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In the year 2004, he gives $60,000 in cash to the American Cancer Society. The donor may deduct only $50,000 in 2004. Why? Because anything over that amount is in excess of 50% of his adjusted gross income. The remaining $10,000 (60,000 total donation minus 50,000 deducted in 2004) carries forward to 2005, at which point he may deduct it.
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Morse also documented breakthroughs in the field of medicine. In response to the US Surgeon General's decree that smoking caused lung cancer, [17] Morse obtained from the American Cancer Society the exact number of daily cancer-inducing cigarettes. Morse laid the smoked butts on a plate of glass and snapped a photo.
He and his wife established the Urich Fund at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center to support cancer research. Additionally, Urich donated $125,000, his winnings from an episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. [15] He was declared cancer-free in 1998 and became the national spokesperson for the American Cancer Society that ...
The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a nationwide non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating cancer. Established in 1913, the society is organized into six geographical regions of both medical and lay volunteers operating in more than 250 Regional offices throughout the United States. [ 1 ]
The American Cancer Society defines a cancer survivor as anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer. [15] At most Relay events, a Survivor Dinner is held for survivors in the community. The Survivor Lap, which is often the first lap of a Relay event, is used to identify the survivors.
Body donation, anatomical donation, or body bequest is the donation of a whole body after death for research and education. There is usually no cost to donate a body to science; donation programs will often provide a stipend and/or cover the cost of cremation or burial once a donated cadaver has served its purpose and is returned to the family ...
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society.It was founded in September 2001 to directly lobby the goals of the American Cancer Society, which is subject to restrictions on advocacy activities because of its tax classification.