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Giving

Welcome: Your Support Makes a Difference!

Director of Development Heather Harlan Warnack

A Gilman education gives each graduate the skills needed to make the world they inherit the best version of itself. Whether our boys enter Gilman as pre-kindergartners or ninth graders, they are provided with a transformative learning experience that allows them to think critically and expansively about our complex world; communicate effectively with diverse audiences; collaborate to solve problems; and create works of self-expression that serve and inspire others. This world-class education, and the first-rate faculty and top programs at the heart of it, would not be possible without you — our loyal donors. Gilman relies on the support of our alumni, parents, and friends who give to the School each year.

Please consider a gift today, and thank you for your continued generosity, which is transforming today's learners into tomorrow's leaders — one student at a time.

Gratefully,

Heather Harlan Warnack
Assistant Head of School for Advancement

The How and Why of Giving

Thank you for considering a gift to Gilman School and joining all of us who love Gilman in our effort to ensure the sustained excellence of a Gilman education. All gifts to Gilman are tax-deductible. There are many ways to make a gift, with debit/credit cards and Venmo being two of the quickest and most popular ways:

Give by Credit Card

Give via Venmo

Below is information about many of the other ways to make a gift. For questions or further information on making a gift to Gilman by any of the following methods, please call 410-323-7178.

Other Ways to Give
Reasons to Give

Other Ways to Give

Cash or Check

Wire Transfer

Gifts may be transferred via domestic or international wire transfer. Please provide the following information to your bank or broker:

Incoming Domestic Wires

Wire to:
TD Bank
300 Delaware Avenue
Wilmington, Delaware 19801

ABA Number: 031101266

Credit to: Our Customer – Gilman School

Account Number: 4312232658

Incoming International Wires (U.S. Currency)

Wire to:
TD Bank, N.A.
300 Delaware Avenue
Wilmington, Delaware 19801

ABA Number: 031101266

SWIFT/BIC Code: TDOMCATTTOR

Credit to: Our Customer – Gilman School

Account Number: 4312232658

Stocks and Securities

Consult your tax and financial advisors to determine which of the below plans is best for you, or please contact Heather Harlan Warnack, Assistant Head of School for Advancement, at hwarnack@gilman.edu or 410-323-7178.

Download Instructions for How to Gift Stock and/or Securities (PDF)

Giving Securities Held by Your Broker:

Instruct your broker in writing to transfer a specific gift amount to Gilman School.
Instruct your broker to contact the Advancement Office upon receipt of your letter for specific DTC instructions.

Gilman School's Federal Tax ID Number: 52-0591604
Gilman School's Account Name at Fidelity: Gilman School Incorporated
Gilman School's Account Number at Fidelity: 668-116279
Fidelity/NFS DTC #: 0226

Gilman's Broker:
Brian Vitrano
410-537-5494
bvitrano@brownadvisory.com
Send a copy of your letter to the Advancement Office at:

Gilman School
Advancement Office
5407 Roland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21210-9983

Giving Securities Held in Your Possession:

Mail unendorsed certificates with a short letter of intent to the Advancement Office at:
Gilman School
Advancement Office
5407 Roland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21210-9983
Obtain a stock power from your broker with your signature guaranteed.
Under separate cover, mail the stock power to Gilman with a copy of your original letter of intent.

You will receive a full tax deduction for the market value of the securities given. This avoids any capital gains tax you would incur in selling appreciated securities as long as they have been held for one year.

Giving Securities While Retaining Life Income

You may also make a gift of securities through a trust arrangement and receive income during your lifetime or the lifetime of your designated beneficiary.

Planned Gifts and Bequests

Matching Gifts

Many companies match philanthropic gifts given by their employees, allowing you to possibly double or even triple your gift to Gilman School. Some companies even match gifts made by retirees and/or spouses.

Check with your employer's human resources department to see if your company participates in a gift-matching program. If your company participates and is eligible, request a matching gift form from them and send it completed and signed with your gift to Gilman School — we will do the rest! Complete gift-matching forms can be sent to:

Gilman School
Advancement Office
5407 Roland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21210-9983

Retirement and IRA Accounts

A donor may transfer all or a portion of their individual retirement account or IRA upon their death to Gilman as a qualified beneficiary.

The original SECURE Act passed by the United States Congress in 2019 increased the minimum required distribution age from 70.5 to 72. However, the minimum age for making a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) from your IRA — a "charitable IRA Rollover" — is 70.5, and the annual limit is $100,000. Individuals aged 70.5 or older may therefore consider making a "tax-free" gift, up to $100,000 a year, to a charity and satisfy their required minimum distribution.

Contact your financial advisor for further details.

Reasons to Give

Make an Immediate Impact

Gifts to The Gilman Fund give us the flexibility to address immediate needs as they arise: making a great hire or funding a teacher workshop, improving and updating our expansive campus, and sustaining a diverse and deserving student body.

Enhance School Programs

Key programs that support teaching and learning depend on gifts to The Gilman Fund. These gifts help to maintain libraries, keep up with the latest technology, and introduce innovative academic programs.

Attract and Nurture the Best Faculty

When we invest in teachers, we enhance the caliber of the education the boys receive every Gilman school day and beyond. Gifts to The Gilman Fund provide funding for teachers' salaries and professional development opportunities, ensuring the School can attract and retain the best educators for our boys.

Invest in Promising Students

In a world where global awareness, personal resiliency, and adaptability are crucial to success, the core of a Gilman education remains steadfast: strength, courage, character, heart, determination, integrity, honesty, and soul. Support for The Gilman Fund is an investment in our students' successes — ensuring they may go on to share the best of Gilman with the world as bold, honest, and thoughtful leaders.

Support the Budget and Full Cost of a Gilman Education

While very large, Gilman School cannot fund all of its operating expenses from its endowment. Tuition alone does not cover the total cost of providing a first-class education to each student. The Gilman Fund helps to alleviate the School's overall financial burden and ensure all students benefit.

Honor a Teacher, Student, or Alumnus

There are several naming opportunities that allow you to honor a teacher, student, or alumnus who made a difference in your life or is currently making a difference in the life of your child.

Provide Opportunity

Support of The Gilman Fund helps our commitment to making a Gilman education accessible to bright students regardless of financial resources or ZIP code. An average of 25.8 percent of Gilman School families benefit from need-based tuition assistance each year.

The Gilman Fund

Capital Giving

Learn how Capital Gifts transform Gilman — preserving its past and securing its future.

Planned Giving

Through Planned Gifts, you can show your support and appreciation for Gilman and its mission while accommodating your personal, financial, estate-planning, and philanthropic goals.

Donor Impact and Recognition

Read the latest Gilman Report on Giving and learn how your support makes a difference.

Advancement and Alumni & Parent Relations Leadership and Team

Our helpful and friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about supporting Gilman!
The front desk of the Advancement Office can be called at 410-323-3800, ext. 672.

Meet the Advancement and Alumni & Parent Relations Team