How donating stock to charity can make a difference

Donating stock to charity lets your charitable dollars make a bigger impact on causes you care about. When you support St. Jude, you can help make cures possible for kids with cancer. Consider making a stock donation to St. Jude today.

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St. Jude patient Everly smiling in a portrait

St. Jude patient Everly

 
 

Learn about donations of stock to charity

Donating stock to a charity has benefits for both donors and nonprofits.

What are the tax benefits of donating stock to charity?

Donating stock directly to a charitable organization, like St. Jude, can increase the amount of money received by the charity while reducing tax burden for the donor. When you donate appreciated securities (investments that have increased in value from the time they were purchased), some individuals and households may be able to take advantage of IRS tax provisions to claim a charitable tax deduction for the full, fair market value of the securities. This means you may avoid paying capital gains tax on the transfer.

Your financial advisor can explain the possible tax benefits depending on whether the stock has appreciated or lost value since the time you acquired it.

How a charity benefits from a stock donation and why it matters

Another benefit of donating your stocks directly to a charity is that the charity can receive a larger donation than if you donated the cash from the sale of those stocks. When you donate stock to a charity, you typically do not have to pay taxes on the gains of the stock.

Stretching the impact of your donation allows charities to do all that much more for their cause. For example, at St. Jude, we’re able to continue serving children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.

 
 

How to donate stock to charity: a step-by-step guide for St. Jude

 
 
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Step 1: Choose what type of stock and how many shares you want to donate

You will need to know the name of the stock and its ticker symbol if it is a publicly-traded stock. For nonpublicly traded stock, please contact us at (800) 395-4341.

 
 
 
 
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Step 2: Contact your financial institution to request the transfer

Provide your advisor or broker with the following wiring instructions:

DTC ID #0226 for further credit to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Account #003-314773 at First Horizon Advisors

 
 
 
 
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Step 3: Contact us to inform us of your gift

Please contact us in advance at (800) 395-4341 or giftplanning@alsac.stjude.org to let us know that you are gifting stock to St. Jude in order to receive your tax receipt. 

 
 
 
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Step 4: Look for a tax receipt and acknowledgment letter for St. Jude

You will receive an acknowledgment following your donation to confirm your gift was processed.

To claim the tax benefits of donating stock to St. Jude, report the stock donation when you file your tax return.

 
 
 
 
 

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ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital does not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. This material is prepared and made available to you for informational purposes only and is not intended to provide or be relied upon for tax, legal or accounting advice. You should always consult a tax professional to determine your particular tax benefits that may result from any particular type of gift to charity.

 
 
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St. Jude supporters Peggy and Rick Federico give through their appreciated stock.

 

St. Jude supporters Peggy and Rick Federico give through their appreciated stock

We were considering divesting ourselves of some appreciated stock, and rather than selling it and paying taxes, it made sense for us to utilize that as our contribution to St. Jude. There is no better hospital for children battling cancer.

- Rick and Peggy Federico, who gave to St. Jude through their appreciated stock assets to maximize their impact and support St. Jude patients and families.

Read Rick and Peggy's Story

 
 

How to give stock through your institution

Click on the institution name that holds your stock account, then follow the instructions on how to give stock, to give to our lifesaving mission: Finding cures. Saving children.®

 
 
 

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.

 
 

Why donate to St. Jude?

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Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — so they can focus on helping their child live.

 
 
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When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was considered largely incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80%, and we won't stop until no child dies from cancer.

 
 
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Every child deserves a chance to live their best life and celebrate every moment. When you support St. Jude, you can help make cures possible for kids with cancer. Together, we can save more lives.

 
 
 
 

We're here to help

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 stock@stjude.org, call (800) 395-4341, or fill out the form below, and a St. Jude representative will contact you. 

Are you a financial advisor, estate planner or attorney? Call (800) 837-2757, email advisor@alsac.stjude.org or fill out this Advisors form instead.

 
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St. Jude patient Lila shown today, holding a portrait from her time in treatment at St. Jude.

St. Jude patient Lila, then and now
 

More ways to make life your legacy.

When St. Jude kids achieve their dreams, they are also fulfilling your legacy. By including St. Jude in your will or estate plan, you make an impact that will live on through the lives of those you helped, like St. Jude patient Lila. 

As an acknowledgment of your generosity when you give a gift to St. Jude through your will or estate plan, you become a member of the Danny Thomas – St. Jude Society and we recognize your commitment to the mission of St. Jude in a variety of ways.

Learn How We Honor Your Generosity Explore More Planned Giving Options

 
 

 How your stock donation helps

When you donate stock, you help ensure that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — so they can focus on helping their child live.

 

  1. $350 could provide one hour of physical therapy.

    Physical therapists use exercise, play and special equipment to help patients become more independent and safe at home, school and in the community.

     
    St. Jude patient Natalie uses a bar as part of physical therapy at St. Jude.

    St. Jude patient Natalie
     
     

  2. $600 could help provide two walkers for St. Jude patients.

    A walker can help patients move around and be more independent in their daily lives. Using a walker can take practice, and each type of walker can be a little different.

     
    St. Jude patients Kyla and Chance pose together for a studio portrait.

    St. Jude patients Kyla and Chance
     
     

  3. $750 could help cover the cost of two chest X-rays for a St. Jude patient.

    Doctors use X-rays to help diagnose and monitor a patient’s treatment.

     
    St. Jude patient Hayden smiles for the camera in the Family Commons.

    St. Jude patient Hayden
     
     

  4. $1,000 could help cover the cost of a spinal tap for one St. Jude patient.

    Doctors use a spinal tap to check a patient’s cerebrospinal fluid.

     
    St. Jude patient Misheel smiles for a studio portrait.

    St. Jude patient Misheel
     
     

  5. $2,500 could help provide an ultrasound study to monitor and treat a patient's disease.

    An ultrasound study is among the diagnostic imaging tests that doctors use to diagnose and monitor disease and treatment.

     
    St. Jude patient Ava

    St. Jude patient Ava
     
     
 

*When you make a donation using this information, your donation will be used to provide breakthrough research, treatment and cures.  Items listed here are representative of services and supplies that are part of the treatment and care of children at St. Jude.  The cost of each item or service is an approximation, and will vary based on actual costs incurred and individual patient needs.  Your donation will be used for the general operating needs of St. Jude.

 
 

Make an impact on the children of St. Jude

Your support can help today's patients become tomorrow's survivors. Unlike other hospitals, the majority of funding for St. Jude comes from generous donors. Join us and be part of our mission to save more lives.

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St. Jude patient Hudson and his mom play with toy blocks.

St. Jude patient Hudson with his mom

 
 

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Donating stock to increase commitment to finding cures

Rick and Peggy Federico smile for an outdoor portrait.

St. Jude supporters Rick and Peggy Federico

For Rick and Peggy Federico, the commitment they have made to St. Jude was inspired by hearing the story of St. Jude patient Amris, a 9-year-old girl who spoke at a St. Jude event with her family.

Despite having been diagnosed with a very difficult-to-treat form of brain cancer, Amris inspired Rick and Peggy with her great resolve and gratitude for advances that had given her many more years with her family—advances made possible by St. Jude supporters.

“I was moved to actually become a St. Jude supporter,” Rick says, “and it was directly related to that young girl.”

Rick, the former CEO of P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, is now retired but still serves on several boards including the Domino’s Board of Directors. The family’s support has included helping fund the new St. Jude patient housing facility, The Domino’s Village.

By making a gift of stock to St. Jude, the family was able to maximize their generosity.

“We were considering divesting ourselves of some appreciated stock, and rather than selling it and paying taxes, it made sense for us to utilize that as our contribution to St. Jude,” Rick says.

With five children and eight healthy grandchildren, supporting St. Jude is one way they show their gratitude. Now living in Arizona, the Federicos continue their dedication to children’s causes, including support for St. Jude as well as their own charitable foundation to help children and families in Haiti.

A year after Rick visited St. Jude, he learned that Amris, the girl whose story had moved him to donate, had tragically passed away. It was a difficult reminder that childhood cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease in U.S. kids. And survival rates globally are much worse. In many countries, only 1 out of 5 children who develop cancer will survive.

Her memory motivates the Federicos in their continuing support for St. Jude, where research and clinical trials are ongoing in the quest to cure even the most difficult childhood diseases.

“There is no better hospital for children battling cancer,” Rick says. “We love helping to support the mission.”

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