Giving

The University accepts AMEX, Discover, MasterCard and VISA. You can also donate on your mobile device via ApplePay or Visa Checkout. You can give in the following ways:

Online

Credit card gifts made online should be completed before midnight Dec. 31, 2025, to qualify as tax deductible contributions in 2025. To make your gift online, go to give.unc.edu or directly to UNC Kenan-Flagler’s donation page.

IRS guidelines require that online credit card transactions be completed by 11:59 p.m., Dec. 31, 2025 (based on the time zone in which the gift is made), in order for those gifts to count in the 2025 calendar year.

Phone

To make a gift by phone, call 919-537-3818. Please have your credit card number, expiration date and daytime phone number ready when you call. To ensure the security of your information as well as the timely processing of your gift, please do not leave your credit card information on a voicemail.

To count your gift towards the 2025 calendar year, gifts must be made via phone before 5 p.m. E.S.T., Dec. 31, 2025. After 5 p.m., please go online to make your year-end gift at give.unc.edu.

Make checks payable to:

Please make your check payable to “UNC-Chapel Hill” and include a note or gift slip indicating how you want your gift designated and mail it to:

Check Mailing Address:

Taylor Brunson
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Campus Box 3440, Kenan Center 408
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3440

Please email Taylor at taylor_brunson@kenan-flagler.unc.edu with any questions.

Authorize your bank to make monthly transfers from your checking account. To participate, complete and return the the automatic bank draft form.

Automatic Bank Draft Form

Qualifying IRA Rollover contributions (IRA Rollovers) or gifts made from your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) can be made directly from your IRA Administrator with the same receipt requirements as checks.

However, if you write a check from an IRA checkbook or other retirement account that you control, IRS requirements dictate these checks must be debited from your account on or before Dec. 31., 2025. To ensure checks written from an IRA checkbook clear your account in the 2025 tax year, they should be received by the Office of Gift Planning by Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2025.

Please call Gift Planning at 919-962-6644 for more information.

IRA Check Mailing Address

Taylor Brunson
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Campus Box 3440, Kenan Center 408
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3440

Why do we accept cryptocurrency donations?

Cryptocurrency plays an important role in today’s economy and in the lives of our alumni, parents and friends. Donors may find it beneficial to make contributions of cryptocurrency and should consult their tax adviser regarding how donations of cryptocurrency and other highly appreciated assets may fit into their tax strategy.

Why donate in cryptocurrency?

For donors in the U.S., the IRS has classified cryptocurrency as a form of property for tax purposes. This means that when you donate Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or university, you may not be required to pay capital gains tax on donated cryptocurrency and you may still be able to claim a deduction for your gift. Please consult your tax adviser for more information.

Our gift acceptance requirements

In accordance with the University’s Gift Acceptance Policy, all contributions of cryptocurrency are converted to cash immediately upon acceptance and cannot be refunded for any reason.

While we are happy to honor requests for anonymity, the Foundation requires that all donors identify themselves when making a charitable contribution.

Give Now

• For more information contact Candace Clark | candace_clark@unc.edu | 919.962.3967

Gifts of cash made via wire transfer to any University school, department or affiliated foundation are received into a central account managed by the Office of University Development on behalf of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (tax id #56-6001393). Information needed with transfer Please notify the Office of Gift Services of any incoming wires so that the gift may be properly designated and receipted. This can be done by contacting the individual(s) below as well as including a reference with the cash wire noting the name of the University department or the fund receiving the wire and a contact person in the department if known.

Bank Name: Bank of America
Address: 100 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 USA
ABA Number: 026009593 (if FedWire) or 053000196 (if ACH)
Account Number: 000114200439
Account Name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gift Clearing (UNC Gift Clearing)
Type of Account: Depository Plus
Incoming Foreign Wires Should Include: Swift # BOFAUS3N

For more information, please contact:

Rebecca Swartz, Director, Gift & Data Management
direct phone: 919-962-3047
email: rebecca.swartz@unc.edu

or

Kwasi Covington, Cash & Stock Account Manager
direct phone: 919-962-8189
email: kwasi.covington@unc.edu

Thank you for your interest in making a gift of securities to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Please share these instructions with your broker to help facilitate your gift and contact the Office of Gift Services with any questions.

If the securities are held electronically:

Your bank or broker may transfer stock to UNC’s brokerage account with the information below.

• Brokerage Firm for UNC-Chapel Hill: Wells Fargo Advisors
• Account Name: UNC-Chapel Hill
• Account Number : 89994225
• DTC Number: 0141
• Contact at Wells Fargo Advisors: Todd L. Rust, Phone Number: 800-334-1637

It is important that the bank or broker contact the Office of Gift Services in order for us to identify the transfer in a timely and accurate manner. What information is helpful? To help us correctly identify, value and receipt your gift in a timely manner, the following information from you or your broker is important.

• Donor’s name
• Stock information (number of shares, name of stock and symbol)
• Originating broker
• Designation of gift, if known

If you hold the securities in certificate form:

Please send by first-class mail or hand deliver the unendorsed certificate(s) along with a letter of transmittal which includes your name, address and where you want the gift designated.

In a separate envelope, mail to the same address a copy of the transmittal letter along with a stock power executed in blank for each stock certificate you are donating. You should sign one stock power for each stock certificate and have your signature guaranteed by a bank officer. The bank officer should not date the signature guarantee.

If you prefer to have your certificate re-registered:

The shares that you wish to donate to UNC should be registered to “The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.” The tax identification number is 56-6001393.

For more information, please contact:

• Rebecca Swartz, 919-962-3047, rebecca.swartz@unc.edu
• Kwasi Covington, 919-962-8189, kwasi.covington@unc.edu

Estate and planned giving can offer you and your family significant tax benefits, financial flexibility including lifetime income, all while supporting UNC Kenan-Flagler and its future.

Why you should consider a planned gift

If you could reduce your taxes and generate income while making a gift to your alma mater, would you be interested? From bequests to gifts that provide income, there are many ways to tailor a planned gift to best meet your circumstances.

Life income gifts

Life income gifts provide you and/or another beneficiary with income for life. After the beneficiary dies, UNC Kenan-Flagler uses the gift in the manner you designate. The gifts are irrevocable.

• Benefits to you: You receive an income stream for life, an income tax charitable deduction on a portion of the gift amount, and a capital gain tax savings if you fund your gift with appreciated assets.
• Benefits to UNC Kenan-Flagler: Although UNC Kenan-Flagler will not realize the benefit of your gift until some time in the future, the gift is guaranteed.
• Gifts with these advantages:
  • Charitable Gift Annuity
  • Pooled Income Fund
  • Charitable Remainder Trust

Revocable planned gifts

A revocable planned gift allows you to keep your assets until death. In most cases, these are the simplest to create – through a new will or a codicil to an existing will or through the beneficiary designation of a life insurance policy or your retirement plan account.

• Benefits to you: You continue to manage and enjoy the benefits from your assets for life.
• Benefits to UNC Kenan-Flagler: Although UNC Kenan-Flagler will not realize the benefit of your gift until some time in the future, we will be aware of your generosity and can plan for the future.
• Gifts with these advantages:
  • Bequest: To provide a bequest, simply include a paragraph in your will naming The Kenan-Flagler Business School Foundation, Inc. as beneficiary. For example:
    “I give, devise and bequeath (the sum of $_____) or (_____% of my estate or the residue of my estate) to The Kenan-Flagler Business School Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) created to maintain funds for the Kenan-Flagler Business School with principal offices located at 300 Kenan Center Drive, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.”
  • Life insurance
  • Retirement plan assets

Charitable lead trusts

Charitable lead trusts provides UNC Kenan-Flagler with a current stream of income for the number of years you specify. At the end of that period, the trust assets are transferred to the family members you select.

• Benefits to you: You are able to remove assets from your estate and pass them onto heirs in a tax advantaged way. Depending on the type of lead trust, you may receive an income tax charitable deduction on the amount coming to UNC Kenan-Flagler.
• Benefits to UNC Kenan-Flagler: The School can put your gift to work right away to benefit the area in which you are interested.

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