i[2]y strives to be a national leader in cancer advocacy and community support, working exclusively on behalf of adolescents and young adults affected by cancer. With your generosity, we will continue to provide hope, restore dignity, build community and empower millions of survivors around the globe.
Want to really know where you money goes and how it specifically impacts the lives of the young adult cancer community? Well, in lieu of a general donation (which we always love), consider supporting any one of our specific programs and know that your contribution is being directly applied to helping us achieve our mission. Thank you in advance for permitting us to keep the ship afloat.
Maintain the website for 1 day
Supply a cancer center with our literature packet
Supply an i[2]y Chapter with grassroots supplies
Sponsor a Stupid Cancer Happy Hour or similar
Sponsor one broadcast of The Stupid Cancer Show
Sponsor a Stupid Cancer Boot Camp
Gift plans create opportunities for both our donors and the foundation. Determining what gift is right for you is just as important as making the gift. There are many options from which you can choose. The correct plan for you balances what you wish to accomplish for yourself, your family, and your charitable interests in your overall estate and financial plans.
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leave a legacy in your name or that of a loved one
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receive guaranteed income through a charitable gift annuity
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reduce your taxes
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put assets to work with a charitable remainder trust
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leverage your giving by purchasing a life insurance policy
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provide for your heirs by funding a charitable lead trust.
A gift in your will or revocable living trust. Known as a bequest, this form of giving is accomplished simply by including a few sentences in your will or living trust.
A gift that provides you with income for life. Through a life income gift, you provide us with assets. In return, we agree to provide you, and other individuals if you choose, with income for life. After your lifetimes, we use the remaining balance to carry out our mission. A gift of your IRA or retirement plan assets. You can name the I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation as the primary or contingent beneficiary on the plan's beneficiary designation form.
The $700 billion Financial Rescue Package (H.R. 1424) signed into law by President Bush includes a two-year extension of the IRA Rollover provision. The provision will be made retroactive to Jan. 1, 2008, and will apply to gifts made from that date through Dec. 31, 2009.
The provision exempts from taxable income any funds transferred ("rolled over") from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) to a charitable organization. The following limitations apply:
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the donor must be age 70½ or older
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the cap on annual IRA rollovers is $100,000
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contribution must be a direct gift as opposed a specifically planned donation
100% of all net proceeds from all revenue directly fulfill our mission to empower young adults affected by cancer. What does that mean? Your support enables us to:
• Build new and organize existing support communities
• Deliver routine "stupid cancer" social support programs
• Organize and host the annual OMG! Cancer Summit
• Produce The Stupid Cancer Show each week
• Maintain and upgrade our website and other digital assets
• Support medical education initiatives and do grand round tours
• Print and ship our support literature internationally
• Exhibit year round at trade shows, conferences and expos
• Set up booths at hundreds of community cancer events
• Administrate national grassroots awareness efforts
And... some of our money goes to cover related operational expenses (trademarks, legal, rent, travel, PR, toner, pushpins) so the lights, heat, printers and computers go on when we flick the switch. ;-)
We are happy to open our books and share our financials with anyone.
Vegas, baby! Registration is open for the 5th Annual OMG! Cancer Summit for Young Adults from 3/30 - 4/1 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. This event will fill up very quickly, we promise! Visit http://omg2012.org and get pumped for hippest event in all of cancerland! Also check out the OMG Players Club, an exciting new fundraising challenge where you could earn free registration, up to $600 in travel reimbursement, an iPad2 or even a MacBook Air![Website]
Join Team Stupid Cancer: the nation's first running team organized to exclusively support the young adult cancer community and the mission of the I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation. Guaranteed entry into the 2012 NYC Half-Marathon! Limited slots. Low fundraising requirements.[Website]
The Stupid Cancer Show won "Most Innovative Use Of Social Media" at the 2011 Stay Classy Awards in San Diego on Saturday, September 17th. This prestigious honor only further solidifies our broadcast as a paradigm shifting media platform in healthcare. Thank you to Stay Classy and the thousands of fans out there who voted for us and made this possible![Website]
After attending an advanced screening, and with permission from Summit Entertainment, Matthew Zachary is proud to share his official "he's not a film critic" review of the game-changing cancer comedy flick, 50/50[StupidCancerBlog]
Writer Edward Winstead of the prestigious NCI Bulletin (a publication of the National Cancer Institute) recently sat down with i[2]y CEO Matthew Zachary to get the low down on what he's got up his sleeve for the growing young adult cancer movement [NationalCancerInstitute]