Giving to Reed

Ways of Giving: Cash/Check, Credit Card, and Stock

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Gifts by Cash/Check

A personal check is a simple way to make a gift. Checks should be made out to Reed College and mailed to:

Office of College Relations
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.
Portland, OR 97202-8199

Gifts by Credit Card

Many alumni and friends choose to have their gift charged to a VISA, Discover, American Express, or MasterCard account. You may make a credit card gift online over a secure browser, or call toll-free 877/865-1469 and speak with the Office of College Relations.

Gifts of Stock

To give stock held by your broker or commercial banker:

  1. Notify your broker or commercial banker in writing that you are giving securities to Reed College. You may use our sample authorization letter (.doc).

    The stock should be transferred into the college's Merrill Lynch account:
    Reed's Merrill Lynch account number: 31107885
    Reed's Tax Identification Number: 93-0386908
    Reed's DTC number: 5198

    For more information, contact:
    Diane Carter
    Merrill Lynch
    Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
    1211 SW 5th Avenue
    Portland, OR 97204
    503/221-4711

  2. Copy the college on your stock transfer instructions or notify us by phone or email, using the following contact information:
Hugh Porter
Vice President for College Relations
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.
Portland, OR 97202-8199
Phone: 503/788-6604
Fax: 503/777-7798
Hugh.Porter@reed.edu

The "date of gift" is the date the securities are no longer under the control of the donor, e.g. when the security is deposited in Reed's Merrill Lynch or other brokerage account or when a stock certificate is actually issued in Reed's name.  The valuation of the gift is determined as the mean average of the high and low quoted prices on the date of gift.

To give stock held by you in the form of certificates:
Please contact Kathy Saitas in Reed's office of planned giving at 503/777-7573 or plannedgiving@reed.edu. Or click here for special transfer instructions.

Wiring gifts

Gifts may be wired to Reed's account at Wells Fargo Bank (ABA #121000248; Account #4159583541). Intenational wire transfers SWIFTCODE: WFBIUS6S.

Wells Fargo Bank
1300 SW 5th Ave
Portland, OR 97208



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