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Your gift to the Masonic Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota can provide seed money for novel research projects, recruit outstanding scientists and physicians, and ensure necessary facilities and technology for their research.
Gifts are directly administered by the Minnesota Medical Foundation, a non-profit organization that secures philanthropic support for health-related research and education programs at the University of Minnesota.
Please use one of the following options to make your gift:
Online Donation
You may give online securely with a credit card.
Telephone Donation
To make a credit card gift by phone or to request a donation envelope, please contact Sharon Kunau at 612-624-1913.
Mail Donation
Print the gift form and mail your gift (payable by check or credit card) to the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, c/o Minnesota Medical Foundation, PO Box 64001, St. Paul, MN 55164-0001.
Questions? Please contact development staff.
Thank you for your interest and support.
Other Giving Options
On this page:
- Gifts in Honor or Memory
- Matching Gifts
- Corporate and Foundation Gifts
- Gift Naming Opportunities
- Gifts of Appreciated Securities
- Gifts through Wills and Trusts
- Gifts of Life Insurance
- Gifts that Provide an Income for You
Sarah Cooley, M.D., represents the newest generation of researchers making discoveries at the Masonic Cancer Center. Read how Sarah Cooley is researching a new way to treat breast cancer.
Gifts in Honor or Memory
People who hold a special place in our lives, or anniversaries that mark special occasions, can be remembered with tribute gifts. When making your gift, be sure to include the name of the honoree, reason for the gift and address for notification of your gift.
Matching Gifts
Many corporations, including General Mills, Ecolab, Medtronic and US Bancorp, participate in matching gifts programs. Matching gifts are a wonderful way to double your gift and involve your employer. If your company participates in a matching gift program, you can obtain a matching gift form from your finance or human resources area, sign it and send it to:
Masonic Cancer Center Development Office
MMC 806
420 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
We will fill out the rest of the information your company needs to match your gift.
Questions? Please contact development staff.
Corporate and Foundation Gifts
Corporate and foundation support is critical to cancer research. These contributions provide crucial start-up support for innovative and unique ideas in cancer research and treatment, and help to further current, groundbreaking studies.
With their extensive background in the health field, the Teri and John Kast wanted to give to the Masonic Cancer Center through their estate. "John and I both see how the benefits of cutting-edge technology and research can offer patients hope for survival," says Teri. Read more
Gift Naming Opportunities
With a qualifying gift, you can create a lasting tribute to someone special in your life. Donors may name a laboratory, conference room, endowed professorship or endowed chair.
Gifts of Appreciated Securities
Transferring stock can provide significant support to the Masonic Cancer Center and important tax advantages for the donor. A gift of securities may provide significant benefits, such as:
- Increased value for your gift to the Masonic Cancer Center and decreased cost to you.
- A charitable income tax deduction for the fair market value of the gifted securities.
- Elimination of capital gains tax that would ordinarily become due if you had sold the appreciated securities on the open market and donated the proceeds of the sale to the Masonic Cancer Center.
Please notify our office of the type of stock and number of shares that you wish to give, as well as how the fund should be directed (program, pledge payment, tribute, endowment fund, etc.). We will provide you with the information you and your broker will need to initiate the transfer.
Questions? Please contact development staff.
Gifts through Wills and Trusts
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota member Patrick Mantyh, Ph.D., believes he has found a better approach to treating bone cancer pain, which can be especially intense and difficult to treat because it goes to so many areas of the body. Read more.
You can bequeath a specific dollar amount to the Masonic Cancer Center, or designate a percentage of your estate (or revocable trust) after providing for your heirs. There is no minimum amount; all gifts aid our scientists and physicians in their quest to cure cancers. We can provide sample language for you and your advisors.
Gift of retirement plan assets
Request a Beneficiary Designation Form from your retirement plan administrator and list the University of Minnesota Cancer Center as a beneficiary. This is a simple form to complete, with no cost to you, and is a highly tax-effective way to give.
Gifts of Life Insurance
Policies no longer needed for family protection or business purposes may provide a substantial gift for cancer research. When you transfer ownership of the policy to the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, you may be entitled to an income tax deduction for the value of the policy as well as additional deductions if you make future premium payments.
Gifts that Provide an Income for You
Several types of gift plans enable you to make a significant gift to support cancer research while protecting or improving your personal financial position. You, or others you choose, can receive income from the gift plan for life or a set number of years, as well as an immediate income tax deduction and reduced estate taxes. Options include charitable gift annuities and charitable trusts. We would be happy to discuss these life income gifts in more detail.
Questions? Please contact development staff.