Gootter Foundation should contact their tax and legal advisors for help in doing so. Back to Top
Many retirement plans, including IRAs, 401(k)s, Keogh, 403(b) annuities, and other qualified pension plans and retirement plans, as well as life insurance policies, will allow participants or insurance plan owners to designate the Steven M. Gootter Foundation as a beneficiary.
Retirement plans are great vehicles to make charitable gifts because their proceeds are taxable at ordinary income rates to individuals, while distributions made to charities are not taxed to the charity.
Naming the Steven M. Gootter Foundation as a designated beneficiary of either a retirement plan or a life insurance policy gives the donor the right to benefit from the plan or policy during life, while reducing their potential estate and their beneficiary’s tax liabilities.
Contributing a life insurance policy to the Steven M. Gootter Foundation, while continuing to pay the premiums may entitle a donor to a charitable income tax deduction.
Those interested in naming the Steven M. Gootter Foundation as a designated beneficiary should contact their tax and legal advisors for help in doing so. Back to Top
You can make a donation to the Steven M. Gootter Foundation by creating a charitable trust with split interests. These trusts are either Charitable Lead Trusts or Charitable Remainder Trusts.
Because a portion of the trust assets are going to charity, you may enjoy a gift and estate tax deduction for the full value of the amount designated for the Steven M. Gootter Foundation. With a Charitable Trust, you may also qualify for an income tax deduction.
Those interested in naming the Steven M. Gootter Foundation as a beneficiary of a Charitable Trust should contact their tax and legal advisors for help in doing so.
Charitable Lead Trusts
A Charitable Lead Trust provides an annuity payment to the Steven M. Gootter Foundation for a term of years, and the remainder of the trust assets pass on to your beneficiaries after that term. The annuity can be a set amount paid to the Foundation each year or a unitrust annuity. A unitrust annuity is a fixed percentage of the trust assets’ value each year. Thus, as the trust assets’ value fluctuates, the annuity amount also fluctuates.
Charitable Remainder Trusts
A Charitable Remainder Trust provides an annuity to you or someone you designate for a term of years or a lifetime and then the remainder of the trust assets pass on to the Steven M. Gootter Foundation. Your annuity can be a fixed amount each year or a unitrust annuity, as with Charitable Lead Trusts. Thus, you can plan to receive an amount of income for your use during a term of years and give to the Foundation after you no longer need the income. Back to Top
Donor Advised Funds are funds created by charitable organizations, community foundations, and some commercial entities, that hold and invest charitable contributions. You may then give advice or recommendations as to the distribution of those funds to charities. But, your recommendations are non-binding.
A contribution to a Donor Advised Fund is typically income tax deductible. They are also typically gift and estate tax deductible. A Donor Advised Fund allows you a simple way to receive a tax deduction in the year of the contribution while recommending payments for the Steven M. Gootter Foundation. You may also leave a legacy of giving by naming your beneficiaries as successor account holders.
Those interested in recommending the Steven M. Gootter Foundation as a beneficiary of a Donor Advised Fund should contact their tax and legal advisors for help in doing so.Back to Top
A charitable gift annuity is an annuity purchased from a charitable organization, like the Steven M. Gootter Foundation. You pay an amount to the Foundation in exchange for an annuity that may last for your life or the joint lives of you and another person alive at the time of the contribution. The value of the amount paid less the annuity is allowed as an income tax charitable deduction.
Gift annuities allow you to preserve a set amount of income for your life, while enjoying an income tax deduction and leaving a great benefit to the Steven M. Gootter Foundation.
Those interested in purchasing a gift annuity from the Steven M. Gootter Foundation should contact their tax and legal advisors for help in doing so. Back to Top
A bargain sale is what it sounds like: you sell an asset(s) to a charitable organization, like the Steven M. Gootter Foundation, at a bargain price. You get an income tax deduction equal to the amount that the actual fair market value of the asset(s) is greater than the actual sales price.
Bargain sales provide you with the ability to enjoy favorable tax deductions, reduce your estate, and preserve a certain amount of money for your own use.
Those interested in executing a bargain sale with the Steven M. Gootter Foundation should contact their tax and legal advisors for help in doing so. Back to Top
Become a sponsor of the 2012 Gootter Grand Slam. Download and print out our sponsorship form and choose from one of the following levels.Download the 2012 Sponsorship PDF
Sarver Heart Center
