Make a Gift to Pine Point

Cash or Check
Credit Card
Matching Gifts
Securities
Pledges

Cash or check All checks should be made payable to Pine Point School.

Credit card If you are making a gift with a credit card you are encouraged to take advantage of our newly offered, secured, on-line giving capabilities. We accept MasterCard, Visa, and American Express over the phone, by mail, or online. (Please include card number, expiration date, and amount.)

I'd like to make a gift online to the Annual Fund.

Corporate matching gifts Double your contribution! Take advantage of your employer's matching gift program and dramatically increase your contribution. Please forward your company's matching gift application form with your donation.

Securities Making a gift of stock or shares of a mutual fund to Pine Point benefits both the School and the donor. If you sell appreciated stock you are likely to incur capital gains. However, when you give the stock to Pine Point you avoid capital gains tax and you receive a charitable income tax deduction based on the stock's fair market value (mean value) at the time of its transfer to Pine Point. (Securities must be held for at least one year to secure the full tax benefits of a stock gift.) In order to avoid capital gains, however, you must first transfer ownership of the stock to Pine Point.

The date of a gift of stock is determined by the date on which it enters Pine Point's account at Professional Planning Group. Even in this day of electronic transfers gifts of stock have been known to take several days to reach their destination. This can be particularly problematic when you're trying to make a gift of stock at year-end.

There's one other way to use stock to make a gift to the School and help yourself in the process. If you have a stock that is worth less than what you bought it for you might want to consider selling the stock and using the loss either to offset capital gains or earned income, and then contribute the proceeds to the School and receive a charitable deduction. In all cases, you should consult your financial adviser.

Those seeking to make a gift of stock or have questions on this subject can contact Director of Development David Hannon, 860-535-0606, x132 or Pine Point's financial advisor at Professional Planning Group: Christopher G. Wallace, CFA, 401-596-2800, 866-205-3090, cWallace@PPGadvisors.com.

Pledges If you wish to contribute to the Annual Fund but do not wish to make an immediate payment you can make a pledge. Pledges can be made by mail, e-mail, or by phone.

I'd like to make a pledge.