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Designate Your Gift To
A Specific Fund
You may direct your tax-deductible donation
to a specific research program, or you may establish a named fund.
Research Areas
Wherever the need is greatest
Cancer Research
Vaccine Development / Infectious disease
Immunology — HIV AIDS
The Albert R. Taxin Brain Tumor Research Center
The Louis C. Washburn Fund for Cancer Research
Other
Named Funds
Named Restricted Funds -
On occasion, supporters of The Wistar Institute have had the desire
to make meaningful gifts to funds identified with specific diseases
and/or individuals. Funds may be established for a variety of reasons
and may be named to honor or memorialize a loved one. The minimum
gift to establish such a fund is $25,000. Examples of
different types of funds include:
Named Endowed Funds - These funds are established to support ongoing efforts at the Institute. The minimum for establishing an endowed
fund is $100,000.
In an endowed fund the principal is not used. Examples of different endowed funds include:
Endowed Professorships - funds the recruitment
of a scientist to conduct research at The Wistar Institute. The
minimum for establishing a professorship is $1.5 million.
The principal on these funds is not spent; however, the earnings on these philanthropic investments is used to offset laboratory expenses associated with the faculty member who is holding this appointment. Listed below are three such endowed professorships.
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