Invest in Your Future and a Future Without Parkinson’s Disease

Dear Friend, If you are 70½ or older, you can jump-start your legacy giving by making a tax-free gift from your IRA. Your contribution will lay crucial groundwork for vital research that is supported by The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) now and in the years ahead. Discoveries are paying off at a rapid pace through the most robust Parkinson's drug development pipeline in the history of the disease. But your support is needed to move more therapies to pharmacy shelves. Several treatments that may slow, stop, reverse or prevent Parkinson's disease (PD) -- something no current therapy has been demonstrated to do -- now are in clinical trials. With support from committed donors like you, MJFF has allocated millions of dollars in research to advance the most important genetic targets in PD -- alpha-synuclein, LRRK2 and GBA -- moving us closer to the goal line. A qualified charitable distribution (QCD) allows you to support vital research with pre-tax IRA assets (not subject to the 50 percent charitable deduction limit) and can be part, or all, of a required minimum distribution. Talk to your financial or tax advisor to see whether an IRA charitable rollover is right for you. Or contact our team atplannedgiving@michaeljfox.org if you have questions on how to get started. Thank you, The Michael J. Fox Foundation P. S. If MJFF is already in your plans, please let us know so that we can add you to our Legacy Circle and plan for the future.