This is a sacred space to celebrate, honor, and remember the lives of friends and loved ones touched by Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and the many related conditions identified in Mark Egly's groundbreaking research. Every tribute gift transforms personal loss into hope for others, ensuring that those we love continue to make a difference in the world.
Your tribute accelerates research, advances education, and brings us closer to a world where no one suffers from undiagnosed Alpha-1.
Honor Their Memory
Make a meaningful donation to the Mark Egly Foundation in honor or memory of someone special. Your gift supports:
How Tribute Gifts Work:
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Build a Living Memorial
Create a personalized tribute page celebrating your loved one's life while raising funds and awareness for Alpha-1 research and education.
Your Tribute Page Can Include:
Why Create a Tribute Page?
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Gather in Remembrance
Honor your loved one by hosting an event that brings together family and friends while raising funds and awareness for Alpha-1.
Event Ideas:
We'll provide resources, materials, and support to help make your memorial event meaningful and successful.
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Every tribute gift funds scientific investigation into:
Your support helps educate:
Tribute gifts support initiatives that will:
The Mark Egly Foundation itself is a tribute—a living memorial to a man who transformed personal struggle into groundbreaking discovery. Mark's legacy lives on through every patient diagnosed early, every researcher pursuing new treatments, and every family that avoids years of medical mystery.
When you give in tribute, you join Mark's legacy of turning adversity into advocacy.
We invite you to share how Alpha-1 has touched your life and why you've chosen to honor your loved one through the Mark Egly Foundation. Your story may inspire others and help raise awareness about this rarely diagnosed condition.
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Make a single donation in any amount to honor your loved one's memory. Ideal for:
Create an ongoing legacy through monthly gifts that provide sustained support for Alpha-1 research and education. Your recurring tribute:
For significant tribute gifts, we can work with you to:
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When you make a tribute gift, you can choose to:
Notify Family Members
We'll send a thoughtful acknowledgment card to family members informing them of your tribute (gift amount is never disclosed unless you request it).
Anonymous Tribute
Your gift will honor your loved one without revealing your identity to family members.
Public Recognition
Include your tribute in our annual report, website memorial page, or special recognition programs (with your permission).
Private Tribute
Keep your gift completely confidential while still honoring your loved one's memory.
The Mark Egly Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All tribute gifts are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law. You'll receive a receipt for your records with our EIN.
Creating a tribute or making a memorial gift can be emotional. Our team is here to support you with:
Contact our Tribute Giving Team:
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Losing someone to Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency or a related condition is devastating. But within that grief lies the power to create change—to ensure that others receive earlier diagnoses, better treatments, and more hope than those who came before.
Your tribute transforms sorrow into action, memory into mission, and love into lasting legacy.
Whether you give $10 or $10,000, in a one-time memorial or through monthly tributes, your gift makes a difference. Combined with gifts from others who've lost loved ones to Alpha-1, we're building a movement powerful enough to change the standard of care worldwide.
"To live in the hearts of those we love is not to die."
— Thomas Campbell
When you honor your loved one through the Mark Egly Foundation, their memory becomes a beacon of hope for countless others facing Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency.
Choose how you'd like to honor your loved one:
In loving memory of all those who've been affected by Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. Your legacy lives on through the lives you'll help save.