SUPPORT LOCAL CANCER CENTER
Endowment & Capital Gifts
Grateful patients, families and champions of superior cancer care are invited to support an Endowment or Capital project. Annual gifts made to the Cancer Foundation provide for vital programs in the next calendar year, gifts to Endowment and Capital projects are often paid over multiple years and will help sustain exemplary cancer care well into the future.
Outright gifts of cash or stock can be directed to a specific capital project or endowed fund. Pledges to complete funding can be made over several years. If a fund is established through a multi-year commitment, the terms of the pledge, including the timing of pledge payments and a confirmation of gift designation must be outlined in a Letter of Intent. A minimum of $100,000 is required to establish a new endowed fund. In order to ensure the Foundation and the donor have a mutual understanding of the donor’s intent, newly endowed funds require a fund agreement between the donor(s) and the Foundation.
Toby Ann Parisse Memorial Education Fund
Richard Parisse and his three children honored their wife and mother, Toby Ann Parisse, with a memorial gift dedicated to benefiting the patients at the Ridley-Tree Cancer Center by funding continuing education for physicians, nurses and staff, an expression of gratitude to the medical teams who cared for Toby throughout her valiant 21-year battle with breast cancer. The Toby Ann Parisse Memorial Education Fund was formally dedicated in 2011.
Arthur J. Merovick Endowment for Patient Assistance
To honor Art Merovick’s extraordinary contributions to the Cancer Foundation as its Director of Development for 17years, the Cancer Foundation Board of Trustees unanimously approved the creation of the Arthur J. Merovick Endowment for Patient Assistance and a $500,000 match from the general endowment to provide financial assistance to patients with documented need for medical services. A generous gift of $200,000 from the Merovick Family launched the fund.
Elizabeth McEwen Jacobs Endowment Fund
Scott D. Smith Memorial Fund
Julie Main Endowment Fund
Nan Cox Endowment for Lung Cancer Research
The Nan Cox Endowment for Lung Cancer Research is earmarked for lung cancer research protocols performed by the Cancer Center, often in concert with other research institutions. Created by Wilbur K. “Bill” Cox in memory of his wife Nancy Clare Finch Cox (“Nan”) who was a Cancer Center patient who passed away from lung cancer in June of 2000.
Elvira Broome Doolan Endowment Fund
Mary Solis Fund for Oncology Social Work
Thomas H. Weisenburger, MD Fund
The Thomas H. Weisenburger, MD Fund was established to recognize Dr. Weisenburger’s retirement in 2012 after 28 years of service at the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara. Proceeds support the education of medical personnel and the acquisition of radiation oncology equipment.