Planned Giving

A gift through your will or trust is a meaningful way to support children battling cancer and their families beyond your lifetime.

What’s Planned Giving

A gift through your will or trust is a meaningful way to support children battling cancer and their families beyond your lifetime. By including Maxwell’s Toy Box in your estate plans, you help ensure children and families continue to receive comfort and support during cancer treatment for years to come.

Maxwell’s Toy Box is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and gifts through wills and trusts are deeply appreciated.

How to Include Maxwell’s Toy Box in Your Plans

If you are considering a gift through your will or trust, the information below may be helpful to share with your attorney or financial advisor:

  • Legal Name: Maxwell’s Toy Box

  • Tax Status: 501(c)(3) nonprofit

  • EIN: 99-1719585

  • Address: 1012 Foster Ave, Lake Bluff, IL 60044

If you have questions or would like to let us know you’ve included Maxwell’s Toy Box in your plans, you’re always welcome to contact our founder, Dina Besic, at dina@maxwellstoybox.com. We truly appreciate your time and support.

How Your Legacy Gift Helps

Planned gifts allow Maxwell’s Toy Box to provide stable, long-term support to children undergoing cancer treatment and their families. These gifts help us plan ahead, respond to hospital needs, and ensure our programs remain available year after year.

Flagship Legacy Focus

  • Toys for Joy is the heart of Maxwell’s Toy Box.

    Legacy gifts help sustain year-round toy restocks at our partner children’s hospitals, filling a critical gap when hospital toy supplies run low or run out entirely. This ensures nurses and child life teams always have toys available for children during long clinic days and inpatient stays.

    Planned gifts allow us to expand this support to more hospitals over time and serve more children facing cancer treatment.

  • Planned gifts can also support our Family Support Program, which provides direct relief to families navigating childhood cancer.

    Through gas and grocery gift cards and toys for children in treatment and their siblings, legacy support helps ease the financial strain families experience during frequent hospital visits and extended treatment schedules.

    Families are referred through hospital social workers to ensure support reaches those with the greatest need.

A Note on Flexibility

If you choose to include Maxwell’s Toy Box in your will or trust, you may:

  • Designate a gift to a specific program, or

  • Allow your gift to be used where the need is greatest at the time it is received

Both options help ensure your legacy has a meaningful, lasting impact.

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