The Duke Cancer Patient Support Program (DCPSP) receives
financial assistance from Duke University Hospital.
However, no fees are charges for any services, and the DCPSP
is largely dependent upon private and corporate donations to
fund programs.
Your gifts, in whatever form, provide support for these
valuable programs. The satisfaction you will feel as a donor is
very rewarding, knowing that you have touched so many lives.
All gifts will be recognized in our newsletter, as well as in
other Cancer Center publications. Donors may remain anonymous
if they choose.
Endowment
Since the inception of the DCPSP in 1987, many thousands of
lives have been enhanced by the programs and services provided.
To ensure that these programs will be available to patients and
families in future years, an endowment has been
established.
Your contributions to this endowment will enable the DCPSP
to continue to offer and expand upon programs that enrich the
lives of patients and their families.
Life Income Gifts
Charitable gifts may be structured so that donors can
reserve an income interest in their gift for themselves, or for
a spouse or other designated beneficiary, and stipulate that
the gift provide support for the program thereafter.
This "deferred giving” allows donors to make a gift, receive
a current charitable income tax deduction, and enjoy the income
from the gift for life. Such life income gifts are made through
the use of trust arrangements, pooled income funds, and
charitable gift annuities.
Advantages to the donor are many, including current tax
deduction, protection of capital gains, and a reduction in
estate and inheritance taxes.
Outright Gifts
There are many tax-wise ways in which outright gifts can be
made to the DCPSP. For example, gifts of appreciated
securities, tangible property, or real estate are much like
cash gifts and often produce an even greater benefit for donors
through capital gains tax savings.
Gifts of real estate may include a primary or vacation
residence, a farm, a commercial building, a subdivision lot, or
unimproved land. The gift may be the entire property or a
fractional interest in the property.
Testamentary Gifts
Many individuals choose to make their charitable gifts
effective only upon death, by providing for a bequest under the
terms of a will.
Testamentary gifts are most commonly made through bequests,
either restricted or unrestricted, and retirement plans, such
as IRAs, tax-sheltered annuities, and qualified pension and
profit-sharing plans.
Corporate gifts
These are also very important to the program. They can be
earmarked for a specific purpose, such as the endowment,
special projects, wigs and turbans, counseling services,
refreshments, or other areas of need.
Memorial/Honorary Gifts
Gifts in memory or in honor of relatives and friends may be
made at any time. We will send an acknowledgment card to the
recipient (we do not disclose the amount of the donation) as
well as one to the donor.
Please include the name and address of the person to whom
the acknowledgment should be sent. Your tax-deductible donation
will be used to continue the programs designed to help patients
and their families cope with a disease that is changing their
lives.
Matching Gifts
If you or your spouse works for a company that matches
gifts, you can as much as double the impact of a gift to the
DCPSP. See your employer for the correct form to include with
your gift.
To make a donation the check should be payable to the Duke
Cancer Patient Support Program or if you wish, the Duke Cancer
Patient Support Program Endowment. You can contact our office
at 919-684-4497, by e-mail at CancerSupport@mc.duke.edu,
or mail a check to:
Duke Cancer Patient Support Program
DUMC Box 3139
Durham, NC 27710
