While the 海角论坛 campus is closed during Winter Break Thursday, Dec. 25 through Thursday, 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 2025 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 海角论坛 Foundation Gift Processing Staff at 816-780-9151.
Donation by Checks
Mailed envelopes MUST be postmarked prior to Dec. 31, 2025*. If the envelope received is postmarked after Dec. 31, it will be counted as a gift for the year 2026.
Donors should send their checks to the address below:
海角论坛 Foundation Office of Gift Processing
202 Administrative Center
5115 Oak St.
Kansas City, MO 64112
Checks dated prior to Dec. 31, along with postmarked envelopes, should be received by 海角论坛 Foundation Gift Processing staff on or before Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. Gifts received after that point will not automatically be included in processing for the annual year-end gift summary.
*Carrier Delivery (UPS, Fed Ex, personal deliveries, etc.) MUST be received by Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. 海角论坛 campus is closed to deliveries from Dec. 25, 2025-Jan. 1, 2026.
Donations by Stock or Mutual Funds
- Please get in touch with Jenny Akhtar at jakhtar@umkc.edu for the transfer form and DTC instructions. Gifts involving Transfers must be received into the account on or before Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, to be reflected in the 2025 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 Jenny Akhtar at jakhtar@umkc.edu. Liquidation of the Stock gifts cannot be completed until confirmation of this information is received. Deadline for processing Stock gifts on the donor's end is Tuesday, 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. 19. Regular equity stock takes 24 hours to post to our account.
Donations by Donor-Advised Funds or DAF
- You can make a gift through your Donor-Advised Funds online. Donate via DAF.
Donations by Qualified Charitable Distribution or QCD
- For donors 70½ or older, a maximum of $108,000 per individual, or $216,00 for couples filing jointly, can be given from your IRA annually.
- You can initiate a Qualified Charitable Distribution or QCD through your IRA custodian.
- The time it takes the IRA administrator to transfer funds varies, so please contact them as soon as possible. You can download .
- Funds must be transferred directly from your IRA by Dec. 31, 2025, to count for the 2025 tax year.
Donations by Checkbook IRA gifts
- IRA gifts must be received by Wednesday, Dec. 31 to ensure deposit for 2025 credit. The time it takes the IRA administrator to transfer the funds varies. Please contact your administrator as soon as possible to ensure that your gift is completed by Dec. 31.
Donations by Credit Cards
Ways to donate using a credit card:
- Our website, where donations will be processed through midnight Dec. 31. All donor gifts processed through our website will be reflected in the donor's 2025 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.
- By 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 海角论坛 Foundation Gift Processing staff or use our
*Carrier Delivery (UPS, Fed Ex, personal deliveries, etc.) MUST be received by Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. 海角论坛 campus is closed to deliveries from Dec. 25, 2025-Jan. 1, 2026.
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 海角论坛 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 gift processing at 816-780-9151 during regular business hours through the end of the year.