Donations

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