We are a world-class heart institute. Thanks to you.

Ambitious ideas, imaginative solutions and exceptional leadership are the cornerstone of a top institute of heart health. The Stony Brook Heart Institute focuses on developing programs that will foster breakthroughs and transform the study and practice of cardiac medicine. We are inspiring discovery with cutting-edge research and employing advanced technology that create more effective and targeted treatments.

When you want to say “thank you” and recognize your doctor, a nurse or the staff in one of our support programs, please consider a donation. Whether you choose to honor an individual or an entire department, your gift is a meaningful way to show your gratitude while supporting improvements to patient care Gifts can also be made in honor or in memory of a loved one or Stony Brook Heart Institute team member.  

Your gift to the Stony Brook Heart Institute provides valuable, immediate resources and fuels our momentum to become even stronger and more dynamic. Because of you, the Stony Brook Heart Institute can meet our mission to make a difference in the lives of all the patients we serve — and the families who love them. 

Generous friends like you have helped advance new knowledge in heart care by way by:

• Creating endowed chairs and professorships
• Establishing vital funding for the division of cardiothoracic surgery
• Supporting areas of greatest needs  in patient care and research.  

For helping make it all possible, we thank you for your support.

Gifts and pledges may be made through cash, securities, real estate or other real or personal property, as well as through planned, annual giving, estate gifts such as bequests and trusts, and life income gifts, such as charitable gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts. Pledges of more than $5,000 may be fulfilled for up to five years. For more information, contact:

Caitlin Derderian, Sr. Director of Developmentt
Stony Brook Heart Institute
Caitlin.derderian@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Your cash, check or credit card gifts are immediately available to the University for the purpose you specify. Gifts should be made in U.S. currency and (checks) payable to the Stony Brook Foundation, Inc. Foreign currency will be valued at the U.S. dollar equivalent on the date the gift is received.

To make a gift using your credit card, visit oursecure online giving page.

To make your gift by check (payable to the “Stony Brook Foundation”), send it by mail to:

Questions? Call (631) 632-6536

Increase the value of your gift and your impact with a matching gift through your employer. To find out whether your company or organization has a matching gift benefit, use our easy Matching Gift Search Tool.

When you become a Stony Brook Heart Institute monthly donor, you help ensure that we have what’s needed to reach our philanthropic goals. Please be a Heart Institute sustainer by giving online now.

Appreciated securities may offer you a  way to support Stony Brook Heart Institute and also avoid or reduce capital gains taxes. If you choose to use depreciated securities, in most cases it will be more advantageous to sell the shares and gift  the proceeds to the Stony Brook Heart Institute.

To make a gift of stock shares, please contact

Caitlin Derderian, Sr. Director of Developmentt
Stony Brook Heart Institute
Caitlin.derderian@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Planned gifts help you retain or receive income in addition to providing assets to the Stony Brook Heart Institute. Please consult your legal and financial advisors to determine the tax advantages of making a planned gift to us. We can discuss with you the variety of ways that a planned gift can benefit you and your family as well as the Stony Brook Heart Institute.

To discuss leaving the Heart Institute in your estate plan, please contact 

Caitlin Derderian, Sr. Director of Developmentt
Stony Brook Heart Institute
Caitlin.derderian@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Endowed gifts  are considered the "gifts that keep on giving," because they are permanently invested by the Stony Brook Foundation, and a portion of the income generated by that investment is used for the purpose you wish to support, such as undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, supplemental salary support for faculty, research, libraries, lectureships, programs and much more.  Another portion of the income is reinvested each year, enabling the endowment to grow and provide a permanent stream of income — and a permanent impact — over time.  Read more on endowed gifts or contact:

Caitlin Derderian, Sr. Director of Developmentt
Stony Brook Heart Institute
Caitlin.derderian@stonybrookmedicine.edu