Donations
How Your Support Makes a Difference
Financial gifts to the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics help support our on-going research activities and allow us to explore new avenues of research, recruit exceptional talent to our Department, and bring scientific discovery to patients who suffer from debilitating diseases. Your gift will be put to immediate good use and spent exclusively in the Department of Human Genetics.
Ways to Give
Your gift to the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics can take many forms:
- Cash
- Stocks/securities transfer
- Credit card gifts
- Property
- Memorial/tribute gifts
- Establishing a named endowed fund
- Planned gifts/estate gifts
- Gift annuities
- Matching gifts
All checks should be made payable to The University of Miami and mailed to Susan Ervin, University of Miami,1501 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136. You may also make a gift using your credit card. The University of Miami accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. For credit card gifts, please call Wilma Sanabria at 305.243.2555 or click here for secure on-line giving. This connection also provides a list of eligible matching gift companies. https://www6.miami.edu/campaign/gift/onlinegiving.html
To transfer a gift of stock to the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, your stockbroker will need the following information:
Broker: Young, Stovall & Company
9627 South Dixie Highway, Suite 101
Miami, Florida 33156
Attention: Maria Flynn
Phone: 1-305-666-2511
Fax: 1-305-663-1329
Depository Trust Company: #0235
Crediting: University of Miami
Gift Clearing Account #12K1-8807-7302
Restricted To: Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
To make a gift of property, please contact Susan Ervin at the University of Miami by phone 305.243.1202. Gifts of property require review by a University gift committee; please call for details. To make memorial or tribute gifts, please send your gift to the address above with instructions on whom to acknowledge about your generous gift. Be sure to include the address of the person to whom you would like an acknowledgement letter sent and your address so that we may also thank you. Tribute gifts are a meaningful way to acknowledge a birthday, anniversary or personal milestone. Memorial gifts honor the legacy of those who have passed on.
Estate and Gift Planning can help you maximize the personal benefits of your charitable giving and allows you to make gifts you might have thought impossible. Through advantageous tax treatment under both state and federal law, estate planning will enable you to make a gift and also enjoy the benefits of these laws.
With careful planning, it is possible to reduce or eliminate income taxes (including capital gains) and transfer taxes (including gift, estate, inheritance and generation-skipping). You can enjoy these tax savings while turning appreciated assets into an income for yourself or others. Estate and Gift Planning is a tool that helps you achieve your goals for the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and enhances your financial plans and security
For information on gift annuities and current rates, establishing trusts, language for a will, life income gifts, charitable remainder trusts, charitable remainder annuity trusts, and gifts of insurance, please contact Cynthia Beamish or Kyle Paige in the estate and planned giving office at 305.284.2914