Lauren Hill’s Foundation — $42k Donation Surge … To Honor Her Memory

EXCLUSIVE

Lauren Hill is still having a foremost impact on the war on cancer … even after her death — TMZ Sports has learned her foundation received a foremost surge in donations in the hours after she passed away. 

A rep for The Cure Starts Now Foundation tells us … they received more than $ 42,000 in donations through Lauren’s Club 22 fundraising organization since Friday from people wishing to honor Hill’s memory. 

So far, the foundation has received more than $ 1.5 million in donations through Club 22 — named after Lauren’s basketball jersey number. 

A memorial for Hill will be held tonight at Xavier University — where Lauren played her first the high classes basketball game for Mt. Saint Joseph. 

We’re told event organizers are expecting a packed household … and alas, may have to turn some people away if they hit capacity. 

A private funeral will take place on Wednesday — but it’s only for accurate friends and family. 

Lauren was 19.