Your gift, your way.
We have several donation options. Your gift will go directly to the AGA Research Foundation Awards Program.
Ways to donate
Donate by phone
Call foundation staff at 301-654-2055 with your credit card information to make a gift over the phone.
Donate by mail
Print and mail this form with your donation to the AGA Research Foundation:
AGA Research Foundation
ATTN: Akoko Vias, Accounting Department
4930 Del Ray Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
Gifts of stock and planned giving
Stocks and planned gifts are options for our donors. Call foundation staff at 301-654-2055 or email foundation@gastro.org.
Reimbursement
Fill out the box on the AGA Travel Expense and Reimbursement Form to donate all or a portion of your reimbursement.
Honorarium
Name the AGA Research Foundation as a recipient of honorarium you receive for AGA positions or speaking arrangements.
Corporate matching program
Check with your human resources department to see if your employer has a matching gift program that could double your gift to the AGA Research Foundation.
Donor advised fund
You can establish and fund a donor advised fund account by recommending a grant from your donor advised fund to make a tax-deductible contribution to the AGA Research Foundation.
Memorial gifts
Make a donation in memory of a loved one. A personal note can be sent to the person(s) of your choice acknowledging your gift, but not the amount. You can complete a memorial gift through the online donation form.
Honor gifts
Make a donation to acknowledge a special occasion of a family member, friend or colleague. The honoree will be sent an acknowledgement of the gift, but not the amount. You can complete a honorary gift through the online donation form.
TAX EXEMPT STATUS
The AGA Research Foundation is a nonprofit, tax exempt organization as defined in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Gifts to this entity qualify as charitable contributions for income tax purposes. In accordance with the Internal Revenue Code, this organization is not a private foundation.
TAX INFORMATION
Taxpayer Identification Number: 36-6066325
AGA Institute Program Naming Opportunities
Background
Below is a list of AGA Institute activities that can be named for the donation amounts indicated. Individuals interested in receiving name recognition for a listed AGA Institute program can do so by contributing a new, unrestricted gift totaling the amount listed to the AGA Research Foundation. The gift can be payable over five years.
Donors, who make new gifts at these levels, are invited to become AGA Legacy Society members and receive Legacy Society member benefits.
Naming rights are limited to 20 years unless otherwise noted. A 10 percent program fee will be added to the donation amount for all donor named program opportunities. These naming opportunities allow for donor recognition through the renaming of existing AGA Institute programs. Donations in support of these named programs will go directly to the AGA Research Foundation research endowment. The donor’s contribution will be placed in the AGA Research Foundation endowment to support research awards and the annual investment return will go to support the desired program. Additional monetary support for the program will be provided through the AGA Institute operating budget.
Individual donors and their naming rights do not exclude the program from seeking sponsorships or other external funding from corporations or foundations.
Endowed opportunities are also available. Endowment gifts will go into the AGA Research Foundation research endowment. The endowment is designed so that the program is fully supported by the investment returns. A one percent administrative fee will be added to all endowed programs. Depending on the nature of the endowment, there may be an additional program fee.
Donor naming opportunities (limited to 20 years unless otherwise noted)
$50,000 +
AGA Equity Focused Future Leaders Program Scholarship (naming rights for up to five annual scholarships)
The AGA Future Leaders Program provides a pathway within the organization for selected participants to network, connect with mentors, develop leadership skills and learn about AGA’s governance and operations while advancing their careers and supporting the profession. Funding will provide up to five scholarships annually for individuals from underrepresented backgrounds that are AGA Future Leaders or those that come from institutions that cannot support participation of an emerging leader into the AGA Future Leaders Program.
AGA Institute activities related to the Early Career Lounge at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW)
DDW hosts an early career lounge at the meeting to allow early career GIs to gather and hear presentations specific to their career stage. This gift would fund AGA Institute programs at the lounge such as meet and greets with speakers, case reports to ‘stump the professor,’ or the AGA Institute presidential talk.
AGA Student Abstract Award Donor (naming rights up to 10 years for four travel awards)
AGA Student Abstract Travel Awards support recipients who are graduate students, medical students or medical residents (residents up to postgraduate year three) giving abstract-based oral or poster presentations at Digestive Disease Week ® (DDW). Funding will provide up to four travel awards annually for 10 years and be named according to the donor’s preference.
A gift at this level will help stimulate interest in gastroenterology and hepatology research careers by providing funds to students for travel and related expenses to attend DDW.
$50,000 +
AGA Equity Focused Future Leaders Program Scholarship (naming rights for up to five annual scholarships)
The AGA Future Leaders Program provides a pathway within the organization for selected participants to network, connect with mentors, develop leadership skills and learn about AGA’s governance and operations while advancing their careers and supporting the profession. Funding will provide up to five scholarships annually for individuals from underrepresented backgrounds that are AGA Future Leaders or those that come from institutions that cannot support participating of an emerging leader into the AGA Future Leaders Program.
AGA Institute activities related to the Early Career Lounge at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW)
DDW hosts an early career lounge at the meeting to allow early career GIs to gather and hear presentations specific to their career stage. This gift would fund AGA Institute programs at the lounge such as meet and greets with speakers, case reports to ‘stump the professor,’ or the AGA Institute presidential talk.
AGA Student Abstract Award Donor (naming rights up to 10 years for four travel awards)
AGA Student Abstract Travel Awards support recipients who are graduate students, medical students or medical residents (residents up to postgraduate year three) giving abstract-based oral or poster presentations at Digestive Disease Week ® (DDW). Funding will provide up to four travel awards annually for 10 years and be named according to the donor’s preference.
A gift at this level will help stimulate interest in gastroenterology and hepatology research careers by providing funds to students for travel and related expenses to attend DDW.
$75,000 +
AGA Core Program
The purpose of the AGA Clinical Observation and Research Education (CORE) Program is to attract early-career international doctors/trainees into the U.S. by providing basic research opportunities (one or two years) and clinical observerships (one to three months). The program does not provide funding but serves as a channel to facilitate connections between interested members and institutions.
One-time online AGA journal issue (naming rights for one issue)
The AGA Institute Publications Committee will work with the donor to identify a one-time online AGA journal issue that will bear the donor’s name. All content and editing will be conducted by the editorial board of the journal.
$100,000 +
AGA Equity Focused Fellow Abstract Award at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) (naming rights for five annual awards)
This award supports recipients from underrepresented backgrounds who are MD, PhD or equivalent fellows giving abstract-based oral or poster presentations at Digestive Disease Week ® (DDW).
AGA Equity Focused Student Abstract Award at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) (naming rights for five annual awards)
This award supports recipients from underrepresented backgrounds who are graduate students, medical students or medical residents (residents up to postgraduate year three) giving abstract-based oral or poster presentations at Digestive Disease Week ® (DDW).
Support of the commentary section in a specific AGA journal (naming rights for five years)
The AGA Institute Publications Committee will work with the donor to provide name recognition for the commentary section in a specific AGA journal for five years. All content and editing will be conducted by the editorial board of the journal.
$125,000 +
Online publication collection (naming rights for five years)
The AGA Institute Publications Committee will work with the donor to provide name recognition for an online publication collection. All content and editing will be conducted by the editorial board of the journal.
AGA Innovation Forum (“Ted Talks”)
A new program sponsored by the AGA Center for GI Innovation and Technology (CGIT) modeled after TED talks, featuring different speakers highlighting innovation and other advances in research, health care and technology.
$150,000 +
AGA National Office Boardroom
The AGA Boardroom is a state-of-the-art conference room with advanced technology designed to accommodate AGA’s most important and visible meetings including those of the Governing Board, committees as well as conferences with industry and other professional medical societies.
Onboarding for the NP and PA
Designed to educate APPs new to GI practice, this program will provide guidance and information to help them practice at the top of their license. Information covered includes diagnostic criteria, review of treatment guidelines, disease monitoring, patient education, and strategies to ensure active patient involvement during treatment selection.
$175,000 +
AGA International President’s Reception at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW)
This event provides an opportunity for presidents of international GI societies to meet and network at DDW.
AGA Research Grantee Networking Event
This event held annually at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) provides the opportunity for AGA research award recipients who are early-career investigators to network with colleagues at similar career stages and with program officials at federal funding agencies supporting research in digestive disease.
$200,000 +
AGA International Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) Travel Awards
Provides funding for travel to DDW for international AGA attendees in need.
$300,000 +
AGA Center for Gut Microbiome Research and Education (naming rights for 10 years)
The AGA Center for Gut Microbiome Research and Education is the virtual “home” for AGA activities, research, news and policy updates related to the gut microbiome — one of the most exciting and promising areas of science today.
AGA Center for GI Innovation and Technology (naming rights for 10 years)
The AGA Center for GI Innovation and Technology supports innovation and the development of new technology in gastroenterology, hepatology, nutrition and obesity by guiding medical device and therapeutics innovators through the technology development and adoption process.
Donor endowed opportunities (in perpetuity)
$150,000 +
AGA Named Session at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW)
Through a research symposium, the latest, cutting-edge information and technology can be shared in a forum that engenders dialogue between respected clinical investigators and practicing clinicians, with patients being the ultimate beneficiaries.
Donors can specify a particular AGA Institute Council Section, if so desired, and one of the lectures sponsored by that section will bear his/her name.
$500,000 +
AGA Outstanding Service Award
Honors an individual who has contributed significantly to society’s health and welfare.
AGA Research Service Award
Recognizes an individual who has significantly advanced GI science and research.
AGA Young Investigators Award
Honors two early-career investigators, one in basic science and one in clinical science, for outstanding research achievements.
$750,000 +
Endowed Pilot Research Award Donor
Endowed Pilot Awards can be renamed after the donor and targeted for a specific gastrointestinal research area, subject to approval by the AGA Institute Governing Board and AGA Institute Research Policy Committee.
There will be a new endowed pilot award recipient each year.
$800,000 +
AGA Distinguished Achievement in Basic Science
Recognizes an individual whose accomplishments in basic research have significantly advanced the science and practice of gastroenterology.
AGA Distinguished Clinician
Recognizes two members of the practicing community who combine the art of medicine with the skills demanded by the scientific body of knowledge in service to their patients. One prize is awarded to an individual in private practice, and the other to an individual in an academic setting.
AGA Distinguished Educator
Recognizes one individual for his or her achievements as an outstanding educator.
AGA Distinguished Mentor
Recognizes one individual for his or her achievements as an outstanding mentor.
AGA Distinguished Service Award in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Honors an individual who has promoted diversity, equity and inclusion within AGA and the broader gastroenterology community.
$1,800,000 +
Investing in the Future program (IITF)
This program enables approximately 30 minority participants who are recent GI-matched or third-year internal medicine residents to attend Digestive Disease Week® (DDW). During DDW, participants can network with a diverse group of leaders in the field and participate in a special agenda that includes special presentations as well as dedicated time to attend DDW programming. Participants are identified through a formal application and selection process.
$2,500,000 +
Endowed Research Scholar Award (RSA) Donor
Endowed RSAs can be renamed after the donor and targeted for a specific gastrointestinal research area, subject to approval by the AGA Institute Governing Board and AGA Institute Research Policy Committee.
Endowed RSAs at this level will be offered every three years so there is always a recipient being funded through the named award.
$7,500,000 +
Endowed Annual Research Scholar Award (RSA) Donor
Endowed annual RSAs can be renamed after the donor and targeted for a specific gastrointestinal research area, subject to approval by the AGA Institute Governing Board and AGA Institute Research Policy Committee.
Endowed RSAs at this level will be offered annually. There will be three recipients funded through this award each year.
Ready to discuss your gift?
Contact the AGA Research Foundation staff to discuss your gift or for more information about in joining the AGA Legacy Society and AGA Giving Circles.
