Thank you for visiting the Mario R. Alvarez Cancer Foundation site. This site is a non profit 501-c-3 organization. The efforts of this website are solely supported by donations and grants.

We depend on the generosity of those who appreciate the efforts of the Mario R. Alvarez Cancer Foundation and those who share our vision; one of providing ongoing, current, and impartial information to help patients and physicians create optimal treatment strategies.

If your donation is in honor of someone, please include the individual's name with your donation. If you would like us to send an acknowledgement letter to the family, please include the family's name and address.
We need your help to continue this work.

How to Offer a Donation Gift



Credit Cards - Click on this button to make a credit card donation. Donations are tax deductible (in the U.S.), as provided by law.

Any questions can be addressed by contacting  info@malvarezcancerfoundation.org

Checks or money orders - Can be sent to the address listed below. Please do not send cash.

Please make checks payable to Mario R. Alvarez Cancer Foundation and send to:

Mario R. Alvarez Cancer Foundation
8105 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 800
Irvine, California 92618

Pledges - We do accept pledges -- a promise to give in the future, but which allows you to make payments according to your personalized circumstance via such approaches as reminders, automatic banking and even payroll deduction.

Some companies will match employee donations with a corporate gift; this is sometimes referred to as an employer matching program. Usually the company will provide a simple form to give to the development officer when you make your donation. We endorse the form, return it and the company then sends us the donation.

Non-cash gifts - Are also gratefully received, depending on circumstance. Please contact the Webmaster to inquire about such matters.

Regardless of which donation method works best for your personal situation, the staff at Mario R. Alvarez Cancer Foundation stands ready to answer your questions and to assist you in making an appropriate and satisfying gift. Your generosity will help keep current and topical information about pancreatic cancer available to both patients and physicians on an ongoing basis and with world-wide reach. Thank you.

Donate Your Car - It's easy, contact one of the two agencies listed below and tell them that you would like your donation to go to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. They will take care of all of the paperwork and pick-up your vehicle - at your convenience. You will be able to claim a tax deduction for the amount of the gross proceeds from the sale of your vehicle, and PanCAN will receive a donation that truly makes a difference in our quest to defeat pancreatic cancer.

• In Southern California Only- National Charity Support Foundation - Toll Free (800) 203-2940
• In California and other selected states - Cars 4 Causes - Toll Free (800) 766-2273

Gift Under Your Will - Each year, thousands of individuals designate a portion of their assets by bequest to benefit charitable organizations. Gifts under wills have become an important part of the American philanthropic tradition because they enable individuals to make significant gifts that they may not have been able to make during life.
So apart from any other donation information on this page, if you are in a position to make a large serious targeted results-oriented contribution to the fight against pancreatic cancer (or if you know someone who is), please contact us. A sober, intelligent, entrepreneurial and directed effort could forever change the tragic human relationship to this disease. And we have very definite thoughts on how this effort could be organized for maximum effectiveness. Contact us.

Please allow three weeks for a written return acknowledgement and receipt.
Thank You.