While gifts are included in class totals and Alumni Fund totals, no gift is counted twice. MIT complies with all IRS regulations and fundraising standards.

Gift and pledge crediting

Every gift you make to the Institute will be credited to your personal giving record, your class or graduate department, your reunion gift (where applicable), and the MIT Alumni Fund (up to $100,000 per fiscal year). Pledges made during any fiscal year (July 1 through June 30) may also be credited to your reunion gift as set forth in the reunion gift crediting rules.

Here are some gift and pledge crediting examples:

  • Jennifer Graduate ’70 made a gift of $500 to the unrestricted funds of the Institute on September 29, 2004. Jennifer received Alumni Fund credit of $500 for fiscal year 2005. She also received a $500 credit toward the Class of 1970 and her 35th reunion gift. Jennifer will be recognized as a Great Dome Associate in the 2004–2005 Alumni Association Annual Report.
  • Michael Donor ’85 made a $100,000 pledge to support scholarships on May 3, 2004. He made his first pledge payment of $20,000 on August 15, 2004. Michael received a $20,000 credit for both the Alumni Fund and the Class of 1985, for fiscal year 2005. He also received a $20,000 credit toward his 20th reunion gift. Michael will be recognized as a Killian Society Patron in the 2004–2005 Alumni Association Annual Report.
  • Graduate alumna Michelle Masters EE ’97 made a $1,000 gift to the EECS Unrestricted Fund on December 31, 2004. Michelle also obtained a 1:1 corporate matching gift from her employer, which was received on March 1, 2005. This raised her personal giving total for fiscal year 2005 to $2,000, which is credited to the Alumni Fund and to the electrical engineering and computer science department.

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