Donating mutual funds to charity
If you have a mutual fund and are looking to donate the proceeds to a charity like St. Jude, you may qualify to receive a charitable deduction.
St. Jude patient Vanessa
What is a mutual fund?
A mutual fund is an investment vehicle that pools money from multiple investors. The money is invested in securities and managed by a professional advisor.
How do I give a charitable gift through a mutual fund?
- Make us part of your legacy. Name St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as the “payable on death” beneficiary of a mutual fund. Learn more about legacy giving at St. Jude.
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- Close your mutual fund account, and donate the funds to St. Jude.
St. Jude patient Capri
St. Jude patient Lily celebrates at her No More Chemo party after completing chemotherapy at St. Jude.
Have you left St. Jude in your estate plans?
We want to honor your generosity in a special way. Please let us know so that we can show our gratitude and better plan for the future.
Explore planned giving options
- Planned giving at St. Jude
- Creating a legacy
- Wills and bequests
- IRAs
- Donor-advised funds
- Charitable gift annuities
- Stock
- Foundations
- Retirement assets
- Life insurance
- Charitable lead trusts
- Charitable remainder trusts
- Bank accounts
- Mutual funds
- Savings bonds
- Outright gift of cash or check
- Real estate
Artwork by St. Jude patient Mabry
Why St. Jude?
Families never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food — so they can focus on helping their child live.
Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened in 1962. St. Jude won't stop until no child dies from cancer.
St. Jude shares its discoveries with doctors and scientists in your community and around the world, so every child saved at St. Jude means thousands more children are also saved.
Tax ID Number:
62-0646012
We are a tax-exempt, charitable institution listed in the Federal Internal Revenue Service Publication #78, "Cumulative List of Organizations," revised IRS Code 501(c)(3).
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Legacy giving
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Giving for professional advisors
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Our unique operating model
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Read our stories
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Our Gift Planning department has a representative in your area who can provide further information or help you prepare the right questions to ask your financial advisor to determine what type of planned gift may be right for you. Email giftplanning@alsac.stjude.org, call (800) 395-1087, or fill out the form below, and a St. Jude representative will contact you.