Let’s support the sickle cell community together
Crescent Cares
Your donation supports the growth and development or our Crescent Cares Program that provides direct community-based services and care coordination for survivors living with sickle cell disease in the Philadelphia & Delaware Valley. We appreciate your support!
Bridging the Gap
Your donation goes toward our online programming that teaches patients how to smoothly transition and navigate through the adult care system. Thanks for your support!
One Gene, One Life
Your donations helps us fund our programming to empower the next generation of physicians to be more compassionate toward their patients and knowledgeable about our invisible disease.
General Donation
Your donation helps us provide a space, activities, and programming for our community. We appreciate your support.
DONATION FAQS
Are there any other ways to give?
Yes! You can give in the following ways:
- Legacy Gifts – FreeWill and CAF Legacy Society gifts are a great way to leave your support behind.
- Amazon Smile – Choose Crescent Foundation when you shop on Amazon.
- Real Estate or other Personal Property – The gift of space allows us to build community, host events, and more.
- Stocks or other Securities – Investment gifts keep on giving.
- IRA Charitable Rollover – Invest in the future of the sickle cell community.
- Memorial Gifts – Make a donation in someone’s memory.
- Trusts and Annuities – Another way to invest in our community’s long-term future.
- Endowed Gifts – Give the gift of sickle cell resilience.
- Company Matching – Raise funds with your employer.
Is Crescent Foundation a non-profit organization?
Crescent is a Philadelphia nonprofit corporation. Crescent is a public charity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Our Federal Employer Tax ID number is 35-2656326.
How secure is online giving/payments?
SSL / TLS Encryption: All Crescent Foundation donation forms are protected by SSL/TLS Encryption technology. The entire checkout process is exceptionally secure. We also use trusted third-party applications through Paypal and Stripe to process your payments.
Crescent Foundation doesn’t store any card information. All card and bank account data is tokenized before charging and processed through either Paypal or Stripe.
See our Privacy Policy for more information.
Can I make an anonymous donation?
Absolutely. It’s easy—simply check “hide my name and contact information” when you make your donation.
Can I make a donation via email, mail, or voicemail?
If I make a donation, how will my money be used?
The majority of funds are used in line with our mission supporting clinical, educational, and psychosocial programs. The remainder keeps our lights on, so we can do this work.