Ways to Give

To make a gift by credit card, visit our secure website. You can make a one-time gift or follow the link to the recurring gift option to set up installments to pay your gift over a specified number of months.

1. Make your check or money order payable to Northeastern University
2. Complete the giving form or make a note on the memo line of your check about how you would like your gift to be used. If you do not include a designation, your gift will be used for the university’s area of greatest need.
3. Mail your gift to:

Development Information Systems
Northeastern University
402 Columbus Place
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

Northeastern University’s advancement team is always available to talk with you by phone to discuss gifts to the university. To discuss a gift to the university, call 617.373.2520 to explore how to make a gift or to make your gift over the phone.

For employees of Northeastern University, payroll deduction is an easy way to make a gift. When you enroll in payroll deduction, your gift is automatically deducted from your paycheck in the amount and time frame you specify. You can set up a payroll deduction here.

Make a gift from your IRA through a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) and the transferred amount will be excluded from your taxable income. If you are age 72 or older, this QCD can satisfy all or a portion of your required minimum distribution.

For your gift to be recognized as a QCD:

You must be age 70 ½ or older at the time of your gift
The transfer must be sent directly from your IRA to Northeastern
Your total IRA gift(s) cannot exceed $100,000
Your gift must be outright

For your gift to qualify for the current year, instruct your IRA administrator to mail or arrange a direct transfer to Northeastern before December 31. Please also authorize your IRA administrator to identify you as the donor.

Gifts by mail should be addressed to:

Northeastern University
Office of Gift Planning
402 Columbus Place
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115-5005

Attention: Carolyn Buckley-Cooper

For more information, contact Patty Boutiette, Director of Gift Planning, at 617.373.2030 or giftplanning@northeastern.edu.

To have a gift of stock electronically transferred:

1. Complete and submit the online form, or mail a transmittal letter from your broker to:

Northeastern University
Attention Noreen Gallagher
402 Columbus Place
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

Alerting Northeastern that the stock transfer is taking place allows us to properly identify, direct and acknowledge your gift.

2. Instruct your broker to transfer shares to Northeastern University at:

Northern Trust
50 South La Salle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603 USA
Depository Trust Company (DTC): 2669
AGENT BANK #20290
INSTITUTIONAL ID #26724
NORTHEASTERN ACCOUNT: 44-71943
Att: Courtney Cooper +1.312.557.1926 cc254@ntrs.com
Reference: Donor Name (your name)

If your broker has questions about making an electronic gift of securities, please have your broker contact Noreen Gallagher at n.gallagher@neu.edu or 617.373.2793.

Note: It is important that your broker does not sell the securities and send us a check. If the broker does this, the tax advantages of making a gift of appreciated stock may be eliminated.

To transfer shares held in certificate form:

1. Complete and submit the electronic transmittal form
2. Send a signed stock power for each certificate (do not complete power)
3. In a separate envelope, send the unendorsed stock certificates to:

Northeastern University
Attention: Noreen Gallagher
402 Columbus Place
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

Note: If stock is held by more than one person, both must sign names exactly as they appear on the certificate.

GIFTS OF MUTUAL FUNDS

Most mutual funds can be transferred directly to our broker Northern Trust.

Your broker should contact Natalie Diaz at Northern Trust to assist with the transfer of Mutual Funds.

Email: Northeastern_Gifts@NTRS.com

Phone: 312-557-9418

Note, transferring Mutual Funds can take on average 10 business days to complete  

Should you have any questions about transferring securities or other gift-related matters, please contact Noreen Gallagher at n.gallagher@northeastern.edu or 617.373.2793.

Matching gifts are a corporation’s way of multiplying the benefits of their employees’ charitable gifts. If you or your spouse work for a company that offers a matching gift program, your gift to Northeastern could be doubled or even tripled. In most cases, all you need to do is complete a form available through your employer.

Gift are not automatically matched. You will need to fill out the matching gift form available at your human resources office or do an online request. Use this search engine to find you or your spouse’s company and review its matching gift policies. The search engine will detail your company’s specific matching-gift policy, process, and contact information.