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Death with Dignity National Center

Death with Dignity National Center
FormationDecember 30, 1994 (1994-12-30)[1]
TypeEducation, defense, and advocacy
93-1162366[2]
Legal status501(c)(3) nonprofit organization[2]
PurposeTo promote death with dignity laws based on model legislation, the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, both to provide an option for dying individuals and to stimulate nationwide improvements in end-of-life care.[3]
HeadquartersPortland, Oregon
Coordinates45°31′12″N 122°40′41″W / 45.519913°N 122.677953°W / 45.519913; -122.677953
George Eighmey, JD[4]
Peg Sandeen, PhD, MSW[5]
Revenue (2017)
$799,581[6]
Expenses (2017)$674,979[6]
Endowment$62,577 (2017)[6]
Employees (2016)
6[6]
Volunteers (2016)
10[6]
Websitedeathwithdignity.org
Formerly called
The Oregon Death with Dignity Legal Defense and Education Center[1]
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Death with Dignity National Center is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan nonprofit organization, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, that has led the legal defense of and education about Death with Dignity laws throughout the United States for more than 25 years. The Death with Dignity National Center helped write and defend in courts the nation's first successful assisted dying law, the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, protecting the right of persons with terminal illness to control their own death. The Death with Dignity National Center is affiliated with the Death with Dignity Political Fund, a distinct and separately incorporated 501(c)(4) organization responsible for the promotion of death with dignity legislation in other states around the U.S. where medically assisted death has become the law in 9 states and the capital [7]:

  • Oregon
  • Washington
  • Vermont
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Washington D.C.
  • Hawai’i
  • Maine
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
    1. ^ a b "Death with Dignity National Center". Business Registry. Corporation Division. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
    2. ^ a b "Death With Dignity National Center". Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
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    4. ^ "Board of Directors". Death with Dignity National Center. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
    5. ^ "Staff". Death with Dignity National Center. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
    6. ^ a b c d e "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". Death with Dignity National Center. Guidestar. March 31, 2017.
    7. ^ "[1]". Death with Dignity National Center. Retrieved March 4, 2024.