The medical breakthroughs of tomorrow start in basic research labs today. Moving discoveries from a test tube, into animal models, and ultimately into clinically available tests and treatments requires significant resources and diverse expertise. Because there is greater breadth to the mission of an academic medical center, private philanthropy plays a critical role in helping advance medical discovery.
Help accelerate the pace of discovery
Private support makes the path-breaking work of scientific discovery possible. By making a charitable contribution to the Movement Disorders Section, you are playing a critical role in the continuum of scientific and medical advances.
If you’re interested in learning more about how you can directly support our mission of providing quality care, state-of-the-art treatment, and research opportunities to patients diagnosed with movement disorders, please contact Emily Williams who will find meaningful ways to match your interests with the research taking place within our program. Emily can be reached at williams.e@wustl.edu or 314-935-2660.
On behalf of the many individuals who will benefit from advancing this science, thank you for helping make these discoveries possible.
Ways to Give
Gifts can be directed to the Movement Disorders Section in the form of cash, securities, corporate matching gifts, real estate and personal property. Gifts of all kinds are tax deductible and may be designated for immediate use or as a long-term investment through an endowment.
Outright gifts
Private gifts provide valuable resources that allow for the delivery of unique opportunities in real-time throughout the year. This type of support allows us the flexibility to follow truly promising new discoveries, cover project shortfalls when other funding has been reduced or eliminated and devote more time and focus directly to research.
An outright gift designated to the Movement Disorders Section can be made online or by sending a check made out to Washington University with Movement Disorders Section denoted in the memo line to:
Washington University in St. Louis
c/o Emily Williams
7425 Forsyth Blvd.
Campus Box 1082
St. Louis, MO 63105
Planned gifts
A planned gift provides an opportunity for you to integrate a charitable gift into your overall financial, tax and estate plan. Planned gifts can provide expendable support when disbursed or they can be used to establish an endowed fund that will live in perpetuity with the institution. Planned Giving provides strategies that enable you to support the Movement Disorders Section through:
- Wills and trusts
- Stocks/securities
- Real estate
- Charitable gift annuities/trusts
- Retirement plan assets
- Beneficiary designations
If you would like to designate the Movement Disorders Section as a beneficiary of a portion or all of your estate, the My Planned Gift Form provides us the information we need to properly document your wishes.
Memorial gifts
We are honored when families request that memorial donations be directed to the Movement Disorders Section. Please contact Emily Williams and she will provide the information you need to make sure these incredibly meaningful gifts are designated appropriately.