JDRF is the only organization with a strategic research plan to end type 1 diabetes (T1D).  For more than four decades, we have been renowned as a highly effective research organization with remarkable efficiency in directing donor dollars toward achieving our goal of a world without T1D. JDRF has always been dedicated to maintaining the highest levels of efficiency to ensure that our time, resources, and dollars can achieve the greatest possible impact on the lives of people with T1D. We have a solid track record of funding research efficiently and effectively.

As the holidays approach and we close out 2014, please consider making a gift to support our mission.  Year-end giving opportunities include:

• Making a gift in honor of a loved one; we will send a note card notifying them that you have made a gift in their name.
• Making a gift of appreciated stock or mutual funds—transfer securities directly from your account and you can enjoy the deduction for the full current value and avoid capital gains tax.
• Checking with your employer regarding their matching gifts program, where you can effectively double or triple your charitable contribution.  Visit www.matchinggift.com/jdrf to see if your company matches gifts.
• Becoming a Cure Crusader by making a monthly gift commitment.  In addition, gifts over a certain dollar amount may qualify for our Major Gift Program.
• Naming JDRF in your estate plans through a will or trust, retirement assets, life insurance policy, gift annuity or other life income gift.

With our strategy and your support, we will turn Type One into Type None.

For more information about giving options available at JDRF or the research you will be helping to fund, contact Amy Montalto, Executive Director, at 781-431-0700 or amontalto@jdrf.org.  Thank you.