TAPF Endowment Fund

The Thai-American Physicians Foundation (TAPF) was founded in 2000 to further the interests of all Thai-American physicians living in both the US and Thailand. TAPF was legitimately approved by the IRS as a Charity Organization.  Because it is a charity organization, all donations are legally tax-deductible under IRS code 501 (c)(3).

Only the interest from the Endowment Fund investment will be used to offer scholarships to Thai medical school graduates or medical school teachers to advance his or her education in the US.  Also it will be used for improving medical education in Thailand directly.  All principal money is to be preserved for the lifetime of the Foundation through subsequent generations.  Our new goal is to reach 1 million dollars in the next 8 years.

I would like to donate $ …………………….. to the TAPF Endowment Fund.

Second Generation Thai-American Physicians Teaching Fund

To build the connection between our young generation Thai-American physicians and the medical community in Thailand, we need support from the older generation, like us. The year of 2006 was the beginning of a new era for our sons and daughters to continue the task of paying back our gratitude to our motherland. We should be proud that the teachings at various Thai medical schools in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and also at Atlanta in 2010, San Diego in 2011 and Las Vegas in 2012 were organized by our second generation.

I would like to donate $ ………………. to the Second Generation Teaching Fund.

Special Endowment Chair for Visiting Professor Teaching Program

The donor will be honored by naming the visiting professor with a name of their choosing. Furthermore, at the beginning of each lecture delivered by the visiting professor, a short biography of the donor will be provided to those in attendance of the lecture. I would like to donate

( ) $ 20,000.00 for Thai-American Visiting Professor Chair
( ) $ 5,000 per year for 4 years
( ) $ 40,000.00 for Senior Visiting Professor Chair
( ) $ 10,000 per year for 4 years

Name to be designated : ……………………………………………………………………………………………………

Thai Medical Resident Career Development Award

To help young Thai M.D. competing with other foreign and US graduates to get into the best training program in the US, we need to promote pre-application clinical study in the US. TAPF can help arrange the program. Money helps to support the needy students.

I would like to donate $ ………………. to Medical Career Development Award.

TAPF Lifetime Achievement Award

This award is given annually to senior US professors who have contributed significantly to the training of Thai physicians and have made the greatest impact on the practice of medicine in Thailand. He/she will be selected among the pool of nominations from medical schools in Thailand. He/she will travel to teach at various Thai medical schools during that year.

I would like to donate $ …………………to TAPF Lifetime Achievement Award.

Donation of Appreciated Security

You can give appreciated stocks and bonds without paying capital gain tax and get the full market value tax deduction for that year. The following is the easy way to do it: Tell your broker to wire the numbers of shares of your stocks and bonds to:

National Financial Services Corporation DTC # 0226
Fidelity Brokerage Account # Z 04-170186 (TAPF account)

TAPF will issue a statement for the value of the stocks. That is your deductible dollar.

Charitable Remainder Trust

To donate the money to TAPF through the Charitable Remainder Trust. you could get in touch with Fidelity Investments by calling 1-800-280-6357 or on line at http://www.charitablegift.org to set up your own trust fund. You do not have to pay any lawyer fee because Fidelity has its own Prototype Plan. You get a tax deduction when you set up and fund the plan right away. Your money will be transferred to TAPF as one of your beneficiaries when you die.