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Your contributions help us identify & prevent abuse.

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Questions? Call Executive Director Marc Kochanski at 971-409-1358 or email marc@guardian-partners.org.

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Please make checks payable to: Guardian Partners

Mail your gift to:
Guardian Partners
10814 NE Halsey St.
Portland, OR 97220

Thank You for Your Support

Thank you for helping Guardian Partners with our goal of preventing abuse throughout Oregon. It is estimated that there are roughly 15,000 Guardianship cases in the State of Oregon. That means 15,000 instances where one person has the power to make financial, health care, and quality of life decisions for another person as their Guardian. Guardians are persons appointed by the Court to care for and make medical and placement decisions on behalf of an individual, known as the Protected Person, who is unable to make those decisions for themselves. Protected Persons are elders, persons experiencing disabilities, and minors needing Court-appointed support.

Until the launch of Guardian Partners, there was little oversight of these cases. Guardian Partners is a volunteer-based initiative to meet a growing need in the elder and disabled adult community. Our goal is to not only discover and prevent abuse, but also to teach Guardians how to be effective to ensure those who are incapacitated are treated with the utmost care. These efforts prevent abuse and increase quality of life for elder adults, persons experiencing disabilities, and children under Guardianship care. We strive to be a national leader regarding issues of Guardianship by implementing effective programs that ensure every Guardian in Oregon has the resources, education, and oversight needed to be an effective caretaker.

We collected data in 2019 and found that of the 100 cases we monitored, 24% required intervention. Our case interventions range from providing Guardians with resources regarding respite care to calling for an ambulance to transport a neglected protected person to the hospital.

To help us build capacity in Oregon, we hope you will make a gift so that we may deliver our quality programming to under-served parts of Oregon.

Guardian Partners is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) organization (Tax ID #46-0907112).

Donors

Sincere thanks to these partners:

Stewart Sokol & Larkin LLC
JD Fulwiler & Co. Insurance/Court Bonds
Oregon Elder Law
Bernhardt Swisstrust
Beagle & Associates of Oregon Inc.
Columbia Trust Company
Cartwright Baer Johansson PC
Geffen Mesher
Fitzwater Law
OnPoint Community Credit Union
Mellon Meyer Winery
Spirit Mountain Community Fund
Eastrose Fellowship UU
Portland Trail Blazers
Z’IVO Windery
Lemelson Vineyards
Home Instead Care Foundation
Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation
Multnomah County
Oregon State Bar, Estate Planning Section
Portland Towncar Service LLC
Oregon Community Foundation
Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund
Meyer Memorial Trust
Oregon Medical Case Managers Group
Allen Trust
The Salem Foundation
Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund

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Other Ways To Give

Have you thought about what your legacy will be?

People who care about underserved or underrepresented populations can choose to make a significant impact long after their lifetimes by including Guardian Partners in their estate plans. Some of these gifts cost you nothing during your lifetime—but they all mean a great deal to Guardian Partners and the community we serve.

Bequest – Defer a gift until after your lifetime

Benefits: The gift is exempt from federal estate tax and you retain control of your asset for your lifetime
How to: Name Guardian Partners in your will

Revocable Living Trust – Make a revocable gift during your lifetime

Benefits: You retain control of the trust during your lifetime and the gift in the trust is exempt from federal taxes
How to: Name Guardian Partners as the beneficiary of assets in your living trust

Outright Gift of Cash – Make a quick and easy gift

Benefit: Immediate income tax deduction and you get to witness the benefits of your generosity
How to: Simply write a check!

Outright Gift of Securities – Eliminate tax on capital gains

Benefits: Immediate charitable deduction of full fair market value and elimination of capital gains tax
How to: Contribute long-term appreciated stock or other securties

Gift of Life Insurance – Make a large gift with little cost to yourself

Benefit: Current income tax deduction and possible future deductions through gifts to pay policy premiums
How to: Contribute a life insurance policy you no longer need

Gift of Retirement Assets – Eliminate the twofold taxation on IRAs of other qualified retirement plans

Benefit: Make the gift from the most highly taxed assets, leaving more for family and eliminates income and estate taxes
How to: Name Guardian Partners as the beneficiary of the balance left after your lifetime, using the plans beneficiary form

Charitable Remainder Unitrust – Create a hedge against inflation over the long term and supplement your retirement income

Benefit: Variable income for life and immediate income tax charitable deduction
How to: Create a trust that pays a fixed percentage of trust’s assets as revalued annually

Charitable Lead Trust – Reduce gift and estate taxes on assets you pass to children or grandchildren

Benefit: Reduces you taxable estate and property is given back to your family, often with reduced taxes
How to: Create a charitable trust that pays fixed or variable income to Guardian Partners for a specific term of years; thereafter the balance is given to your loved ones

Gifts to Guardian Partners can be designated for current use, to support a specific existing program area, or to fund our endowment.

Join Us

Contact Marc Kochanski to talk about how you would like to designate your gift to further the work of Guardian Partners. Marc@guardian-partners.org or 971-409-1358.