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Your generosity changes lives 

Make a difference – and help the next patient who walks through our doors.

Your gift to June E. Nylen Cancer Center ensures our patients receive the care, resources, and assistance when they need it most.   

Our team depends on your generosity to help us provide the region’s highest quality cancer care. 100% of your charitable gifts directly supports the care of patients right here in Siouxland.

Stay up-to-date on our current needs by emailing us to sign up for our newsletter or to give a gift that will change a life.

Where your money goes

Your gift provides life-changing – even life-saving – services and resources for our patients. You can determine if your gift goes to our unrestricted fund to support the greatest areas of need or to a designated fund you would like to support.

Our current areas that you can allocate your gift to include:

• CURRENT PRIORITY: A multi-phased facility renovation and expansion project of the June E. Nylen Cancer Center is being planned for the near future. These renovations will allow more patients to be cared for each day than currently, decrease patient delays, improve patient flow and experience, improve workspace efficiencies, allow expanded programs and services – both clinical and support, add health care jobs to the clinic, improve physician and staff morale, and add revenue to the organization. The first phase of renovating and expanding the chemotherapy infusion prep area and medically integrated dispensary is estimated to cost $2.3 million and will start later in 2024.

• Financial assistance fund to help patients pay for rent or mortgage, utilities, and food so they can free up other funds to pay for out-of-pocket expenses for treatment and focus on healing

• New equipment and technology that helps us continually advance and provide state-of-the-art treatment

• Wig boutique and resources to support patients physically and emotionally during their cancer journey

• Transportation assistance to ensure patients are able to get to and from their treatment appointments

• Prevention and screening services to lessen the risk of cancer and help in the early detection of the disease (an example would be our Lung Cancer Screening, Head and Neck Cancer Screening, Skin Cancer Screening, Sunscreen for Siouxland project, and more)

• Genetic counseling and testing to help us continue to expand this newer service that helps persons pre-diagnosis understand their risk for cancer and take steps to lower the cancer risk or detect it early. Or, when cancer is already diagnosed, genetic testing can help patients make informed decisions on the most effective course of treatment.

• Or you can leave your donation unrestricted which allows our organization to use your gift for our current priorities or a need that arises. Each year we also use some of our unrestricted donations to allow all employees an opportunity to request funds for ideas that would enhance patient care, support our strategic goals, and/or enhance the JENCC culture. Examples that have been previously funded include new chemotherapy recliners, samples of nutritional products for patients so they can trial before purchasing themselves, and Treatment Support Kits for new patients to receive after their first chemotherapy treatment that contain products to help them manage their side effects.

Impact a patient today. Contact us to give a gift.

Ways to give

Every gift, no matter the size, makes a difference. All gifts given to June E. Nylen Cancer Center directly support our patients and their families. You can support our patients in a variety of ways - depending on what type of give works best for you. Here are some additional ways to support our organization:

A Gift In Honor Or Memory Of 

You can make a gift in honor or memory of someone at any time, or you may ask that gifts for any occasion be directed to June E. Nylen Cancer Center. When we receive a gift in memory of or in honor of someone, we will send an acknowledgement letter to the family/the person of your choosing. You will also receive an official tax receipt letter.

You can make your honor or memory gift online HERE.

Or, you may mail memorial or honor gifts to us:

Fund Development
June E. Nylen Cancer Center
230 Nebraska St.
Sioux City, IA 51101

Add a note or put who the gift is in memory of/in honor of in the check’s memo.

For more information about honor or memorial gifts, please call Christie Finnegan: (712) 252-9444.

Shop and Support Us

Here is a simple way to do what you already do, but give the bonus of additional support to our organization:

• Together A Greater Good (TAGG) - TAGG is an app/website that makes it easy for non-profit organizations like the June E. Nylen Cancer Center to increase fundraising by benefiting from your shopping. Support the merchants who are participating in TAGG, upload or submit a picture of your receipt within 7 days of purchase, choose the June E. Nylen Cancer Center, and the participating business will donate a percentage of your purchase back to us (usually 5%). Plus, you earn points to redeem for bonus donations, business gift cards, and more. More information about TAGG can be found here.

Gift Through Workplace 

Give a gift to June E. Nylen Cancer Center through your workplace giving campaign. Consider designating a pre-tax gift to our cancer center through a payroll deduction program. If we are not a listed charity, write our name in as your designated charity. Most campaigns will allow you to write in your designation.

Employer Matching Gift

Many companies will match charitable contributions made by their employees. This means your donation could double or even triple.

Ask your Human Resource Department if you have a matching gift program and then request a matching gift form. The form usually requires the charity’s federal tax ID number which we can complete here at June E. Nylen Cancer Center. 

Corn for Cancer - or any agricultural commodity

A farmer can have significant tax savings by donating corn directly to the June E. Nylen Cancer Center (corn, beans, grain, or any agricultural commodity). We make money by selling the donated corn and the farmer gets tax reductions greater than just donating cash. Gifts like this would qualify for the tax reductions and help support our mission of providing hope and healing to Siouxland through quality, compassionate cancer care. A farmer must file as a self-employed person. While there are a few exceptions, be sure you discuss this with your tax advisor if you qualify for any of them and to determine any implications specific to your situation prior to making the gift.

A Planned Gift For The Future

A planned gift to June E. Nylen Cancer Center will make a positive impact on our patients and help you at the same time. A planned gift can provide you with many financial benefits such as:

• Tax savings

• Wealth preservation

• Asset transfer

• Creation of a life income stream

There are several ways to make a planned gift including:

• Bequests, which is usually money or property, and allow you to leave gifts in your will to family and friends and then charitable organizations.

• Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) including individually owned accounts, company-sponsored pension plans, and profit sharing plans.

• Life insurance policies which can be gifted to the cancer center without any out-of-pocket expense to you. You can name June E. Nylen Cancer Center as the new beneficiary and owner of an existing policy or purchase a new policy with the cancer center listed as the owner. Gifts to the cancer center to cover premiums are deductible if they are itemized and can be in the form of capital gain property for additional tax savings.

• Farm or residence with life estate, which allows the donor to continue living on the property during their lifetime. 

Hold a Fundraising Event

Events benefiting our cancer center help provide important services and resources to our patients and their families. Planning fundraising events take time and resources, and we appreciate your support of June E. Nylen Cancer Center. As the event organizer, we would ask that you consider the following:

• Complete our fundraiser form with your event information

• List June E. Nylen Cancer Center as the beneficiary of your event or fundraiser

• Market your event by scheduling TV or radio appearances, providing fliers to local businesses, etc.

• Deliver proceeds from your event to the cancer center within 30 days of your event

• Send thank you letters to your donors

In addition, our team will support your event through the following ways:

• Share your event’s Facebook post on our Facebook page

• Share your news release with our media contacts (1-3 weeks before your event)

• Post your event information on our website and internally for our patients and staff

• Include in our monthly electronic newsletter

• Provide small giveaway items with our logo for your attendees (while supplies last)

• Share photos of your event on our Facebook page following the event by request

• Attend your event by request

• Provide a photo opportunity at the check presentation

• Send thank you letters to your event donors who want a receipt for tax purposes

Get started on your fundraising event by completing our fundraiser form and returning it to our Fund Development office today.

Mail:
Fund Development Office
June E. Nylen Cancer Center
230 Nebraska St
Sioux City, IA 51101

Phone:
(712) 252-9444

Email:
FinneganC@jencc.com

Fax:
(712) 252-9337 

We’re a proud partner organization of Leave a Message Siouxland, a collaborative local donor awareness campaign about planned giving and its positive effect on local non-profit organizations.