Make life your legacy.
You can make life your legacy by including St. Jude in your will or estate plan. 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 people like Holly, who is proof that legacy is alive and well here at St. Jude.
St. Jude patient Holly, then and now
St. Jude patient Tori, then and now
What is a charitable bequest?
In the estate planning process, you can designate a beneficiary to receive some portion of your assets in your will. This is a type of planned gift called a bequest.
Charitable bequests are specifically made to a charitable organization, like St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®. This type of bequest can be a transfer of cash, securities or other property made through your estate plans.
By including St. Jude in your will or estate plan, you can:
- make an impact that will live on through the lives of those you helped save.
- gain satisfaction in knowing your legacy helps support the causes you care about.
- help reduce federal estate taxes because there’s no limit to the value of charitable bequest assets that can be deducted from the total estate’s value.
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.
Leave St. Jude as part of your legacy
Donors can leave a legacy gift for the children of St. Jude in several ways.
- Bequest: you can make a bequest by including language in your will or living trust, leaving a portion of your estate to St. Jude.
- Beneficiary Designation(s): you can name St. Jude as a beneficiary of your bank accounts, investment accounts, life insurance policy, donor-advised fund (DAF) and retirement assets including IRAs.
- Charitable Gift Annuity: you can make an irrevocable gift to support St. Jude while providing a source of fixed income for life to you or another annuitant.
Confirm your gift and enjoy the benefits
By confirming your legacy gift, you give lasting hope for patients and families. Once you confirm that you are leaving St. Jude in your will or estate plan, you:
- become a valued member of the Danny Thomas – St. Jude Society.
- receive exclusive invitations to St. Jude events and updates.
- gain recognition on the St. Jude campus.
Local representatives are available to speak with you about meaningful ways you can support the children and work of St. Jude.
Let us know you are interested on the form below, and a St. Jude representative will reach out to you.
Your legacy starts today. Your impact lasts forever.
Your legacy. Their possibilities.
In 2012, at age 12, Archie was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and referred to St. Jude, where he received chemotherapy. More than one decade later, Archie is thriving – he recently bought a house, got married, and is an EMT and firefighter.
St. Jude helped save his life, and now he is saving lives.
St. Jude patient Archie, then and now
One of the things that my husband and I both valued about St. Jude is how they share their research. The fact that St. Jude does the research and shares it means that they're advancing the cure for everyone. And that's really important.
St. Jude supporter Gloria Bryngelson, who has chosen to make life her legacy by including St. Jude in her estate plans — and honoring her late husband's hope.
Your legacy begins with the lives you help save.
Are you ready to make life your legacy with a gift to St. Jude in your will or estate plan? Let us know. We want to honor the generosity of our supporters who have decided to leave St. Jude in their legacy plans and share more information with those supporters considering a legacy gift.
St. Jude cancer survivor Anwar, then and now
