Support the TYKS Foundation
Donations and wills are a vital part of financing our operations. Even a small amount offers a major helping hand to research. It enables the development of better care for patients in the future.
Make a one-off donation
The TYKS Foundation is a non-profit institution. This means that donations will support research activities in full.
Lahjoita
10,00 € – 5000,00 €
Additional information
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Money collection permit granted by the National Police Board of Finland to the Turku University Hospital Education and Research Foundation on 5 November 2021: permit number RA/2021/1479, valid until 1 January 2022.
Donations will be fully used to support research. In your bank’s online service, the recipient will be Paytrail Oyj, which is the payment gateway service we use.
How to donate
Over the years, many people and communities in Southwest Finland have supported the TYKS Foundation. Donations have included Christmas greetings and anniversary gifts, one-off donations and wills. Donations to the foundation amounting to a minimum of € 850 and a maximum of € 50,000 are tax-deductible for the donor’s organisation.
- What about donating your Christmas greeting funds to the foundation and sending an e-mail to the recipients of the Christmas greeting
- When you have an important anniversary, you could ask your friends and family to make a donation to the foundation
- Remember the foundation in your will
You can make a donation to the cause of your choice via online banking. If you do not use online banking services, you may also make a donation as a credit transfer to our donation account.
TYKS Foundation’s bank accounts:
Nordea FI59 1590 3000 1423 88
Danske Bank FI23 8000 1570 9006 06
Good to know about your will
A will is a document that you can use to determine how your property or part of it will be distributed after you have passed away. It is a good idea to share your wishes in good time.
Without a will
- Your direct descendants inherit all your property.
- The widow/widower has the right of possession of the dwelling and normal movable property. Your common-law partner will not inherit your property.
- If there are no close relatives (children, parents, siblings, grandparents, uncles or aunts) or will, the estate will pass to the state.
- Your cousins will not inherit your property.
- Heirs under the Code of Inheritance pay inheritance tax on their inheritance, unlike non-profit institutions.
- The direct descendants have a lawful share, which means that they will inherit half of your property even if a will exists.
With a will
- You express what you want to do with your property. When you want to support something that is important to you after your passing, it is a good idea to make a will. If you wish, you may allocate a donation to a specific field of research, for example.
- For the sake of clarity, it is always a good idea to give your will to a lawyer familiar with succession cases for reviewing or draw it up with a lawyer from the beginning.
- Last will: During your lifetime, you can change or cancel your will. The latest document will be valid.
- The TYKS Foundation, i.e., the Turku University Hospital Education and Research Foundation, must be indicated as the beneficiary in wills to the TYKS Foundation.
Researcher stories
Writing a doctoral dissertation on neonatal oxygen deficiency while completing a medical degree
Niina Viitaharju, a fifth-year medical student, spun her advanced studies topic on neonatal oxygen deficiency into a doctoral dissertation project. Since 2023, she has worked for a clinical research programme on the topic in Turku. At the moment, her Lic. Med. degree and part of her dissertation work is set to be completed by spring–summer
Taru Garthwaite, PhD, received funding for a conference trip in sports medicine
Taru Garthwaite’s doctoral dissertation in clinical physiology and nuclear medicine was examined at the University of Turku in September 2024. In July 2024, she presented her research at the 29th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science in Glasgow. The TYKS Foundation enabled her participation with a travel grant.
More physical activity and mobility is needed in 24-hour care of older adults
“We in Finland have made shockingly low investments in caring for older adults. We are leaving older generations behind as we tear down our care services for older adults and make our care criteria increasingly stringent,” says Noora Narsakka, MSc (Public Health), who, in her doctoral dissertation on nursing, examines how physical activity and mobility
Artificial intelligence for developing clinical decision-making support systems
The development of modern-day health care is increasingly multidisciplinary, involving not only traditional medicine, nursing science and laboratory fields but also, for example, computing scientists and other natural scientists in joint technology projects. Akseli Reunamo graduated with a master’s degree in Biology, from Physiology and Genetics line, from the University of Turku, in 2022. At
