Income Tax donation can benefit social projects from philanthropic institutions

Non-profit, the largest and most complete pediatric hospital in the country, Pequeno Príncipe, in Curitiba, serves at least 60% of patients via the Unified Health System (SUS). With 35 specialties and multidisciplinary teams, the institution is a reference in high and medium complexity pediatric care. But with the current remuneration model for philanthropic hospitals in force in Brazil, closing the accounts becomes increasingly challenging.

The numbers recorded by the institution in 2022 demonstrate the scale of this challenge. The deficit in assistance registered an increase of 11% compared to the previous year, reaching R$57.8 million. Even using the resources raised, the Hospital ended the year with a negative performance of R$9.4 million. Since 1994, the SUS table has had, on average, a 93.77% adjustment, while the INPC has been adjusted by 636.07%.

Furthermore, as it is an exclusively pediatric hospital, the complementary and support services mean that Pequeno Príncipe’s costs are higher than in other modalities. Associated with medical care, complementary support with psychologists, speech therapists, social workers and physiotherapists, as well as food and hygiene for companions, among other initiatives that are so fundamental to pediatric care, are not remunerated by the SUS.

With this scenario, added to the underfunding of the SUS and the strangulation of supplementary healthcare, society’s support through the allocation of Income Tax has become increasingly strategic and essential for the economic and financial sustainability of philanthropic hospitals such as Pequeno Príncipe .

“We have always had the attitude of investing in knowledge, innovation and research and ensuring humanization in assistance, in an integral and equal way. The support of companies and individuals, through continued donations, especially via tax waivers, are essential for the investments we have made over the years. Furthermore, it means a demonstration of trust and recognition of our work”,

considers the institution’s executive director, Ety Cristina Forte Carneiro.

Transformed lives

Diagnosed with sickle cell anemia when she was just 1 month old, Lara de Jordão Jesus from Bahia faced, throughout her 13 years, countless hospitalizations for various infections, dozens of blood transfusions, among other consequences of the disease. When the treatments were no longer producing results, the team that assisted the teenager in Salvador (BA) referred her to Pequeno Príncipe.

In Curitiba, Lara underwent all the preparatory tests for a bone marrow transplant (BMT), which could cure her of the genetic and hereditary disease, characterized by alterations in red blood cells that make it difficult for blood to pass through small vessels and, consequently, , tissue oxygenation. But while still in line for the procedure, the teenager suffered a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) – the second of her life.

“The transplant happened when she was still in the ICU”, remembers her mother, Raimunda de Jordão Jesus. Today, the family celebrates two years since the spinal cord and the neurological surgery that their daughter needed to undergo due to the stroke. “On June 25, 2021, the marrow caught. It was wonderful. Just the feeling of knowing that everything went well is priceless,”

says emotionally.

Currently, Lara is monitored by the teams at the Bone Marrow Transplant and Neurology services at Pequeno Príncipe. Throughout her stay at the Hospital, the patient had daily support from doctors from other professionals, such as infectious disease specialists, intensivists, nephrologists, cardiologists, neurologists, endocrinologists, dermatologists and a hemotherapist. The work was carried out together with a multidisciplinary team, made up of psychologists, nutritionists, social workers, physiotherapists, dentists and pharmacists.

“When they told me I had to come here, I was in shock. She said: ‘Oh my God, I’m going to leave my state to go to another, where I don’t know anything or anyone. What’s that going to be like?’ But we had all the support and we are here undergoing all the treatment through the SUS, everything is wonderful. I had never seen such a good hospital for treating children,”

emphasizes Raimunda.

Like Lara, patients from other Brazilian states can also take advantage of the entire structure offered by Pequeno Príncipe, chosen as one of the best pediatric hospitals in the world in a ranking prepared by the North American magazine Newsweek.

How to donate

For almost 17 years, donations via IR have become an important source of financial resources for Pequeno Príncipe. The values ​​contribute to the execution of extremely important projects and help to change the reality of the services provided, but the impact generated could be even greater.

Federal Revenue numbers show that only 2.86% of the potential for revenue via Income Tax is realized. In 2022, for example, more than R$9 billion were not invested in institutional projects capable of benefiting thousands of children and adolescents.

The process is quite simple and comes at no cost to the taxpayer. Anyone who makes their Income Tax declaration using the full form can donate up to 6% to projects at philanthropic institutions. During the calendar year, the taxpayer anticipates the amount of their income tax due via an incentive payment slip, which can be paid in one or several installments until the deadline of December 27th. And the following year, at the time of declaration, the donor has the right to a full tax deduction of the amount donated.

To know the amount that can be allocated, the citizen must calculate 6% of the item “Income Tax Due” based on the last declaration delivery receipt or carry out a simulation directly on the website. Then, simply request the invoice by filling out the form available on the same website and making the payment.

The website can also be used by taxpayers to clarify other doubts. In it, you can consult the step by step and even simulate the amount to be donated. For more information about donations via Income Tax, people can also contact us by calling (41) 2108-3886 or (41) 99962-4461.

*With information from consultancy

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