Individual Donors
Your gifts fill a critical need.
Four out of 10 Americans with health insurance coverage cannot afford their copays, premiums and deductibles. Your donation helps us fulfill our mission — to reduce financial barriers to care for underinsured patients with chronic or life-altering diseases. You can help us help them.
Ways To Give
Thanks to generous contributions from donors like you, we have helped thousands of patients afford the medications and essential treatments they need. You can make a tax-deductible donation or contribute to our effort in a variety of other ways. HealthWell has been recognized as one of America’s most efficient charities.
Tribute or Memorial Donation
Tribute or Memorial Donation
Consider a tribute or memorial gift to honor a loved one. Many people choose to commemorate occasions by contributing to an organization that is close to their hearts. Gifts can be made out to HealthWell Foundation, 20440 Century Blvd., Ste. 250, Germantown, MD 20874.
Fundraise for HealthWell
Fundraise for HealthWell
Dedicate your birthday or another special occasion to HWF/Invite your friends and family to donate to HealthWell in honor of your birthday or another special occasion.
Create a fundraiser on Facebook
You can easily create a fundraiser for HealthWell with this link – and our team is here to provide support to get your fundraiser up and running. If you have any questions about getting started, send us a message on our page and we will be in touch soon.
Donor Advised Funds
Donor Advised Funds
Help thousands of patients afford the medications and essential treatments they need with your donor-advised fund (DAF). If you have a DAF with Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable or BNY Mellon, consider a gift to the HealthWell Foundation using our DAFDirect tool.
Please include your name and address so that we can recognize you for your commitment to helping the underinsured afford critical medical treatments.
Other Options
If your donor-advised fund is with a different financial institution, please visit:
Stock Donation
Stock donation
A gift of appreciated stock and mutual funds to HealthWell can offer tax advantages. Please consult your financial planner or tax advisor to determine whether it’s worth considering. To make a stock donation to HealthWell, either you or your financial advisor can contact our Development Office at support@healthwellfoundation.org or (240) 632-5300.
Workplace Giving
Workplace Giving
Employees can support the HealthWell Foundation by naming the foundation as a recipient of a workplace campaign contribution. Many employers will match personal gifts made by their employees, sometimes even tripling an employee’s personal donation. Such programs may be open to spouses of employees, retirees and spouses of retirees. Please contact your Human Resources Department to find out whether your company offers a workplace giving or matching gifts program.
Did you know that many employers allow you to donate to non-profit organizations through a payroll deduction? If you’re interested, ask your accounting representative about this option and consider adding the HealthWell Foundation to your payroll deduction.
Although the HealthWell Foundation is not a United Way agency, if you write in our name as one of your designated charities, United Way will forward your gift to us. Please write in this information: HealthWell Foundation, 20440 Century Blvd., Ste. 250, Germantown, MD 20874
For assistance, please email us at support@healthwellfoundation.org.
Planned Giving
Planned Giving
You can make an extraordinary difference in the lives of others by making a planned gift to the HealthWell Foundation. Remembering the HealthWell Foundation in your will or trust is one of the most meaningful gifts you can offer to those who struggle with chronic illness and need the financial support for their lifesaving medications when their insurance simply isn’t enough.
To make it easier for our community, HealthWell has partnered with FreeWill to provide an online will-writing tool. It’s safe, secure, and takes 20 minutes or less to complete — and it’s 100% free to use.
Including the HealthWell Foundation in your existing estate plans is simple. Just a few sentences in your existing will or trust are all that is needed. Here is HealthWell’s official bequest language:
Unrestricted Bequest
“I give and bequeath the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate (or a percentage of my estate, or a dollar amount) to the HealthWell Foundation, based in Germantown, Maryland, for its general purposes.”
Bequest for a Restricted Health Fund
“I give and bequeath the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate (or a percentage of my estate, or a dollar amount) to (Health Fund) of the HealthWell Foundation, based in Germantown, Maryland.”
Savings Clause
If your bequest is restricted for a particular purpose, we ask that you incorporate a “savings clause” to accommodate changes over time in the needs of the Foundation: “In the event that such use shall, in the judgment of the President of the HealthWell Foundation, become unnecessary or impracticable, I direct that my gift shall be devoted to such purposes as the President, in his or her sole discretion, shall determine, keeping such use as close to my intent as possible.”
Our official name: HealthWell Foundation
Our address: 20440 Century Blvd, Ste 250, Germantown, MD 20874
EIN: 20-0413676
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About HealthWell’s Funding
In addition to individual contributions, HealthWell receives donations from a number of sources both within and outside the health care industry. These include pharmaceutical manufacturers, biotech companies, foundations and other health care organizations. The HealthWell Foundation is entirely independent. It is not controlled or influenced by any of its donors.
The assistance that HealthWell provides to patients is based on objective criteria that we apply consistently and in accordance with all applicable laws. As a copayment assistance foundation, HealthWell operates within a complex regulatory framework. The regulations governing the health care industry, as well as a favorable Advisory Opinion that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued to HealthWell, set standards that HealthWell must meet to stay in compliance with applicable laws. According to the OIG opinion, HealthWell may not disclose the identity of its donors. This ensures that we are able to operate independently and in the best interest of our patients.
Thanks to our dedicated donors, we offer patients an improved chance at positive health outcomes and proper disease management — a goal that we are powerless to achieve alone. Through the generosity of all our donors, HealthWell has already provided financial assistance to more than 930,000 patients who, in all likelihood, would have been unable to afford the critical treatments they needed. It is our sincere desire to help as many patients as possible afford the medical treatments they need and deserve.
Florida Disclosure Statement: A copy of the official registration and financial information for HealthWell Foundation (ch22767) may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services by calling toll-free within the state: 1-800-help-fla or by visiting www.floridaconsumerhelp.com. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval or recommendation by the state.