St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Gift Acceptance Policy

 
 

St. Jude has the utmost appreciation for its donors and stringently adheres to the highest standards in fundraising. This policy offers details regarding practices that St. Jude uses in soliciting and accepting gifts to facilitate transparency and understanding around the process of making a gift to St. Jude.

As a leading children’s healthcare organization, committed to finding life-saving cures and providing the highest quality of care to critically ill children, St. Jude is duty bound to act with the highest standards of responsibility and integrity in its efforts to raise funds to fulfill its mission.

ALSAC is the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. ALSAC is responsible for soliciting and accepting gifts to St. Jude to help the organization fulfill its mission.

ALSAC encourages donors to give freely through the variety of giving channels and vehicles described in this policy. ALSAC endeavors to help donors to pursue their desire to give by providing the guidelines herein, acknowledging that there are some circumstances that prevent ALSAC from accepting certain gifts.

 
 

The Mission of St. Jude

The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay.

Soliciting Gifts

ALSAC, a fully tax-exempt non-profit (501c3) organized under the laws of the State of Tennessee, encourages the solicitation and acceptance of gifts for purposes that will help the organization fulfill its mission to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.

 
A studio portrait of St. Jude patient Ava

St. Jude patient Ava
 
 

Fundraising Standards and Values

ALSAC rigorously adheres to integrity as a core value, which guides it in its pursuit of the organization’s mission. In considering whether to solicit or accept gifts, ALSAC holds the following standards as an intrinsic part of its fundraising efforts.

ALSAC will not accept gifts that involve discrimination based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, or any other basis prohibited by law. Nor will ALSAC accept gifts that are overly restrictive of the ability for the organization to use them in support of its mission.

Donor privacy is handled with the utmost care by ALSAC. For information regarding our Privacy Policy, please see our Privacy Policy Statement.

 
 

Gift Acceptance

ALSAC St. Jude will seek gifts from individuals, corporations, foundations, and other organizations that enable support of its mission. 

In instances where gifts are proposed that are inherently more complex and rely on closely reviewed decision-making processes, the acceptance of such gifts will only be made after ALSAC’s Gift Acceptance Committee (GAC) has reviewed all interrelated aspects and qualifying circumstances. The GAC is responsible for making these decisions collaboratively and collectively as a unified regulatory body, acting in the best interests of ALSAC St. Jude and its donors.

In some cases, there are circumstances or conditions that will prevent ALSAC St. Jude from accepting a gift. ALSAC St. Jude will not accept a gift if doing so would be contrary to the vision, mission, and values of the organization or when accepting a donation carries undue risk or financial burden or contains terms that are illegal or in any way contravene federal or state laws.

In addition, while interest in giving is always appreciated, ALSAC St. Jude is unable to accept gifts of cemetery plots or timeshares.

 
A studio portrait of St. Jude patient Crosslyn with her mom and dad

St. Jude patient Crosslyn with her mom and dad
 
 

Gift Types

ALSAC St. Jude encourages donors to give through a variety of giving channels and vehicles including:

  • Outright gifts of cash and securities.
  • Gifts of digital assets, including commonly traded cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
  • Gifts of real property, valued at a minimum of $100,000 USD.
  • Gifts of tangible personal property when the property is readily marketable, not unduly restricted, not subject to excessive carrying costs or can be used in a manner related to our tax-exempt purpose.
  • Gifts of closely held business stock, bargain sales, and royalties, valued at a minimum of $25,000 USD.
  • Gifts of charitable gift annuities, at a minimum of $5,000 at age 55+.
  • Gifts of deferred charitable gift annuities at a minimum of $10,000 at age 55+.
  • Gifts of charitable remainder trusts. ALSAC St. Jude may agree to serve as trustee when there is a minimum threshold of $250,000 expected remainder.
  • Gifts of charitable lead trusts.
  • Gifts of pooled income funds, at a minimum of $25,000 USD.
  • Gifts of life-insurance policies, both whole or universal, with outstanding premiums valued at a minimum of $50,000 USD.
  • Gifts of retained life estates, subject to review at a minimum of $500,000 USD at age 75+.
  • Gifts made from Donor Advised Funds.

ALSAC St. Jude endeavors to utilize and steward its resources wisely and effectively for the maximum benefit of supporting its mission. The high degree of resources often needed to accept gifts may, at times, compromise the financial benefits ultimately realized. Therefore, ALSAC St. Jude encourages only those gifts that meet or exceed the minimum giving thresholds noted above.

 
 

St. Jude tax identification information:

 

Please use the following legal name and tax identification:

ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
501 St. Jude Place
Memphis, TN 38105

 
 

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).

View the IRS Determination Letter.

 
 

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