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Giving at South Carolina

Year-End Giving

As the current year closes and a new tax year begins, consider making a charitable gift to the University of South Carolina. Learn how you can give, check important deadlines and find key information, including the university's most common Federal Tax ID Numbers.

Making an Online Gift via Credit Card

Any gift completed online through our secure site by midnight on Tuesday, Dec. 31, will qualify for the 2024 tax year.

Make an Online Gift »

 

Making a Gift by Check through the Mail

If you prefer to give with a check delivered by the U.S. Postal Service, your gift must be postmarked by midnight on Tuesday, Dec. 31, for it to qualify as a 2024 tax year gift.

Checks should be made payable to USC Foundations and mailed to:

University of South Carolina
Office of Revenue & Compliance
1600 Hampton Street, Suite 736
Columbia, SC 29208

 

Making a Gift of Publicly Traded Securities

If you'd like to make a donation of securities or mutual funds, please instruct your broker to provide the following information along with your donation:

  • Your name
  • Name of your brokerage firm
  • Name of stock and number of shares being donated
  • Name of project the gift is designated for and the fund number the stock should be credited to

Your broker can electronically transfer securities from your brokerage account to one of the USC Foundations brokerage accounts:

Wells Fargo Advisors

Jim Best

Columbia, S.C.

803-251-7113

8888-3631 DTC# 0141

Wells Fargo Advisors

Jim Best

Columbia, S.C.

803-251-7113

6394-4079 DTC# 0141

SouthState Investment Services

Paul Davis

Columbia, S.C.

803-540-3945

56998685 DTC# 0075

Fidelity
Leslie Morgan

864-231-7760
677-346899 DTC#0226
(Notify Lindsay Sprague - The Gamecock Club on incoming transfers)

To complete this transaction, please contact us to confirm your University of South Carolina gift designation. Please share with us the name, number and type of shares that the university will be receiving as your donation, so we can ensure that you receive a timely receipt and that your gift is used for the purpose you designate. Please send an email to both Amie Schaffer of USC Foundations at [email protected] as well as to Gift Processing at [email protected]. This will ensure that your gift is processed properly.

 

Information for Professional Advisors

Under the CARES Act, donors who choose the standard deduction can deduct up to $300 in cash donations this year to qualifying charities. In 2024, if you itemize your deductions, you can deduct cash gifts to qualifying charitable contributions up to 100 percent of your income (up from 60 percent). This does not apply to donor-advised funds, and most private foundations, and supporting organizations. Advisors can access a range of tools and tips for tax time to help in their work with clients. Our Gift Planning pages also offer resources and information about making charitable gifts and bequests, including one-time gifts, and financial and estate plans.

Gift Planning

 


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