Dream Society

The Dream Society

The Dream Society recognizes the generosity of individuals who have named MLK Community Health Foundation as a beneficiary in their estate plans. This group of forward-thinking friends helps ensure that MLK Community Healthcare will be able to continue its mission of providing compassionate, collaborative, quality care, and improving the health of our community for future generations.

MLKCH Stories: Investing in South LA

By making a planned gift to support MLKCH

you create a legacy of health for South Los Angeles and all Angelenos

Join the Dream Society

The minimum requirement to join the Dream Society is a gift of $10,000 in your estate plan to support the MLK Community Health Foundation. You can designate your gift to a specific program or as an unrestricted gift to support MLKCH’s greatest needs.

One simple way to join the Dream Society is to create your will and include a legacy gift using our partnership with FreeWill. Their online resource helps you create or update your will at no cost.

Please consult with your attorney or financial advisor to be sure that the gift you choose makes sense as part of your overall estate plan.

Create your gift

To leave a percentage of your estate: I give and bequeath to MLK Community Health Foundation (tax ID #45-4433505), a not-for-profit organization located in Los Angeles California, _____ percent (%) of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate as an unrestricted gift to be used at the discretion of its Board of Directors for the general purposes of MLK Community Healthcare, located in Los Angeles, California.
To leave a specific gift amount: I give and bequeath to MLK Community Health Foundation (tax ID #45-4433505), a not-for-profit organization located in Los Angeles California, a gift in the amount of $ _____ as an unrestricted gift to be used at the discretion of its Board of Directors for the general purposes of MLK Community Healthcare, located in Los Angeles, California.
To leave stock: I give and bequeath to MLK Community Health Foundation (tax ID #45-4433505), a not-for-profit organization located in Los Angeles California, _____ shares of stock of _____ Corporation as an unrestricted gift to be used at the discretion of its Board of Directors for the general purposes of MLK Community Healthcare, located in Los Angeles, California.

Recognition & benefits

As a member of the Dream Society, you will receive the following

Recognition on our Donor Wall and website
Invitations to special events
Campus naming opportunity (as available and appropriate to level of commitment)

If you have created a planned gift to support MLKCH—or if you intend to—we hope you will let us know so we may recognize your generosity.

See what our
members are saying

"MLKCH is a unique institution that is more than a hospital or health system...It responds to South LA’s most urgent needs while simultaneously building and developing a state-of-the-art system—a model system—to ensure the long-term well-being of the community."

—John & Sarah Kobara

"MLKCH has the potential to be a beacon to every health system in low-income communities across the nation...The thought that we could enable that work to continue beyond our own lives is a source of meaning and satisfaction to Jane and me."

—Larry & Jane Rosen

Jane and Larry Rosen standing on a beach

"My personal vision is that South LA will be a community where residents have everything they need to live a life that’s not consumed by health problems…a life where they can realize their dreams.”

—Tracy Donegan

Read more about Tracy's story