Year-end giving options for 2026
You can help support cutting-edge discoveries and bring new therapies to children who urgently need them.
Because every breakthrough can lead to more than just survival. It leads to more holidays and more of the moments no child should have to miss.
St. Jude patient Mateo with his mom
St. Jude patient Rylee and her mom
IRA charitable contributions
If you're 70½ 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.
St. Jude patient Mateo wtih his family
Donor-advised funds
You can grant directly on our website by visiting our donor-advised fund page. You can also recommend a grant from your DAF by calling your fund manager or by signing in to your granting institution and selecting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
St. Jude patient Lucy and her family
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.
St. Jude patient Harry and his dad
Charitable gift annuities
Charitable gift annuities (CGAs) may interest you if you want to transfer cash or securities to St. Jude and receive lifetime payments for yourself or a loved one.
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Check and credit card gifts delivered by FedEx, UPS, DHL must be received by close of business on December 31.
If you plan to send via USPS, you should plan to have their check gift mailed and postmarked by December 31. Please check your local USPS office for their hours of operation.
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Stock transfers must be in our LPL Financial account by the close of business (EST) on December 31. Speak with your broker regarding internal policies and any cut offs the broker may have in place.
We encourage you to start the stock transfer process one to two weeks prior to December 31, if possible, to ensure your generous gift counts toward your year-end giving.
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Checks from financial institutions must be postmarked by December 31. Please verify requirements of your financial institution, which could be 1 day to 2 weeks in advance for the transaction to be completed.
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Online gifts must be made by December 31, at 11:59 p.m. (your local time).
You may need to notify your credit card company if you intend to make a large gift to avoid possible delays as your charge must be processed by 11:59 p.m.
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Cryptocurrency must be submitted through The Giving Block by 11:59 p.m. (your local time) on Dec. 31.
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$250 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 Delta
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$500 could help cover 20 days of meals for a St. Jude patient.
St. Jude provides patients and their families with meal cards for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Kay Kafe, the hospital’s cafeteria.
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$750 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 Valentina
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$1,000 could help cover the cost of four days of oxygen for a St. Jude patient.
During treatment, St. Jude patients may need oxygen to help their bodies function properly and aid in healing.
St. Jude patient Erma
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$3,500 could help provide two ultrasound studies 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 Leonel
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$7,000 could help provide four 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 Harry
*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.
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
View the Gift Acceptance Policy
If you need assistance, call a St. Jude representative at (800) 395-4341, or email giftplanning@stjude.org.
Benefits of year-end giving
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 giving:
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 an end-of-year 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.
St. Jude patient Miguel with his mom
St. Jude patient Erma with her dad
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
Thanks to year-end giving contributions like yours, St. Jude is able to continue its cutting-edge research. Learn more about what we’ve been working on.
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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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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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Major gifts to St. Jude through stock, DAFs, CGAs and more help ensure the pioneering research and unsurpassed patient care today can impact future generations.