To honor his legacy and carry forward his dream, the Tyson H. Duncan Unbreakable Endowment at the UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center was established in 2025. Tyson’s family created and seeded this initiative to honor Tyson’s idea. Unbreakable reached the $50,000 endowment threshold in February 2026. An endowment is significant because it allows the funds to be invested and generate annual support in perpetuity, ensuring that Tyson’s legacy will provide assistance year after year for generations to come.
Contributions to the Endowment will support pediatric oncology patients and their families in need at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. This support may cover essential expenses such as travel, food, and lodging during treatment. Pediatric patient social workers will nominate specific families as prospective fund recipients.
The Duncan family will not make award decisions. The investment approach for donations, and which patients receive your contributions, will be made by UC Davis Health. All donations go straight to UC Davis Health. Every contribution brings us closer to making Tyson’s dream a lasting reality.
If you would like to make a donation, you can do so with a check by mail at the address below or with a credit card HERE or the scan code below.
Click link above or use scan code – on mobile device, press down on the scan code then select “Search inside image,” which will take you to the UC Davis Health website to make a credit card or mail-in option.
Gifts by Mail
Please make your check payable to UC Davis Foundation.
In the memo line, indicate “Tyson H. Duncan Unbreakable Endowment.”
Mail to:
UC Davis HSDA
Attn: Nebrisa Fish
PO Box 160186
Sacramento, CA 95816
Thank you for helping us keep Tyson’s spirit and his unbreakable legacy alive.
With gratitude,
The Duncan Family on behalf of Tyson
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