Gifts & Donations
Give the Gift of Caring
Your contribution enables WCSI to expand its mission to restore the profound nature of caring-healing within a caring science framework. By working In stewardship with the current health care systems worldwide — we aim to retain and nurture our most precious resource: caring professional nurses and trans-disciplinary care team members.
Tax Deductible
Your contribution is tax deductible (Tax ID# 26-0803334) and will help WCSI to ensure caring and healing for the public, reduce nurse turnover, and decrease costs to the system. We sincerely appreciate your support and generosity.
An official letter confirming the total donation amount you have contributed to WCSI throughout the calendar year will be mailed to you in January. This letter will support your charitable donation tax deduction.
The Watson Caring Science Legacy Fund
“We’re asking for your support so that together we can transform health care from medical/technical to Caring-Healing Cultures.”
WCSI is launching a new initiative: THE WATSON CARING SCIENCE LEGACY FUND to support the legacy of Jean Watson’s life work on Caring Science with the continuation and growth of WCSI activities. We need your help so that we can continue to be a resource for all who use Caring Science Theory.
Your gift will ensure Caring Science Theory and educational offers such as the Caritas Coach Education Program® which develops our nurse leaders, as well as our new initiative to offer formal Caring Science Accreditation, will continue for generations to come.
Please choose your level of giving:
Gift of Authentic Care
$100 to $1,000
Gift of Openness
$1,000 to $5,000
Gift of Honoring
$5,000 to $10,000
Gift of Loving Kindness
$10,000 to $15,000
Gift of Expression
$15,000 to $20,000
Gift of CARE for Self and others
$20,000 to $100,000
Gift of Miracles
$100,000 +
Some examples of how your support will help us:
Preserve LEGACY — our new Affiliate Standards Credentialing System evidencing the value of Caring Science within your system. We need staff to help us set this up and to gather and produce clear evidential outcomes.
- Employing staff to set up and manage our new Affiliate Standards Credentialing System
Support EDUCATION — Caritas Coach Education Program® - towards Faculty to ensure this unique program continues
- Continue to promote our Caritas Coach Education Program and permeate Human Caring throughout systems and organizations.
Provide SCHOLARSHIP — supporting those who need it towards Doctoral and scholarship programs and global expansion (Middle Eastern Latin America and Europe)
- Fund Human Caring learning opportunities to expand global programs.
Enrich RESEARCH — continue to gather evaluative indicators to show added value within systems such as our work with Press Ganey.
Expand PRAXIS — support our Caring Science System leaders through ICC and ongoing developing practice models.
Donate Now
Make a one-time or monthly online donation in any denomination.
Mail
To mail your gift, please download the Donation Form and send to:
Watson Caring Science Institute
4450 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 100
Boulder, CO 80303
Phone / Email
Speak with someone to explore gifting opportunities:
(303) 546-7970
info@watsoncaringscience.org
Caritas Founders and Charter Sponsors
Dr. Jean Watson and the WCSI Board of Directors greatly appreciate and recognize the original underwriters of the creation of the Watson Caring Science Institute upon its origin in 2009.
For more information on how to become a Caritas Founder or Charter Organization, please contact WCSI at info@watsoncaringscience.org.
WCSI SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Jan Anderson
Grissel Hernandez
Jean Watson
Julie Watson
WCSI Board of Directors
Anonymous
CHARTER CARITAS FOUNDER — Individual — $5,000+
Ronald Lesinski
Dallas Smith & Dr. Susan Mazer
CHARTER CARITAS FOUNDER — Individual — $1,000+
Jan Marie Anderson
Barbara Brewer
Sylvia Bushell
Gayle L. Casterline
Charlotte Delmar
Marlienne Goldin
Lois S. Kelley
Mary Rockwood Lane
Judy McDowell
Teri Pipe
Kathleen Sitzman
Brooks Turkel
Marian Turkel
A. Lynne Wagner
Charter Caritas Founder — Healthcare Organizations — $20,000+
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network - Philadelphia, PA
Baptist Hospital of Miami - Miami, FL
Bon Secours Health System, Inc. - Marriottsville, MD
Chesapeake Regional Medical Center - Chesapeake, VA
Gundersen Lutheran - La Crosse - WI
John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital - Phoenix, AZ
John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital - Phoenix, AZ
Mountain States Health Alliance - Johnson City, TN
Scottsdale Healthcare (Honorary) - Scottsdale, AZ
Charter Caritas Founder — University-College Systems — $20,000+
Universidad Mariana - San Juan De Pasto, Colombia