Giving to HGSE

Giving Priorities

HGSE Fund gifts are allocated to the school’s most pressing need: financial aid for incoming students. This means that 100% of your gift will support the next generation of innovative leaders in education. 

Give to HGSE and support the next generation of passionate educators and innovative leaders.

When you make a gift, you give peace of mind to an aspiring academic who is the first person in his family to pursue a postgraduate degree. You help a dedicated young teacher afford her master’s so she can return to her hometown’s high school as the next principal. You open the door wider for students from all walks of life to be able to join the HGSE community. 

Ways to Make a Gift

Credit Card 

Gifts can be made online with a credit card by visiting our online form. 

Phone 

Call the Harvard University Office of the Recording Secretary at 617-495-1750 to give over the phone.

Check 

Make your check payable to “President and Fellows of Harvard College.” In the check's memo section, please designate the allocation of the gift (i.e. HGSE Fund).

For donors choosing USPS, checks should be mailed to:

Harvard University
PO Box 419209
Boston, MA 02241-9209

For donors choosing FedEx or UPS, checks should be mailed to: 

Bank of America Lockbox Services
President & Fellows of Harvard College Box 419209
2 Morrissey Boulevard
MA5-527-02-07
Dorchester, MA 02125

Securities

To ensure proper processing of your gift, please notify HGSE of the stock transfer by completing the following online form.

Donors and their brokers must request transfer instructions directly from the:

Alumni and Development Services
124 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 
Attention: Trust Administration
Tel: 866-845-6596 or Fax: 866-457-6598
Email: donorsecuritygifts@harvard.edu

• Valuation: Your gift of securities will be valued for credit at the mean between the high and the low market price on the date of postmark or personal delivery of the securities, or on the date of written instructions to your broker or banker.
• Mutual Fund Shares: For more information, please contact the Harvard University Office of the Recording Secretary, at 617-495-1750, for more information.
  
  *Please do not send securities or mutual fund shares to a transfer agent for transfer into Harvard's name. This could delay cause a lengthy delay in completing the transfer.

Make a Planned Gift

Planned giving is an excellent way to support the work of HGSE while lowering your overall tax liability. The most common forms of planned giving are trusts or annuities that pay income or a lead trust, which pays money to HGSE from your estate, lowering the tax burden of your heirs. To learn more about how planned giving works, call the Harvard University Planned Giving Office at 800-446-1277 or email pgo@harvard.edu.

Matching Gifts

Check to see if your employer offers a matching gift program.