Five things to know about your St. Jude donation (2024)

It currently costs more than $2 billion to run St. Jude each year, and the cost is estimated to grow to $2.2 billion by 2027. Your donation will help ensure that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food— so they can focus on helping their child live.

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St. Jude is a nonprofit charity operating since 1962 and isexempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.Therefore, your giftis tax-deductibleto the full extent provided by law.

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Only 12% of the money to operate the hospital comes from insurance recoveries. This is vastly different than most other hospitals that can generate more than 90% of their revenues from insurance recoveries and other sources. We also receive some revenue from research grant funding and returns on our investments.

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The treatments for pediatric cancer can last up to three years or more and cost on average $425,000.No family ever receives a bill for care and no family is asked to pay co-pays or deductibles.

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We're proud that82 cents of every dollar received goes to support the treatment, research and future needs of St. Jude. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to 80% in the U.S., and we won't stop until no child dies from cancer.

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