While the UMKC campus is closed during Winter Break, Wednesday, Dec. 25 through Wednesday, Jan. 1, it's still easy to make a year-end gift by observing the following guidelines.

Gift timing is essential to ensure receipt of tax credit for the 2024 calendar year for your donation; please reference the guidelines for specific gift types below. If you need assistance with your donation, please get in touch with UMKC Foundation Gift Processing Staff at 816-780-9151.

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Donation by Checks

Mailed envelopes MUST be postmarked prior to Dec. 31, 2024*. If the envelope received is postmarked after Dec. 31, it will be counted as a gift for the year 2025.

Donors should send their checks to the address below:

UMKC Foundation Office of Gift Processing
202 Administrative Center
5115 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64112

Checks dated prior to Dec. 31, along with postmarked envelopes, should be received by UMKC Foundation Gift Processing staff on or before Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. Gifts received after that point will not automatically be included in processing for the annual year-end gift summary.

*Mail courier services selected to deliver envelopes to the UMKC Foundation office must arrive no later than Friday, Dec. 20, during the office hours of 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. to be included in gift processing before the campus closes for the year. 

Donations by Stock or Mutual Funds

• Please get in touch with Tram Nguyen at nguyentram@umkc.edu for the transfer form and DTC instructions. Gift involving Transfers must be received into the account on or before Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, to be reflected in the 2024 tax period, per the IRS.
• Stock gifts will require the donor's name, number of shares, security, expected date of transfer and gift intention area. Donors must send information via email to Tram Nguyen at nguyentram@umkc.edu. Liquidation of the Stock gifts cannot be completed until confirmation of this information is received.Deadline for processing Stock gifts is Monday, Dec. 30.
• Mutual funds take an additional 3-5+ business days before posting to our account. Donors, please advise brokers to initiate mutual fund transfers before Friday, Dec. 20. Regular equity stock takes 24 hours to post to our account.

Donations by Credit Cards

Ways to donate using a credit card:

• Our website, UMKC Foundation, where donations will be processed through midnight, Dec. 31. All donor gifts processed through our website will be reflected in the donor's 2024 giving year totals.
• Contact our staff in Gift Processing at 816-780-9151 during regular business hours through the end of the year, including the winter break.
• Mail*: debit or credit card information by mail MUST be received no later than noon, Dec. 31, for processing. 

  We cannot guarantee mail delivery will meet the required deadline; for more reliable processing, we ask all donors to either call the number listed for UMKC Foundation Gift Processing staff or use our website to donate.

  * Mail courier services selected to deliver envelopes to the UMKC Foundation office must arrive no later than Friday, Dec. 20, during the office hours of 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. to be included in gift processing before the campus closes for the year 

Contacts and Staff Availability

• The Gift Processing Staff will be available by phone at 816-780-9151 to accept credit card gifts and to answer all inquiries about year-end gifts during regular business hours through the end of the year, including during the winter break.
• The UMKC Foundation Office will be closed during the winter break. Should you have any inquiries during that time, please call 816-235-5778, and someone will return your call.
• For help with stock gifts or wire transfers, contact Tram Nguyen at nguyentram@umkc.edu during regular business hours through the end of the year.