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Your Donations to Sarcoma Research Make A Difference!
The Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative is a small, dedicated, all-volunteer organization. We maintain an extremely low overhead of 2-3% per year. Thus, 97-98% of the funds we receive go directly to support sarcoma research and sarcoma families.
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When you donate to the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative, you can choose:
Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by United States law. |
Online Donations
We prefer to receive online donations via Paypal. These donations are sent to FJC where our funds are kept. To use Paypal, click the donate button and type your donation amount. Then click "update total." You can then continue making a donation without a paypal account or login to your existing account. Paypal charges a 2.25% fee for this service. You will receive a receipt for your donation in e-mail.
To donate to the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative at JustGive, click on the button to the right. JustGive charges a 3% fee for this service. The email receipt you receive from JustGive meets the IRS requirements as a record of donation.
Donating in memory or in honor of someone? If you would like to make an online donation in memory or honor of someone, forward a copy of your receipt to info@sarcomahelp.org. Include the person's name as well as the name and address of the family so we can let them know about the donation.
Donations by Check
Check donations incur no processing fees. To donate by check, please make the check out to "FJC/Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative" and mail it to:
The Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative
17 Bethea Drive
Ossining, New York 10562-1620
You can specify that you would like your contribution to be in memory or in honor of a specific person. If you would like to do this, please specify in the note that accompanies your check the person's name and/or the specific sarcoma you are targeting. Please enter this information on the "memo" line of the check as well. If you are making a donation in honor or memory of someone, please send us the family's name and address so that we can inform them of the donation.
FJC will send a letter for IRS tax purposes acknowledging donations of $250 and above. For donations under $250, the IRS will accept a copy of your check as sufficient for tax purposes.
Donations on Facebook
Facebook members can donate at the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative Cause Page. Causes charges a 4.75% fee for this service.
Additional ways to donate
You can contribute securities of publicly traded companies and other property. You can also remember The Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative in your Will or Trust.
Our Tax-Exempt Status
The Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative is a Collective Giving Fund within FJC, a 501(c)(3) Not-for-Profit Public Charity and a Foundation of Philanthropic Funds. As such, all donations and gifts made to FJC that are designated for the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative are tax-deductible donations to the extent allowed by United States law.
Our Mission
The mission of the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative is to improve the quality of life for people dealing with sarcoma. The Initiative increases public awareness of sarcoma, raises funds to award research grants, and provides support and timely information to sarcoma patients, their families, and medical professionals. These efforts are achieved through collaboration with numerous individuals and organizations that share a similar vision.
Our Volunteers
All of our initiatives are accomplished by volunteers. Our distinguished Medical Advisory and Editorial Board contribute expert articles and content for our website. The members of our Sarcoma Advocacy Advisory Committee, who have been affected by sarcoma themselves, share their insights and assist us with our initiatives.
Founders
Bruce Shriver, PhD
Beverly Shriver, RN
Medical Editorial and Advisory Board
Karen Albritton, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Laurence Baker, DO, Southwest Oncology Group and SARC
Jean-Yves Blay, MD, PhD, Université Claude Bernard in Lyon, France
Murray Brennan, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Ernest "Chappie" Conrad, MD, University of Washington Medical Center
Mark Gebhardt, MD, Harvard University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Richard Gorlick, MD, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Mary Louise Keohan, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Crystal Mackall, MD, National Cancer Institute
Ole Steen Nielsen, MD, University of Aarhus in Aarhus, Denmark
Raphael Pollock, MD, PhD, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
R. Lor Randall, MD, University of Utah, Huntsman Cancer Institute
Luca Sangiorgi, MD, PhD, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute (IOR), Italy
Leonard Wexler, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center