Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is Louisiana’s leading cancer care organization, providing care to more patients each year than any other facility in the region. Our mission is simple: to improve survivorship and lessen the burden of cancer through exceptional care delivered close to home.
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Foundation is dedicated to advancing our mission through raising funds for life-saving treatment, groundbreaking research, and compassionate patient support across the communities we serve. Through the generosity of donors and community partners, we empower innovation, expand outreach, and ensure that hope remains at the heart of everything we do. When you include Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Foundation in your estate plan, your generosity ensures leading care and services for our patients and their families. Thank you for ensuring that Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center can provide state-of-the-art treatments well into the future.
When you give through the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation, you’re doing more than donating- you’re creating a legacy. We welcome planned gifts—including bequests, charitable trusts, and beneficiary designations—which allow individuals to make meaningful contributions that reflect their values and secure the future of cancer care for generations to come.
We also offer opportunities to establish endowed gifts, providing permanent support for specific programs, services, or areas of research. These enduring contributions ensure sustained excellence and innovation in patient care, serving as a lasting tribute to the generosity of our donors.
Whether you’re planning for the future or honoring someone special, our team is here to help structure a gift that matches your intentions and creates lasting impact.
Join us in shaping the future of cancer care, consider leaving your legacy today through the Lipsey Legacy Society.
For more information, contact Erin Oest-Larsen at elarsen@marybird.com.
The Lipsey Legacy Society honors individuals who have made a lasting impact on the mission of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Foundation (MBPCF) through a documented planned gift of any size, or by establishing an endowed fund of $100,000 or greater.
Donors who reach a cumulative giving level of $50,000 or more are eligible for enhanced recognition, including a personalized tile on the Our Community Wall. Ensuring consistent and meaningful acknowledgment across current, endowment, and planned giving donors remains a core priority of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center.
*We honor the privacy of LLS members who wish to remain anonymous.
Whether you’re planning for the future or honoring a loved one, our Foundation team is here to help structure a gift that matches your intentions and creates lasting impact.
Learn more about giving through your will or living trust here.
An endowment gift to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Foundation today provides a brighter picture for our future. When you make a donation to an endowment, you give a gift with both immediate and long-term benefits. Learn more about endowed gifts here.
Learn more about how you can give through your donor advised fund here.
To gift shares of securities the following information needs to be given to your financial advisor:
Make a difference today and save on taxes. It is possible when you support Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Foundation through your IRA. Learn more here.
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Foundation board of directors leads all community fundraising efforts on behalf of and in support of hospital partners. View our Foundation Board of Directors here.
There are many ways to give back to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. View all of the ways you can give here.
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