Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute

Gift of BREATH®

Did you know that one in four people in America die from respiratory related disease?
LRRI is the only research facility in the world totally dedicated to respiratory research.

Your donation will help to accelerate our cutting-edge research against so many tragic respiratory diseases that impact 20% of family members across the US. As a not-for-profit organization, your donation is 100% tax deductible.

The Gift of BREATH® Campaign presents an opportunity for corporations, major metropolitan areas, foundations, and philanthropists to contribute to respiratory research that could help millions of people "breathe easier."

Every gift will help contribute toward continued research into the causes, cures, and treatments for respiratory disease, implementing a grassroots awareness and education program, and building a support infrastructure of opinion leaders and key decision makers throughout the nation.

The Gift of BREATH® Campaign is, in itself, a true inspiration. Funds raised through the campaign will benefit the 80 million people who suffer from respiratory disease—either as a patient of asthma, lung cancer, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or as a caregiver who assists loved ones in their struggle to cope with lung disease.

In addition, your gift will benefit families, companies, institutions, and organizations that are affected by the increasing costs of healthcare and lost work hours and school time, by educating them on how to effectively deal with respiratory disease so it does not preclude productivity.

80 million Americans suffer from serious respiratory diseases - either as a patient, parent of a patient, or spouse of a patient.

52 million Americans are acutely touched by asthma - patients and parent/spouses.

Adding serious respiratory allergies, 120 million patients and parent/spouses are impacted.

17 million Americans have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Minority populations bear a disproportionate burden of all respiratory diseases.

Lung cancer is the most prevalent cancer. More people die of lung cancer than breast, prostate, and colon cancer combined.

Total U.S. Population: 272,691,000
Incidence Data from Center for Disease Control

Why Donate?

One out of four people in this country will die of respiratory disease. That is an astounding fact. And there are more: Each year, the healthcare and other costs associated with asthma alone add up to $6.2 billion. Lung cancer kills more than twice as many women as breast cancer, and more than twice as many men as prostate cancer. I could go on, but the point is that the respiratory health burden on this country is substantial. And yet, respiratory disease is one of the most inadequately studied.

That is why Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute has devoted its research resources exclusively to curing respiratory disease. We are one of the nation's largest, independent, non-profit basic science biomedical research organizations, and the nation's only such organization wholly dedicated to curing respiratory disease. Our staff is committed to curing respiratory disease through research aimed at understanding the causes and biological mechanisms, eliminating exposures to causal agents, and developing better treatments. We cover the whole research spectrum, from basic research to clinical trials. We recognize that scientific creativity is impossible without adequate financial support. We now seek your help, commitment, and financial support. Our goal is to find cures for and eliminate respiratory disease.

We ask others to join in our commitment by contributing to fund respiratory research. Planned giving offers a variety of ways to help fund research now and in the future. I and my colleagues at the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute greatly appreciate your continuing support.

Robert W. Rubin, PhD.
President and CEO, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute

Tribute and Memorial Gifts

TRIBUTE GIFTS: You can make a gift to honor a family member, a loved one, a business colleague, or to celebrate a special occasion such as a wedding, birthday, retirement or anniversary.

MEMORIAL GIFTS: Send a message of sympathy to a loved one, friend or colleague by making a memorial gift at the time of their loss.

We will send notification of your donation, without mention of the amount, to your honoree or to the bereaved family.