Make a Donation

Your gift allows Cancer Connection to fulfill its mission of health access by providing free, vital services and programs to those facing and fighting cancer.

By making a gift today, you will make a difference in the lives of the hundreds of individuals living with cancer as well as in the lives of their family members and caregivers. Thank you for your generous support.

Cancer Connection is an independent nonprofit organization that depends on the voluntary contributions of individuals and businesses in our community.

Cancer Connection is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

Our tax number (EIN) is 04-3493483.

More Ways to Give

The Cancer Connection offers online transactions for less sizable gifts and recurring donations. If you’d like to make a more substantial donation, please send a check by mail to:

Cancer Connection
41 Locust Street
Northampton, MA 01060

Suggested Levels of Support

Caregiver - $10,000
Ally - $5,000
Advocate - $2,000
Protector - $1,000
Legacy Circle - $500
Believer - $250
Helper - $100
Friend - $50

Call us at 413-586-1642 for more information on bequests and wills, stock transfers, IRA rollovers, real estate or life insurance donations, matching gifts, or sponsoring an event.

Stock & Securities

Gifts of appreciated securities, stocks, and bonds provide considerable tax advantages when transferred to Cancer Connection before they are sold. Please contact us to notify us of your transfer or have your broker indicate who is donating the stock transfer. See the following stock transfer information below:

Brokerage Information for Electronic Transfers:

  • Receiving Firm: National Financial Services (NFS)

  • NFS DTC #: 0226

  • Receiving Account Number: JAV-827666 (you may wish to provide this only upon request)

  • For The Benefit Of:  Cancer Connection

  • Receiving Account Registration: Corporation

  • Tax Identification Number of Receiving Account: 04-3493483

  • Legal Address of Receiving Account: 41 Locust St. Northampton, MA 01060

**Please be sure to contact us about your gift intentions.

IRA Qualified Charitable Distribution

If you are 70.5 or older, you may donate up to $100,000 per year directly from your traditional IRA to Cancer Connection. It can satisfy all or part of your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD). Under RMD law, you are free to make annual gifts to Cancer Connection in the current year and well into the future. Since the gift does not count as income, it can reduce your annual tax burden. This may also help lower your Medicare premiums and decrease the amount of Social Security that is subject to tax. You pay no income taxes on the gift. The transfer generates neither taxable income nor a tax deduction, so you benefit even if you do not itemize your deductions.

As with any planned gift, it is important to talk to your financial or legal advisor.

Planned/ Legacy Giving

Giving through your will or trust offers a way to support Cancer Connection’s mission for generations to come while meeting your current financial needs. Informing us of your intentions will help us plan for the future of the organization.

To make a legacy gift, you can suggest the following sample bequest language with your attorney:

I give, devise, and bequeath to Cancer Connection (tax ID # 04-3493483) a tax-exempt organization doing business at 41 Locust St., Northampton, MA 010606 the sum of $____________ (or) _____% of my estate (or property described herein) (or) the residual amount of my estate to be used for _________________________________ (specify service area of your choice or area of greatest need).

Honoring Those We Love

Giving in memory or in honor of a loved one or a friend is a very personal way of remembering and celebrating them as well as supporting Cancer Connection. Your support will offer life-affirming and supportive programs and services free-of-charge to those most in need.

You have many ways to honor those you love. You can make a donation or organize a fundraising event. When someone you love passes away, you can request donations to Cancer Connection in lieu of sending flowers. You can give a bequest. You can recommend a donation to Cancer Connection from your donor advised fund, retirement fund, or IRA.

If you would like to make an online donation in honor or in memory of someone, please include information about whom you want notified in the appropriate portion of the donate form.

To explore options for remembering or honoring your loved one, please contact our Executive Director to learn more at 413-586-1642.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes. Please be sure to include the name and address for the person you would like us to send the notification of your gift. We would be honored to let them know a gift was made.

  • Yes – Please make your check payable to Cancer Connection and mail it to our main office in Northampton.

    Cancer Connection, Attn: Office Manager, 41 Locust Street, Northampton, MA 01060

  • No, you do not need to have your own PayPal account. You will be redirected to Cancer Connection’s PayPal page, however, you do not need to have your own PayPal account to make your donation through PayPal.

    When you get to the PayPal site look for the “Pay with Debit or Credit Card” option under the sign in options. You will be directed to enter your own card information. Thank you.

  • Yes! Donate for Charity accepts donations of cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats, and RVs and will pick up, at no cost to the donor, from almost any location in all 50 states, provide a tax receipt, and do all the required DMV processing. Use this link to donate your vehicle to Cancer Connection.

  • Cancer Connection is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Charitable gifts to our organization are tax deductible as permitted by the IRS tax laws. Our tax number (EIN) is 04-3493483.

    You must consult your tax advisor or attorney to learn the full extent to which your gift to Cancer Connection is tax deductible to you. Please consult a tax professional for your individual tax benefits.

  • Absolutely, you can remain anonymous. Cancer Connection is committed to protecting donor’s confidentiality and privacy. We do not share or sell any names to outside organizations or businesses. Additionally, if you request that your name not be listed on a public or private donor roll, we will honor your request. To guarantee continuity of this information, your request will be placed also in your donor record at Cancer Connection.

  • Our Executive Director can discuss your options and answer your questions about donating to Cancer Connection. Call our center at (413) 586-1642 and ask to speak with our Executive Director. Thank you!

  • Please call Cancer Connection 413-586-1642 and our staff will gladly help you make your gift.

  • Yes we can. We are happy to send you a request for your annual support at the time you request. Please contact our center and speak with our office manager at 413-586-1642. They will make a note of your request to receive an annual appeal letter. Your gift supports the free services that Cancer Connection provides.

  • Please call our center and speak with our Office Manager at 413-586-1642 or email officemanager@cancer-connection.org