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Honor the Person who Changed your Life

Making a gift in honor of someone who has touched your life or cared for someone you love. You have the option to send a personalized message with your gift. 

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Fundraise in Support or Remembrance

Honor a loved one or someone whose journey inspired you by starting a fundraiser in their name. Select the area that matters most to you and add their story, or the reason why you're advocating for this important cause and Mount Sinai's work.

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We want to keep Justin’s name front of mind for everyone who knew him and for everyone who didn't get a chance to know him. Hopefully, with the money that we're raising, we can help another family not experience the loss that we've experienced.” 

Ricki Model
Jonathan Ripp, MD, MPH

Twenty-four Hours and 2,000 Tributes

On Doctors' Day, more than 2,000 patients paid tribute to the Mount Sinai doctors who have changed their lives.

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"Make Every Day Count"

Justin had an unrivaled passion for golf and played all over the world. His friends and family gathered to play a round in his memory and as a fundraiser for brain injury research.

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From left, Justin’s father, Hal, mother Ricki, uncle Robert, and brother Jared on the golf course

If you would like to direct contributions to Mount Sinai in memory of a loved one, below you will find suggested wording for your announcement:

In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to the Mount Sinai Health System to support [AREA]. Please include "In memory of [NAME]" on your check or online gift.

Mount Sinai Development Office
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1049
New York, NY 10029
212-659-8500
give.mountsinai.org/donate

A meaningful and convenient way to support Mount Sinai; make one gift and receive personalized cards to share with friends and family lettering them know a gift has been made in their honor. Please contact Marissa Stiebel at giving [at] mountsinai.org to get started. 

When you start a fundraiser for Mount Sinai, we're here to support you along every step of the way.

  • Help setting up a customizable online fundraising page to collect donations
  • Authorization to use Mount Sinai’s name and logo as the beneficiary of
    your fundraising efforts
  • Fundraising or event planning tips
  • Tax acknowledgement to donors and sponsors who make gifts directly
    to Mount Sinai

Contact Giving [at] mountsinai.org (Giving[at]mountsinai[dot]org) to get started.

Every March 31 for national doctor's day, we ask people to make a gift in honor of a doctor who touched their life, and share a note with them and the Mount Sinai community. Last year, over 2,000 people added their voice. 

In March 2026 we'll once again be taking a moment in the midst of a busy spring to say... thank you to the doctors who are relentlessly working to make our lives, our families and our community healthy. Stay tuned for how you can participate.

Tribute Stories

Nancy A. Lieberman with her son Eric and husband, Mark Ellman at Windsor Castle in England, in August 2015
From Inspiration to Reality: The Nancy A. Lieberman Back-to-Life Center
Justin Golfing
Justin G. Model Memorial Golf Outing to Benefit the Brain Injury Research Center at Mount Sinai