The Marquette Manor Foundation
The Marquette Manor Foundation is committed to supporting residents in need and enhancing the quality of life at Marquette. We financially assist residents whose funds have been partially or wholly exhausted because of illness, longevity, or unforeseen changes to financial circumstances. We also foster, fund, and promote special artistic, educational, musical, or recreational projects or facilities that help make Marquette a premier retirement living community in Indianapolis.
The Marquette Commitment to Excellence
Our Mission
We are a not-for-profit continuing care community honoring the dignity and independence of individuals and providing the highest quality of care and services to our residents.
Our Vision
We will be the premier continuing care community in the Midwest, recognized nationally for innovative programs, involved residents, and organizational strengths.
The Care Fund
When residents become part of the Marquette community, they feel welcomed and secure, knowing they will always be able to remain at Marquette, even if they outlive their resources or face unforeseen financial circumstances. The Care Fund provides that safety net. Because of the philanthropic giving of Marquette’s residents, their friends and families, Board members, and other donors to the Marquette Manor Foundation, more than $4 million has been granted to residents in need through the Care Fund.
Ways to Give
You can make an impact—and potentially realize tax benefits—through your generous giving to the Marquette Manor Foundation. Below are a number of ways you can contribute.
Cash Gifts and Securities
Donors often prefer giving cash and securities to provide immediate funds and therefore immediate outcomes that benefit Marquette residents. Both types of gifts provide you with potential tax relief.
Matching Gifts
Check with employers or former employers. Some large corporations match charitable gifts with a contribution of equal amount or some portion of the gift. Donors may also challenge others to match their own gift and give to the Marquette Manor Foundation as well.
Donor Advised Fund (DAF)
The Foundation is pleased to accept grants from Donor Advised Funds. Contact your Fund Sponsor to arrange a grant to ”Marquette Manor Foundation, Inc.” The Foundation Executive Director can provide you with the details your fund administrator will require.
Honorary and Remembrance Gifts
“In Honor” gifts may be made to thank or recognize anyone for a special occasion, such as birthdays, anniversaries, etc. “In Memory” gifts are given specifically to pay tribute to someone special to you who has passed on. “Remembrance” gifts at certain monetary levels memorialize those honored in a more permanent way by having their names engraved on a bench, paver, or brick on the Marquette grounds.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. The Foundation recognizes donors whose one-time major gift merits the opportunity to have a specific area of the campus or dedicated area of a building named in honor of the donor or their honoree.
Yes! The Marquette Manor Foundation accepts many planned giving vehicles with varying benefits to best fit your individual financial and estate goals and charitable intentions.
Types of planned gifts include:
- Wills and Charitable Bequests
- Return of Capital Designation
- Gifts from Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)
- Life Insurance Policies
- Personal Property (e.g., antiques, jewelry, automobiles)
- Real Estate (e.g., farms, residential or vacation homes, or rental properties)
- Charitable Lead Trust (also known as Reverse Charitable
- Remainder Trust)
- Charitable Remainder Trust
Ready to Learn More?
If you would like more information about making a charitable gift to The Marquette Manor Foundation, please contact us by using the form at the top of this page.
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