How Can I Help?
When you give a gift to the June E. Nylen Cancer Center, you not only make a donation you make a genuine difference in someone’s life by ensuring that outstanding cancer care will continue to be provided to your friends and family who live and work in our community. Contributions "in memory of” or “in honor of” are a kind and meaningful way to pay tribute to someone special in your life.

Ways To Give for Today

Gifts of Cash: Cash gifts are the most common form of giving and are as easy as writing a check or charging your gift to a credit card. You can deduct 100% of the gift amount from your federal income tax, so your net cost is less than the face value of the contribution.

Securities: Giving appreciated stocks and bonds is an excellent way to support the Cancer Center’s programs. This type of gift usually qualifies not only for the income tax deduction associated with all charitable gifts, but can also eliminate capital gains tax.

Charitable gift annuity allows you to transfer cash or marketable securities to June E. Nylen Cancer Center in exchange for a current income tax deduction and fixed annual payments to you for your lifetime. Annuity payments can begin immediately or can be deferred to some future date. The dollar amount that you will receive is determined by your age and the age of any other beneficiary you name at the time of the gift.

Ways To Give for the Future

Depending upon your personal goals, a planned gift to June E. Nylen Cancer Center can address several estate issues. Whether you are interested in saving taxes, preserving your wealth, transferring assets, or creating a life income stream, a planned gift can bring attractive financial benefits to you and your family.

Bequests allow you to leave your legacy by considering gifts in your will first to friends and family, then charitable organizations. A bequest is usually money or property and is one of the simplest ways to remember those you care about.

Unrestricted bequest. This is a gift for our general purposes, to be used at the discretion of our governing board. A gift like this–without conditions attached–is frequently the most useful, because it allows us to determine the wisest and most pressing need for using the funds.

Restricted bequest. This type of gift allows you to specify how the funds are to be used. Perhaps you have a special purpose or project in mind. If so, please consult us when you make your will to be certain your intent can be carried out.

Endowed bequest. This bequest allows you to restrict the principal of your gift, requiring us to hold the funds permanently and use only the investment income they generate. Your gift can continue giving indefinitely.

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA’s). Charitable gifts can be made via an IRA, company-sponsored pension, and profit sharing plans.

Life insurance gifts can be used to create a contribution with no out-of-pocket expense to the donor. By changing the beneficiary and owner of an existing life insurance policy to June E. Nylen Cancer Center you can make a significant future gift possible and affordable. The purchase of a new policy, owned by June E. Nylen Cancer Center, is another attractive option. Gifts to the Cancer Center to cover premiums are deductible for those who itemize, and can be in the form of capital gain property for a second tax savings.

Charitable remainder annuity trust is a custom designed and individually managed trust that enables you to retain a fixed income for your lifetime or a fixed term of years, claim a current income tax deduction, and make a future gift to June E. Nylen Cancer Center.

Charitable remainder unitrust is a custom designed and individually managed trust that enables you to retain a variable income for your lifetime or a fixed term of years, claim a current income tax deduction, and make a future gift to June E. Nylen Cancer Center.

Wealth replacement trust allows you to make a sizable contribution to us now to help meet our current needs, but doesn’t reduce the estate you will pass to your family. Purchasing a life insurance policy can be enough to restore your family's after-tax inheritance.

Farm or Residence with Life Estate A farm or residence is given to the Cancer Center, and the donor continues living on the property and uses it for life.

Let Us Know Please let us know when you have named June E. Nylen Cancer Center in your plans. We appreciate your support and would very much like the opportunity to thank you for your generosity. If you prefer to remain anonymous, your gift will be kept completely confidential. But at the same time, recognition of your gift can encourage others to do the same. Whatever the case, we will honor your wishes.

For more information on the ways that you can make a difference, please call our Foundation at 712-252-9352.