Year-end giving options for 2023
Give a gift that could last a lifetime.
Year-end gifts from generous St. Jude supporters directly impact the lives and futures of children with pediatric cancer and other catastrophic diseases. This holiday season, your gift could last a lifetime.
St. Jude patients Natalie
IRA charitable contributions
If you're 70 ½ or older, you can contribute to St. Jude from your IRA and potentially receive tax benefits. You can have your IRA administrator use our sample letter.
Donor-advised funds
You can recommend a grant from your donor-advised fund by calling your fund manager or by signing in to your granting institution and selecting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Gifts of stock
When gifting stock, you can reference our transfer form, or call us at (800) 395-4341 to inform us of your gift, so we can properly acknowledge your gift and provide you with a tax receipt.
Charitable gift annuities
Charitable gift annuities may interest you if you want to transfer cash or securities to St. Jude and receive lifetime payments for yourself or a loved one.
St. Jude patient Abraham and his artwork
Benefits of year-end donations
Year-end donations are simply the funds, assets and/or items donated by supporters to qualified nonprofit organizations at the end of the year.
From financial savings to emotional connection, there are multiple benefits to year-end donations:
Spread holiday cheer
One of the most impactful things you can do during this time is give back. Spread the holiday spirit by helping provide lifesaving treatment for the children of St. Jude.
Personal fulfillment
Making a year-end donation to St. Jude means you join a global mission. At St. Jude, we believe that all children should be given the quality care that they deserve. By making a year-end donation, you are giving St. Jude the freedom to focus on what matters most – saving kids regardless of their financial situation.
Tax deductions and lowered tax liability
Individuals who itemize deductions on their taxes may be eligible to claim a charitable contribution deduction against their taxable income after making a year-end gift to a qualifying charitable organization like St. Jude.
By lowering an individual’s taxable income, these types of donations can lower the amount of tax owed by the donor, reducing their tax liability.
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.
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).
If you need assistance, call a St. Jude representative at (800) 395-4341, or email giftplanning@alsac.stjude.org.
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$350 could provide two hours 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
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$500 could help provide four 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 patient Chance and his mother
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$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 Mikayla
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$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 Ty
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$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
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$5,000 could help provide three days of chemotherapy administered intravenously to leukemia or solid tumor patients.
Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than 50 years ago. And we won’t stop until no child dies from cancer.
St. Jude patient Addison
*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.
St. Jude patient Kamryn and his mom
St. Jude is in the midst of a historic six-year strategic plan to accelerate progress in the laboratory, in the clinic and around the globe. During the first two years, we have celebrated significant strategic plan milestones across the plan's five focus areas:
- Focus on Fundamental Science is the quest to understand normal biology using leading-edge technologies. Fundamental science is the engine that drives most advances in medicine.
- Focus on Childhood Cancer is our commitment to advancing cures for children with cancer. To accelerate progress, we will strive to develop new therapeutic approaches aimed at curing the pediatric cancers considered incurable.
- Focus on Childhood Catastrophic Diseases is a key part of our mission to advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases.
- Focus on Global Impact means spreading the lifesaving mission to children all over the world.
- Focus on People and Place will help St. Jude build a workforce second to none, and put patients at the center of everything we do.
Every child deserves a chance to live their best life and celebrate every moment. Because of supporters like you, we can help give every child that chance.
Scientific discoveries and updates from St. Jude
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St. Jude scientists help show how new gene editing techniques can correct the mutation that causes sickle cell disease
The novel approach, developed in collaboration with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is a hopeful step on the path to a cure.
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New Family Commons area and support programs provide resources and respite to St. Jude families
Home-away-from-home is possible thanks to historic $50 million gift from AbbVie
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From clinical trials to cures: a breakdown of research at St. Jude
Kinlee's journey with medulloblastoma shows how research in the labs at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital can translate to better outcomes for patients.
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Landmark study finds new gene mutations that drive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
St. Jude scientists helped lead a comprehensive genomic analysis to uncover the impact of genes on the treatment and outcome of the world’s most common childhood cancer.
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Therapy developed by researchers at St. Jude significantly improves cure rates among neuroblastoma patients
"Remarkable" results show survival for high-risk neuroblastoma patients increased from 51 percent to 74 percent, according to a study published by St. Jude researchers this week
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St. Jude continues to chart progress in how to understand and treat sickle cell disease
Pioneering work in St. Jude labs provides "promising" path to a cure using gene editing.
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With planned giving, you can achieve your financial goals while supporting the lifesaving mission of St. Jude.
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See if your employer will match your gift
Find out if you can double the impact of your donation to St. Jude through your employer's matching gifts program.
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Learn more about the impact of your gift
St. Jude won't stop until no child dies from cancer, no matter where they live. Your gift can help us continue our groundbreaking work.