Giving circles

Increase your charitable impact when you form a community to combine donations with others.

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Patient Kenadie rests her head on her crossed arms as she smiles in a colorful room.

St. Jude patient Kenadie

 
 

What is a giving circle?

A giving circle is a collective giving method where a group of people pool their donations to make a greater impact on nonprofit organizations than they could alone. 

Many giving circles are informal and open to anyone interested in engaging in philanthropy together. Giving circles can also be formed by people with a shared interest in contributing to the same cause.

 
 

How to start a giving circle

A giving circle can be an easy way to make a big impact. If you're looking to start a new giving circle, here are some tips to help you get started:

 
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Invite others

Invite others to join you in a giving circle. It may help to reach out to people who share some of your values and interests, and to stay open to their ideas.  

 
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Choose a charity and donation goal

Set your goals and decide how much money each person will donate. Then, research and choose a charity — we’d love for you to consider St. Jude.

 
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Donate and stay involved 

Make your donation and think about other ways to get involved with the charity's mission. Consider volunteering, participating in an event or learning more and sharing the mission.

 
 

What are the benefits of joining a giving circle?

  • Giving circles are often at the grassroots level. So, if you’re looking to avoid complicated fundraising processes, they can be a great fit.
  • Joining a giving circle can give you a way to engage in philanthropy with your local community or other people who share your interests.
  • Giving circles can be an excellent learning opportunity, especially if you’re interested in grant-making or developing your leadership skills. 
 
 

Why donate to St. Jude?

Thanks to our generous supporters, we're leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

 
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We're saving children all over the world

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.

 
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We won't stop™

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%.

 
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Families never receive a bill

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

 
 

Giving options

Whether your giving circle is a small group of friends or a more established organization with a larger budget, there are many ways to give with your giving circle — and on your own. However you prefer to give, we’re grateful for your support.

 
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St. Jude patient Alanna and her mom

Honor someone with your gift

Your giving circle's donation can have further meaning when you make the gift in honor or in memory of someone.

Dedicate a Donation

 
 
 
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St. Jude patient Beckett

Commemorate your group gift

Your group can make a donation to help the kids of St. Jude and commemorate your giving circle with a plaque on our campus.

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St. jude patient Lizzie

Grant from your donor-advised fund

This philanthropic giving vehicle provides an immediate tax benefit to you and allows you to recommend grants to charities like St. Jude.

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St. Jude patient Eri'Elle holds her arms in the air with the sky and trees in the background.

St. Jude patient Eri'Elle

Make a donation

No matter how you choose to give, know that your combined donations help ensure our lifesaving mission: Finding cures. Saving children.®

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Your giving circle can support many needs for the kids and families of St. Jude*

  1. A $1,000 donation from your giving circle could help provide parent necessities for 20 patient families.

    Parents who bring their children to St. Jude often leave home in a hurry and forget to pack day-to-day necessities such as shampoos, razors, deodorant, toothbrushes and lotion. At Tri Delta Place, our short-term housing facility, parents can obtain these essentials free of charge.

     
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    St. Jude patient Luna and her dad
     
     

  2. A $2,500 donation from your giving circle could help provide an ultrasound study.

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

     
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    St. Jude patient Azalea
     
     

  3. A $5,000 donation from your giving circle could help cover the cost of the daily room rate of the ICU.

    The Intensive Care Unit at St. Jude has twice been recognized with the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence given by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. In 2009, the St. Jude ICU became Tennessee’s first ICU to win the honor.

     
    St. Jude patient Clayton wears glasses and a baseball hat turned backward.

    St. Jude patient Clayton
     
     

  4. A $10,000 donation from your giving circle could help provide one CT scan for a St. Jude patient.

    St. Jude doctors use CT scans to provide much-needed answers about a child’s health. The CT scan combines computer and X-ray technology to take detailed pictures of areas inside the child’s body and is used throughout the treatment protocol to provide updates on progress.

     
    St. Jude patient Yamila holds a framed photo of herself from when she was undergoing treatment.

    St. Jude patient Yamila
     
     

  5. A $15,000 donation from your giving circle could help run the St. Jude Blood Donor Center for one week.

    The Blood Donor Center, located on the first floor of the Patient Care Center, is responsible for collecting and providing the hospital with platelets and other blood products necessary for our patients' care.

     
    St. Jude patient Za'Mya sits on a bed in a hospital room while wearing a mask.

    St. Jude patient Za'Mya
     
     

  6. A $25,000 donation from your giving circle could help cover about a fourth of the cost of providing radiotherapy treatment for a brain tumor patient.

    St. Jude was the first to study a computer-based three-dimensional radiation therapy technique for pediatric brain tumor treatment to minimize damage to healthy tissue and preserve cognitive development in children.

     
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    St. Jude patient Kamryn
     
     
 

*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, where no family ever receives a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food.

 
 

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