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Guidelines for giving at fiscal year end

Make your gift count this fiscal year

Stanford’s fiscal year runs from September 1 to August 31. The end of the fiscal calendar is a time many are inspired to make charitable gifts.

If you choose to give to Stanford before the end of August, please use these helpful tips to make sure your gift counts in the 2025 fiscal year.

Stanford’s federal tax ID # is 94-1156365. The university is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code.

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What are the deadlines for gifts to be counted in FY25?

Cash or checks

Gifts of cash or check must be received in the Development Services office by Friday, August 29, 2025 at noon to be counted as a FY25 gift.

Checks should be made out to Stanford University. Please include a note telling us how you’d like your gift to be used. Checks should be sent to:

Stanford University
Development Services
PO Box 20466
Stanford, CA 94309-0466

Credit cards

Credit card gifts made online:
Online gifts must be made by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on Sunday, August 31, 2025.

Credit card gifts by phone or mail:
All credit card gift information must be received by 5 p.m. Pacific Time on Friday, August 29, 2025 to ensure we can charge your card by the fiscal year deadline.

Never send your credit card information via email. Credit card gifts can be hand delivered, called in to Customer Services & Banking team at (650) 725-4360 option 3, or sent to our secure fax (650) 723-0020.

Stock or other securities

Please initiate security transfers by Monday, August 11, 2025. Securities gifts must be received in our brokerage account by Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 5 p.m. Pacific Time.

Please ensure you have communicated the following information to your Stanford contact and the Gift Securities team (stockgifts@stanford.edu):

  • The entity making the gift (donor)

  • The # of shares (or value) and the ticker of the anticipated gift

  • The gift designation

Read more about giving gifts of stock or securities here.

The online form is only for gift assets that are publicly-traded and listed on US exchanges. Please contact us for any other gift assets as the instructions on this form will not suffice for other types of assets, including mutual funds.

Wire transfer

We strongly encourage any gift(s) via wire be completed by Monday, August 25, 2025.

Find detailed instructions and the wire transfer request form here.

Who can I contact for help?