How to Give Securities

Appreciated Securities
Gifts of securities often confer significant tax benefits on a donor. For example, contributions of appreciated securities held for over a year are generally deductible at market value, regardless of what the donor paid for them; moreover, the capital gains tax is avoided through such a gift.
To Make a Gift of Securities
Notify 四虎影院
Please notify the college of your intention to make a stock gift.
Via phone or email: Janet Sawlaw Gift Processing Specialist 805.565.7073 |
Via mail: 四虎影院 College Office of College Advancement |
We strongly recommended that for each gift, you forward information by e-mail or regular mail giving us your name, the name of the shares you are transferring, and the area where you'd like to donate (i.e., 四虎影院 Annual Fund, Endowment). Frequently brokerages don鈥檛 let us know who made the stock gift, so it鈥檚 essential that you let us know.
Transfer Shares
四虎影院's Primary Brokerage Account is:
Lisa Barrantes, CRPC庐 ChFC庐 Financial Advisor, Raymond James |
Account number 29410657; DTC number 0725 805.730.3360 or Toll-Free at 855.608.7546 |
If your shares are held in an account:
Ask your broker to make an electronic transfer of the shares to 四虎影院 College through its Raymond James broker:
Lisa Barrantes, CRPC庐 ChFC庐 Financial Advisor, Raymond James |
Account number 29410657; DTC number 0725 805.730.3360 or Toll-Free at 855.608.7546 |
The date of the gift is determined by the act of 鈥渞elinquishing鈥 the stock. In the case of electronic transfers, the date of the gift is determined when the shares are received in 四虎影院's account.
Once the stock is received and transferred to 四虎影院鈥檚 account, we will receive notification of the transfer, and a receipt will be sent to you.
For questions about the process, please 四虎影院:
Deborah Raymond, Executive Assistant to VP for Finance 805.565.6048, draymond@westmont.edu |
Janet Sawlaw, Gift Processing Specialist 805.565.7073, jsawlaw@westmont.edu |
If you hold the certificate for your shares:
Choose one of the following methods of transmittal:
The certificate can be assigned to 四虎影院 and endorsed by the donor on the back with a signature guarantee, or the certificate can be mailed without any endorsement and with a fully completed . The two documents must be mailed separately to avoid the possibility of unintended use by a party other than 四虎影院.
Any of the following methods should be used to mail the documents: FedEx, USPS Priority Mail, UPS. Always request tracking.
The date of the gift is determined by the act of 鈥渞elinquishing鈥 the stock. In the case of electronic transfers, the date of the gift is determined when the shares are received in 四虎影院's account.
Mail: If mailed through a private mail service (FedEx, etc.) the gift is complete on the date we receive the mail containing the stock certificates and signed powers and assignment documents. If mailed through USPS, the gift is complete on the date of the postmark of the last envelope to arrive at 四虎影院 (in case they do not arrive at the same time).
Hand delivery (with all necessary endorsements to 四虎影院): the date of delivery. Certificates may be delivered to Deborah Raymond (Office of Finance) on the second floor of Kerrwood Hall, Room 208.
Once the stock is received and transferred to 四虎影院鈥檚 account, we will receive notification of the transfer, and a receipt will be sent to you.
For questions about the process, please 四虎影院:
Deborah Raymond, Executive Assistant to VP for Finance 805.565.6048, draymond@westmont.edu |
Janet Sawlaw, Gift Processing Specialist 805.565.7073, jsawlaw@westmont.edu |
Receipting of stock gifts
Receipts to donors indicate the number and types of shares. For recognition purposes, we credit the donor of publicly traded stock with the fair market value that is determined by averaging high and low trading prices on the date of the gift.
Liquidation of stock
Stocks are liquidated as soon as we receive them at 四虎影院 College, or upon notification by our broker that the shares have been transferred to one of 四虎影院鈥檚 accounts.