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Contributor Privacy Statement
CHRISTUS Health is committed to safeguarding contributor privacy on our web site. We operate under the following set of strict privacy principles:
- The only information CHRISTUS Health and its health care facilities obtain about individual visitors/contributors to its web site is that supplied voluntarily by visitors/contributors.
- In cases when one of the CHRISTUS Health facility foundations may need personal information to provide visitors with customized content or to inform them about new features or services, visitors are explicitly asked for that information.
- Personally identifiable information provided by visitors (e.g., name, e-mail, or home address, etc.) will not be disclosed to any other party. If at such time, one of the CHRISTUS Health facility foundations believes it would be in the benefit of site visitors and contributors to share this information with other organizations, visitors will be explicitly asked if this would be permissible.
- The Give Your Support section of the CHRISTUS web site is not designed for use by children nor does the site seek to collect information on children who may visit the site.
Further details on our information gathering, use and privacy practices for this site are below.
General Information About All Users
To determine the number of visitors to our site and the most/least-visited pages on the site, CHRISTUS Health gathers statistical information on a regular basis to understand how the public is using the site. These statistical reports do not contain any personal information on visitors to the site.
Personal Information About You
We may ask you to provide your personal information such as your e-mail address to provide you with news and information that you have elected to receive. CHRISTUS Health may use this information at some point in time to notify you by e-mail of additions to the web site, upcoming events, or to convey other important CHRISTUS Health foundation-related information.
Corrections to Your Information
If your contributor information changes (e.g., mailing address, e-mail address, etc.), you may notify CHRISTUS Health or one of our facilities of these changes through the site by the following means:
- Send an e-mail to the CHRISTUS facility where you made a contribution, indicating the changes to your contact information. (See Philanthropy Staff Directory)
- Call the CHRISTUS facility where you made a contribution, indicating the changes to your contact information. (See Philanthropy Staff Directory)
- Write to the CHRISTUS facility where you made a contribution, indicating the changes to your contact information. (See Philanthropy Staff Directory)
Online Survey
Our online survey asks visitors for demographic information to better understand our audience and better serve the communities we are reaching with the CHRISTUS Health Web site. CHRISTUS Health may store survey results to track responses over time and to use the responses to improve your experiences on the CHRISTUS Health Web site.
External Links
In order to provide visitors with greater value, CHRISTUS Health may provide links to various third-party Web sites. However, CHRISTUS Health exercises no authority over linked sites, each of which maintains independent privacy and data collection policies and procedures. CHRISTUS Health assumes no responsibility or liability for these independent methods or actions and is not responsible for the independent policies or procedures of destination sites. These destination links are provided only for your convenience, and as such, you access them at your own risk. However, CHRISTUS Health wishes to ensure the integrity of the CHRISTUS Health Web site and its destination links, so any comments pertaining to the CHRISTUS Health site or any sites accessed through the CHRISTUS Health Web site links are greatly appreciated.
Glossary of Terms
A
Actuarial Life Expectancy
The number of years a person is expected to live based on a series of assumptions.
Appreciated Property
Property that has increased in value from the amount that the owner paid for it (as defined for tax purposes).
B
Beneficiary
Individual/charity receiving benefits from a trust or other charitable gift during its existence.
Bequest
A gift made through a will of assets or other property to a beneficiary.
C
Capital Gain/Loss
The profit or loss resulting from the sale of property. Short-term gain/loss refers to property owned for 12 months or less; long-term gain/loss refers to property owned for longer than 12 months.
Charitable Income Tax Deduction
The amount that a donor is entitled to deduct from his/her income taxes by reason of a charitable gift.
Charitable Remainder
The amount the charity is to receive, as calculated at the time the gift is made. This amount is the same as the charitable deduction.
Codicil
A change to an existing will. A supplement, amendment, or addition to a will that explains, modifies, adds to, subtracts from, qualifies, alters, restrains or revokes provisions in a will. It becomes a part of the will and must be executed in the same manner as the will, as prescribed by state law.
Cost Basis
An investor's purchase price of an asset for tax purposes. It accounts for adjustments for stock splits, distributions and return of capital distributions. The appraised value of an inherited asset as of the date of death of the person who bequeathed it.
D
Date of Gift Value
The value of the gift as of the date on which the donor relinquished control (as defined by the IRS) of the assets being donated.
E
Executor/Executrix/Personal Representative
Individual(s), corporation(s) named in a will to collect the deceased person's property, pay debts and distribute property in accordance with the instructions contained in the will.
F
Fair Market Value
Price at which property would change hands between a willing buyer and seller and calculated as the mean (average) between the highest and lowest selling prices on the valuation date.
I
Intestate
Refers to when a person has died without a will.
Irrevocable
An arrangement that cannot be broken except under very limited and unusual circumstances.
P
Present Value
A calculation that adjusts an amount to be received in the future to a current value taking into consideration assumptions about the donor's life expectancy, the rate of return the investments are expected to generate and a rate by which the future amount should be discounted (the discount rate).
Probate
The process by which the assets of a person who has died are documented, administered and distributed under the supervision of a local court and in accordance with the terms of a valid will.
Q
"Qualified" Appraisal
An appraisal made by a person approved as a 'qualified appraiser' and made no earlier than 60 days prior to the gift's transfer and no later than the date the tax return in which the gift is reported is filed.
R
Related Use
A test applied to gifts in kind, requiring the gift to be used for a purpose that is directly related to UMMS mission of patient care, medical education and medical research if a charitable deduction is to be claimed for the full, fair-market value of the donated property.
Remainderman
Individual or charity entitled to receive the assets upon the termination of a trust.
T
Testator/Testatrix
A person who has died leaving a will.
Total Return
The combined earnings from principal appreciation and income earned.
Trust
An arrangement by which a person conveys legal title to property to another party (such as a bank trust department or an attorney). The trustee agrees to administer the trust assets for the benefit of the person who established the trust or for the benefit of someone else named in the trust agreement. Trusts can be established during lifetime (intervivos or living trust) or by will (testamentary trust).
Trustee
A person or a corporation (such as a bank) who holds legal title to the property of a person and who has the duty to hold and manage the trust for the benefit of both the beneficiaries and the remaindermen.
Trustor/Settlor/Grantor
Person who establishes a trust during his/her lifetime.
W
Will
A legal document by which a person outlines the disposition of his/her assets after death. A will must be witnessed and executed as prescribed in state law.
