Funds for Your Giving

Direct your gift to a specific area. Select from 17 different funds for your tax-deductible donation. Each fund supports a key aspect of the Cedars-Sinai mission. All contributions go to a broader cause and not to a specific doctor or department.

Area of Greatest Need

Cancer: supports research on all types of cancer, cancer prevention and community outreach, survivorship programs, as well as training the next generation of cancer experts.

Children’s: supports a seamless continuum of primary and specialty care for hospitalized patients and outpatients as they grow from newborns to adolescents to adults including leading-edge pediatric research and forward-looking physician education and training.

COACH for Kids: supports the mobile medical units that bring healthcare services to low-income children; also provides clothes and shoes for needy families, car seats, food cards, and new wheelchairs for the disabled.

Employee Disaster Relief Fund: fund provides resources for Cedars-Sinai staff at the medical center, Medical Network, and the Marina del Rey Hospital in times of critical need as a result of a catastrophic event such as a fire, or other unforeseeable and imminent emergencies of a catastrophic nature. Applications can be submitted confidentially with proof of need/documents via email to “Group HR EDRF Committee” for consideration and if approved, the process will be expedited to handle the emergency.

Gastroenterology: supports research in liver, pancreas and biliary diseases, GI motility, and inflammatory bowel disease, as well fellowship training programs.

Heart Disease: supports heart stem cell research, cardiac imaging, women’s heart disease research and treatment, heart transplants, and testing for potential heart disease.

Neurosciences: supports research and teaching for all types of brain diseases and disorders such as brain tumors, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), epilepsy, pituitary disease and neurovascular disease.

Nursing: supports scholarship programs for nurses and in-house nurse training programs.

Obstetrics and Gynecology: supports research and education in the areas of women’s health, labor and delivery, maternal-fetal health, gynecologic oncology, continence and pelvic health, and fertility and reproductive medicine.

Orthopaedics: supports research, education, and improved clinical outcomes for orthopaedic disorders and injuries—from sports injuries to trauma to total joint replacement.

Regenerative Medicine: supports research with a focus on generating induced pluripotent stem cells to understand human diseases and their future treatments.

Spiritual Care: supports programs that provide many types of spiritual guidance to patients and families as well as bereavement counseling, informational pamphlets for patients and families, prayer books, and Shabbat candles for Friday night services.

Surgery: supports innovative surgical techniques in many specialties.

Transplantation: support the development of comprehensive and clinically effective treatments to adults and children for whom a transplant is the best or only option.

Volunteer Services: supports developing and overseeing programs that provide emotional support and compassion to our patients and an extra set of hands for our busy staff throughout the medical center. Volunteers are adults of all ages, high school and college students, and even therapy dogs, through the Barbara Cowen POOCH (Pets Offering Ongoing Care and Healing) Volunteer Program.

Youth Employment and Development (YED) Program: exposes high school students to careers within the health care industry. The program is based on three concepts: work-based learning, school-based learning and mentoring. By educating, training and exposing students to the work-place with seasoned professionals as mentors and guides, we become the foundation of their future.