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The James L. West Center for Dementia Care was established as a not-for-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization to provide dementia care and education to the families we serve and the community-at-large. Charitable giving is central to the James L. West Center’s existence – we were founded through the transformational gift of a family in 1991. Generations of donors funded the growth and evolution of our services; now our future depends on you, the donor of today.
An essential part of the operations of the James L. West Center for Dementia Care is the Center’s foundation, the James L. West Presbyterian Center Foundation. The James L. West Center Foundation provides funding to support the Center’s operation. It provides financial aid funding made available to families in the Center and the Day Program whose resources have been expended due to a dementia diagnosis. The Texas Presbyterian Foundation is our mission partner, assisting with planned gifts to the James L. West Foundation.
When you give to the James L. West Center for Dementia Care and/or the James L. West Presbyterian Special Care Foundation, you give to a community of hope, a life of fulfillment and growth to residents, families, and staff.
Click below to make a gift to the James L. West Center or the Adult Day Program.
Your Gifts Transform Lives
Find out more about how you can support the work of James L. West by calling Cathy Neece Brown, our Director of Development, today at 817-877-1199. You can also download and complete a pledge form and mail it with your donation to:
Yes, you may choose to specify the use of your gift. Designations include endowment, annual giving, Caregiver Education, Cole Music Series, or the Senior Day Program.
Gifts may be directed to the West Center either online or via mail. Please consider enclosing a note with the gift to let us know how you would like for us to recognize your gift. All gifts received are recognized with a confirmation letter to the donor and a memorial or honorary gift letter to the family. Gifts may be directed to:
James L. West Center for Dementia Care
Attn: Development Office
1111 Summit Ave.
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Many companies will match donations made by employees, retirees and spouses. Check to see if your company has a matching gift program by contacting your HR or benefits department. If your gift is matched, you receive an internal gift credit for the amount of the match in addition to the amount of your gift. Be sure to take advantage of the generosity of your company. It benefits both you and the James L. West Center.
Yes, your gifts are tax–deductible under the applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code. A receipt for your gift will be sent shortly after the James L. West Center receives your gift. Note: In cases where there are benefits associated with your gift, the value of those benefits is deducted from the gift amount on the receipt.
Planned gifts are gifts that will benefit the James L. West Center in the future and in many cases enable donors to make a larger contribution. There are many ways to make a planned gift, including bequests (gifts through wills), charitable gift annuities, retirement plan gifts, life insurance, charitable trusts and retained life estate. You can learn more about planned giving by visiting the Texas Presbyterian Foundation site. The Texas Presbyterian Foundation is our mission partner for planned giving.
Honoring our founders and the faith inspired founding of James L. West Center, we have partnered with the Texas Presbyterian Foundation to manage James L. West Center’s planned giving program. Funds received to fund many of the Center’s planned giving vehicles will be managed and receipted by the Texas Presbyterian Foundation and held in trust on behalf of the Center. As partners, the James L. West Center for Dementia Care and the Texas Presbyterian Foundation have a greater impact and greater accessibility to donors across the nation who embrace the work that we do.
Staff in the Development Office are available to discuss ways that you can support the mission and vision of the West Center. For information concerning bequests, trusts, charitable annuities, retained life estates and/or any questions you might have about estate planning, please contact the James L. West Center Development Office at 817-877-1199.
While James L. West staff are knowledgeable about the planned giving vehicles available to donors, we encourage our donors to work in partnership with their financial advisors about planned gift vehicles and charitable advantages related to giving.
Codicils may be easily added to your will denoting the the James L. West Center for Dementia Care as a beneficiary of your estate. Codicils may be written by you as an individual wishing to include the James L. West Center for Dementia Care in your estate plans or by an estate attorney.
To ensure that the gift(s) you intend to provide are directed to James L. West Center, please includes the Center’s unique Tax ID number: 75-2404011.
Once you have decided to include the James L.West Center in your will, there are a couple of additional decisions to make: the size of your gift and how you would like the James L. West Center to use your gift. Please contact the Development Office to visit about the process and any questions you might have.
Yes, you may name the James L. West Center for Dementia Care as the owner or a beneficiary of a life insurance policy. You can also name the James L. West Center for Dementia Care as a beneficiary of a retirement account. For additional information about these gifts, please reach out to the Center’s Development Office at 817-877-1199.
The James L. West Center accepts gifts of stocks, bonds and mutual funds. The Center has the ability to receive these gifts in electronic form. To receive transfer instructions, please contact the finance or development office at 817-877-1199 for further details.
Yes, such gifts may provide income and/or estate tax benefits, the opportunity to escape the burden of selling or managing the property and/or avoidance of capital gains tax if the asset has been held for more than one year. The James L. West Center’s ability to accept these gifts is limited by its ability to use the gift in support of the center’s mission and all gifts must be approved by the Center’s Gift Acceptance Committee. For more information please contact 817-877-1199 and ask to speak to either the finance or development office.
James L. West Center’s endowment was started with a gift from Mrs. Eunice West. The endowment comprises the long-term investment assets of the James L. West Center which have been invested in perpetuity. The assets are invested for growth so that only a portion of the total return from the investments will be spent each year. Gifts may be made to the endowment outright or through planned gifts. For more information about ways to invest in the future of the Center, please contact the Development Office at 817-877-1199.
