SHADE Foundation of America
Dedicated to eradicating melanoma through the education of children
and the community in the prevention and detection of skin cancer
and the promotion of sun safety.
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Ways to Help

Donations made to SHADE Foundation of America will support the programs and services we provide to educate children and the community on sun safety and skin cancer. Please click on any of the following links to make a donation to SHADE Foundation of America. To discuss donation options such as monthly giving, please contact Crystal Thomas at (602) 424-7190.

Event Sponsorship Opportunities
Shade Foundation of America holds a variety of fundraising events throughout the year. Please click on the events below for more information on sponsoring a SHADE event.

Fund a Project

Our mission is to eradicate melanoma through the education of children and the community in the prevention and detection of skin cancer and the promotion of sun safety. SHADE does this through a variety of programs and projects. The following are some of SHADE’s current projects that your donation will fund:

  • The SHADE Foundation Melanoma Research Fund at TGen
    This partnership with The Translational Genomics Research Institute provides financial resources necessary to fund unprecedented research on melanoma, which is aimed to impact the way melanoma is diagnosed and treated. For more information please visit www.helptgen.org
  • PreSchool Program
  • SunWise Education Program
  • Body Check 101
  • Newly Diagnosed Program
  • SHADE Grants

Matching Gifts
Many companies offer a gift matching program in which they will match an employee’s philanthropic donation with a corporate contribution. The following is a list of companies currently participating in a Matching Gift program:

  • 3Com Corporation
  • Abacus Capital Investments
  • Adaptec Foundation
  • ADC Foundation
  • Adobe Systems Inc.
  • Aegon Transamerica Foundation
  • AES Corporation
  • Aetna Foundation
  • Alexander Hamilton Life
  • Allegro Microsystems Inc.
  • AMBAC Indemnity Corporation
  • American Express
  • American International Group, Inc.
  • Amgen Center
  • Analytics Operations Engineering
  • Aon Corporation
  • Apple Computer Inc.
  • ARCO Chemical Co.
  • Argonaut Group Inc.
  • Arthur J. Gallagher Foundation
  • Aspect Global Giving Program
  • Autodesk, Inc.
  • Automatic Data Processing
  • Avon Products Foundation Inc.
  • AXA Foundation
  • Bank Boston
  • Bank of America Foundation
  • Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
  • Bankers Trust Foundation
  • Bay Networks
  • Becton-Dickinson Corp.
  • Bell & Howell Foundation
  • Bemis Associates Inc.
  • Bestfoods
  • Black & Decker Corporation
  • BMC Industries, Inc.
  • BP Amoco Corporation
  • The Candle Foundation
  • Capital Group Companies
  • CBS/Westinghouse Foundation
  • CertCo, Inc.
  • Champion International Corp.
  • Charles Schwab Corp.
  • Chase Manhattan Foundation
  • The Chicago Tribune
  • Chubb & Son, Inc.
  • Cisco Systems
  • Citgo Petroleum
  • Citibank/Citicorp/Citigroup Foundation
  • Clorox
  • Colonial Management Group
  • Commercial Federal Bank
  • Compaq Computer Corporation
  • Computer Associates International, Inc.
  • Cooper Industries
  • Corn Products International
  • Corporate Community Affairs
  • Corporate Software, Inc.
  • CPI Corporation
  • Cray Research
  • CSC Index, Inc.
  • Datascope Corporation
  • Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
  • Eastern Bank & Trust Co.
  • Eastern Enterprises
  • Eaton Vance Management
  • Eli Lilly & Company Foundation
  • Energizer/Eveready Battery Co.
  • The Equitable Insurance Companies
  • Everen Foundation
  • Express Financial Services
  • Fannie Mae Foundation
  • First Bank Systems
  • First Data Resources
  • Fleet Bank
  • Focal Communications Corp.
  • Follett Corporation
  • Ford Foundation
  • Fort James Foundation
  • Fortis Financial Group
  • Freddie Mac
  • Frederick S. Upton Co.
  • Fred S. James & Co., Inc.
  • Freedom Forum
  • Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
  • Gannett Foundation, Inc.
  • The Gap
  • GATX Corporation
  • Geico
  • General R E Corporation.
  • Gilman Paper Co.
  • Glaxo-Wellcome, Inc.
  • GMAC-Residential Funding Corp.
  • Grand Canyon Association
  • Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.
  • GreenPoint Financial
  • Hambrecht & Quist Group
  • Harcourt General, Inc.
  • Hemmings Motor News
  • Heublein Foundation Inc.
  • Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield
  • Hoechst Celanese Corp.
  • Hoechst Marion Russell, Inc.
  • Holyoke Mutual Insurance Co.
  • Home Depot
  • Home Savings of America
  • Hospitality Franchise Systems
  • Honeywell
  • Household International
  • Hudson Webber Foundation
  • Illinois Tool Works
  • IDS Financial Services, Inc.
  • Industrial Indemnity
  • ING Capital Holdings
  • Institutional Investor, Inc.
  • International Data Group
  • Interra Financial
  • J. Paul Getty Trust
  • The James & Marshall Field Fund
  • Jefferson-Pilot Foundation
  • John Hancock Financial Services
  • Joseph E. Seagrams & Sons, Inc.
  • Josten's
  • JP Morgan Chase Foundation
  • Juran Institute, Inc.
  • Kaiser Family Foundation
  • Kawasaki Motors Corporation
  • Kemper Insurance Companies
  • Kennecott Corp.
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • Kinney Shoe Corp.
  • Kirkland & Ellis Foundation
  • Kobe Steel USA, Inc.
  • Lam Research Corporation
  • LandAmerica Foundation
  • Landmark Graphics
  • Legerity, Inc.
  • Leo Burnett Company, Inc.
  • Levi Strauss Foundation
  • Lilly Endowment Inc.
  • Liz Claiborne
  • Lotus Development Corporation
  • Lyondell Chemical Company.
  • Lubrizol Corporation
  • Maguire Oil Company
  • Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc.
  • Massachusetts Financial Services Co.
  • Mass Mutual Life Insurance Co.
  • MasterCard International
  • Mattel Foundation
  • Maytag Corporation
  • Mazda Inc.
  • McDonnell Douglas Foundation
  • McDonald's Corporation
  • McGraw
  • McMaster-Carr Supply Co.
  • Meredith Corporation
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • Millipore Foundation
  • Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp.
  • Mobil
  • Monsanto Fund
  • MONY (Mutual of NY)
  • Moody's Corporation
  • Morgan Stanley & Co.
  • Morrison & Foerster
  • Mutual of America
  • Narragansett Electric Co.
  • National Semiconductor Corporation
  • Neiman Marcus Group
  • New Century Energies Foundation
  • New England Electric
  • Newsweek, Inc.
  • Nike, Inc.
  • Nims Associates, Inc.
  • Nintendo
  • Nortel Networks, Inc.
  • Northern Trust Company
  • Norton Company Foundation
  • NYCE Corporation
  • Oak Associated, Ltd.
  • Omni Travel
  • Oracle Corporation
  • PC World/IDG Central Services
  • Pacific Huts & Castles, Inc.
  • Packard Foundation
  • Penn Central Corporation
  • PepsiCo
  • Perkins Charitable Foundation
  • Pfizer Inc.
  • Philip Morris
  • Pitney-Bowes Inc.
  • Platinum Technology
  • PNC Foundation
  • Polaroid
  • Premark International Inc.
  • Progressive Investment Corp.
  • Providian Financial
  • Prudential Comm. Giving Campaign
  • Quaker Oats
  • Quantum Corporation
  • Radio City Music Hall Productions, Inc.
  • Reader's Digest
  • RealNetworks Foundation
  • Reebok
  • Rejuvenation, Inc.
  • Response Analysis
  • Reuters America, Inc.
  • Rexnord
  • Ridgewood Savings
  • The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Rockefeller Group
  • Rolm Co.
  • Roosevelt Bank
  • Russell Sage Foundation
  • Safeco Corporation
  • Sage Publications, Inc.
  • St. Paul Companies, Inc.
  • Sara Lee
  • Schindler Elevator Corporation
  • Sedgwick James, Inc.
  • Shaklee Corporation
  • Sherwin Williams Company
  • Shiva Corporation
  • Sony Pictures Entertainment
  • Sony USA Foundation, Inc.
  • Sounds True, Inc.
  • Speer, Leeds & Kellog
  • Spiegel
  • The Stanley Works
  • Starbucks Coffee Company
  • Stillpoint Institute, Inc.
  • Stokes Lawrence
  • Stream International Inc.
  • Subaru of America
  • Sun Microsystems, Inc.
  • Sundstrand Corporation
  • Swiss Bank Corporation
  • T. Rowe Price
  • Tellabs
  • The Teagle Foundation
  • Temple-Inland Inc.
  • Tenet Healthcard Foundation
  • Tenant Foundation
  • Textron
  • Tiger Management Corporation
  • Time Warner, Inc.
  • Times Mirror Foundation
  • Tom's of Maine
  • Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
  • Transamerica Foundation
  • Tricon Foundation
  • Tupperware
  • Tyco Submarine Systems, Ltd.
  • Union Pacific Corp.
  • Union Texas Petroleum
  • Uniphase Corporation
  • United Technologies Corp.
  • Universal Studios
  • U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Corp.
  • U.S. West
  • The Vanguard Group
  • Vastar Resources, Inc.
  • Veritas Software
  • Verizon Foundation
  • Vicorp
  • Washington Mutual Foundation
  • The Washington Post
  • Wasser, Inc.
  • Waters Corporation
  • West Group
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation
  • West Marine Products
  • Whirlpool Corporation
  • Whitaker Foundation
  • The William Penn Foundation
  • Williams Company
  • WFSB/TV3
  • WMX Technologies, Inc.
  • Woman's World
  • WRQ
  • XTRA Corporation
  • Zurich Reinsurance Center

Other Ways to Help
SunTrust Bank is currently running a promotion that offers clients opening a new checking account an opportunity to have SunTrust give $100 to their favorite charitable organization. The promotion runs from August 6 through October 12, 2007. For locations and additional information please visit www.suntrust.com/mycause.


 

 

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