Give to Duke Cancer Institute

Duke Cancer Institute is purpose-built to break down traditional barriers to rapid innovation and novel treatments. Our collaborations foster original discoveries and translate them into new treatments with unprecedented rapidity. But we are at a tipping point — the more we can do, the more we become a model for what is possible — a way to end cancer. Your combined contributions make an indelible mark against cancer.

With your help, we can give the world a re-imagined vision of how to defeat the most relentless enemy of our generation. Explore the many ways you can partner with us. 

Donate to the Duke Cancer Institute

You can make a gift online or mail in your gift. To mail your gift, please download and print this form and mail it to:

Duke Cancer Institute Development Office
300 W Morgan Street
Suite 1000
Durham, NC 27701
Office: 919-385-3120

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Want to Host an Event?

The Duke Cancer Institute Fundraising Toolkit will help you organize, plan, and implement a successful fundraiser for the Duke Cancer Institute. The DCI Development team has created easy tools for you to host your own fundraiser, virtual or in-person event, or celebration. Fundraising can be easy to plan and implement and should always be fun!

DCI Fundraising Toolkit

Giving Opportunities

Create a Fundraising Event and Personal Fundraising Page

Whether you sing, race cars, ride motorcycles, make fabulous lemonade, cycle, or walk, you can make a difference when you unite your passion with your commitment to fund cancer research at Duke Cancer Institute. Create a personal fundraising page for your efforts, then encourage your friends and colleagues to join you in your quest to move research forward.

Attend a Charitable or Benefit Event

Duke Cancer Institute patients, caregivers, faculty, staff, and friends organize fun, inspirational events every year to increase awareness and raise funds for cancer research. Your support and participation can make a difference for all those with cancer. Here is a sampling of our annual events:

  • Caring House Benefit Gala (January)
  • She Dunks on Cancer (February)
  • Angels Among Us 5K (April)
  • Race for the Cure (April)
  • The V Foundation Victory Ride to Cure Cancer (May)
  • Strike Out Fore Sarcoma Golf Tournament (May)
  • Survivorship Day (June)
  • Gail Parkins Ovarian Memorial Awareness Cancer Walk & Run (September)
  • Strike Out for Sarcoma 5K (September)
  • Tee Off vs Cancer (September)
  • Lunge Forward 5K
  • Making Strides
  • Light the Night
  • Tree of Hope (December)

Support the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program

The Duke Cancer Patient Support Program provides cancer support and survivorship services to patients and their families. Many of the services are offered at no cost to patients or their families. Help ensure access to critical services for all who need them.

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Gift Planning

You can leave a lasting legacy at the Duke Cancer Institute by making a planned gift through your will or retirement plan or a gift that provides income and tax savings. This is one of the most meaningful ways to make a substantial impact at the Duke Cancer Institute. Donors may make a planned gift to benefit the cancer clinician from whom they received care in the following ways:

  • charitable gift annuity
  • charitable remainder trust
  • charitable remainder annuity trust
  • charitable lead trust
  • securities
  • real estate
  • charitable IRA rollovers
  • donor advised funds
  • bequest gifts

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For additional questions regarding giving opportunities to Duke Cancer Institute, please email us at dcidevelopment@duke.edu or call 919-385-3120.

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Shingleton Society

The Shingleton Society honors the generosity of donors who have made a gift of $1,000 or more during our fiscal year, which runs July 1 through June 30. The impact of this philanthropy is significant as Duke Cancer Institute continues its quest to extend and improve the lives of all people with cancer.

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This page was reviewed on 11/12/2024