Year-end giving options for 2024
Every child deserves to live their best life. End-of-year donations help St. Jude give kids with cancer that chance. This holiday season, we need you.
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.
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.
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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 account by the close of business 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.
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.
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 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.
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$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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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$5,000 could help provide two 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.
*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 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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