There are many ways to support MaineHealth Behavioral Health and MaineHealth Behavioral Health at Spring Harbor, Maine’s only free-standing, private, psychiatric hospital. Your generous, tax-deductible contribution makes a real difference in the lives of our patients and their families.
Support behavioral health in your community
With your financial support, MaineHealth Behavioral Health and MaineHealth Behavioral Health at Spring Harbor will be better positioned to achieve the MaineHealth vision: Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America.
Questions? Please contact us.
Signs of Hope
Our summer signature fundraiser is one of Greater Portland’s must-attend events.
Support behavioral health care in your community and the critical services provided by our care team.
The MBH annual fund provides vital support to all areas of our organization – including our outpatient locations and inpatient hospital.
Ways to give
Making a gift of appreciated securities to MaineHealth that is designated for MaineHealth Behavioral Health can be an advantageous way to provide financial support for patient care across our many behavioral health programs and services. Indeed, a gift of publicly traded stock that has increased in value, which you have owned for more than one year, may provide greater tax benefits than giving cash. To effect a transfer of stock as a gift to us, your broker should use the following information:
Broker: Wells Fargo
DTC #: 0141
FBO: MaineHealth
A/C #: 4351-7380
Attn: Susan Pye
Gift Purpose: MaineHealth Behavioral Health/specific program or purpose
If there is a specific purpose for your gift, please add a note (e.g. Signs of Hope event, etc.). Please also notify Cornell Stinson in the Development Office at cornell.stinson@mainehealth.org when a stock transfer is made so that we can promptly identify and process your gift, and send you a gift receipt for tax purposes.
A growing number of donors are choosing to support charitable organizations through contributions made through a donor advised fund. A donor-advised fund, or DAF, is like a charitable investment account for the sole purpose of supporting charitable organizations. If you are planning to make a gift to MaineHealth Behavioral Health through a DAF, please instruct your DAF advisor, broker or bank of the following information they will need to complete your recommended gift:
Charitable Organization: MaineHealth (MaineHealth Behavioral Health is a part of MaineHealth)
Tax ID: 01-0238552
Gift Purpose: MaineHealth Behavioral Health/specific program or purpose
Your DAF should send the confirmation letter and check to the Development Office, MaineHealth Behavioral Health, 1 Riverfront Plaza, Westbrook, ME 04092. Donors should also inform our Development office of any gift being sent from a DAF. For questions about giving through a DAF, contact Cornell Stinson at cornell.stinson@mainehealth.org or 207-661-6667.
Become a Monthly Donor
A recurring, monthly gift is a great and easy way to make a big impact while spreading out your gift over the year. To set up a recurring gift, please contact Malcolm Bennett at malcolm.bennett2@mainehealth.org or 207-661-6612 or donate now and select "Recurring gift" for the gift type. Your card will be charged around the 1st of each month. You control when payments stop; simply contact us to end your monthly gift.
Leveraging Employer Matching Gifts
The employer matching gift program is a terrific way to increase the impact of your gift to MaineHealth Behavioral Health. There are many employers who will match the gifts of their employees to qualified non-profit organizations.
As a qualified non-profit (MaineHealth Tax ID: 01-0238552), MaineHealth Behavioral Health encourages you to leverage your gift to us with a matching gift from your employer. For example, if you make a gift of $50 to MaineHealth Behavioral Health, your employer may match your gift with a dollar for dollar match—an additional $50 that brings the total value of your impact to $100. When making a gift to MaineHealth Behavioral Health, contact your employer to find out if they match employee gifts.
Donors interested in supporting specific MaineHealth Behavioral Health programs or purposes may do so by designating their gifts for that program or purpose, or for an existing special purpose fund. View a partial list of MaineHealth Behavioral Health special purpose funds. Donors may also establish new current use or endowed funds in support of a special purpose or existing program. A named current use fund may be established with a minimum gift of $2,500. These funds will operate and support the gift designation until the donated funds are spent, at which time the fund will end.
A named endowed fund may be established with a minimum gift of $10,000. The funding gift, and any future gifts added to it, will be permanently invested and restricted for the designated purpose. The interest only generated from the fund’s principal will be used to support the designated purpose on an annual basis. Endowed funds will support the designated purpose in perpetuity, providing a permanent revenue stream and lasting legacy from the donor’s generosity. To establish a named current use or endowed fund supporting MaineHealth Behavioral Health, please contact Cornell Stinson at cornell.stinson@mainehealth.org or 207-661-6667.
You can provide long-term support to MaineHealth Behavioral Health through a variety of planned giving options including a bequest, which can bring a variety of financial rewards to you and your family. Whether you are thinking about a bequest, an annuity or setting up a trust, we would be happy to talk with you about the best way to include the organization in your plans.
For more information consult your financial planner, or contact the Development Office.