Gifts to the Independent Day School may be made in a variety of ways. Whatever the size of your contribution, each and every gift is vital to the School, and is as wisely spent as it is genuinely appreciated. All gifts are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Click on this link to make a confidential pledge or payment to The Annual Fund.
Gifts of Cash
Contributions of cash, check, or money order are accepted. Checks should be made payable to “The Independent Day School.” Gifts made by cash, check, or money order are credited for tax purposes to the calendar year in which the contribution is made, as indicated by the postmark on the envelope received. A cash gift entitles the donor to a charitable deduction against income. To make an outright gift, you may send a money order or a check payable to The Independent Day School to:
The Independent Day School Development Office
115 Laurel Brook Road
P.O. Box 451
Middlefield, CT 06455
Please attach a note indicating the fund to which the gift should be allocated (e.g. Annual Fund, a particular Capital Campaign, or other fund). For further information, please contact the Development Office at 860-347-7235 or e-mail us.
Credit Cards
Contributions by credit card can be made using VISA® and MasterCard®. For your convenience, contributions may also be made online. To contribute online, please click here.
Matching Gifts
Many companies match the philanthropic contributions of their employees on a 1:1 or 2:1 basis. Some companies will also match the gifts of spouses, retirees, and directors. Check with your company's personnel office to see if your company participates in such a program and obtain the appropriate forms from them if they do. Return the completed form to IDS with your gift. You will receive credit for the entire amount of your personal gift plus the match.
Appreciated Securities
A gift of appreciated securities is advantageous to the donor in two ways: income taxes are reduced because of the charitable donation, and the capital gains tax that would have applied had you sold the shares yourself is avoided. Gifts of appreciated securities may also allow the donor to make a larger gift to IDS than might have been possible with cash.
1) The most efficient way to make a gift of securities to IDS is to instruct your broker to transfer the stock electronically to the School’s brokerage account. Please notify IDS of your intent to transfer stock by contacting the Development Office at:
Please do not authorize transfer of securities until you have contacted IDS with the information below. Electronic stock transfers do not reveal the donor’s name when the stock is received into IDS’s account, and the School will not know who has made the gift unless you identify yourself. Notification should include the following information:
- Name of donor
- Name and contact information of donor’s broker
- Name of securities being transferred
- Number of shares that IDS will receive
- Approximate value of gift
- Approximate date on which shares will be transferred
When this information is received from the donor or donor’s broker, we will give instructions for transfer. The value of your gift and tax deduction will be equal to the mean price of the stock on the date of transfer.
2) If the securities are in the form of a stock certificate registered in your name, please contact the Development Office at 860-347-7235 or e-mail us.
Life Insurance
The gift of life insurance can be an attractive way to make a substantial deferred gift to IDS. You may choose to donate a paid-up policy that is no longer needed or create a new policy with IDS as owner and beneficiary in which case the charitable deduction is for the policy's cash surrender value or net premium paid on the policy, whichever is less. Or you may give a policy that is not fully paid up and take a deduction for the present value of the policy. Any subsequent premium payments will be fully deductible as charitable contributions.