Corridor, a biannual newsletter from MIT’s Office of Gift Planning, provides insights into planned giving strategies that can help you meet your financial goals while supporting the mission of MIT. You can read the most recent two issues below or browse the entire collection of past donor stories and insights from experts.
Featured Articles Spring 2024
From the MIT Office of Gift Planning
Making Space Sustainable
How MIT Researchers are Steering Space Policy
Professorships and fellowships, many of which are supported by planned gifts, give MIT researchers like Professor Richard Linares and graduate students in the MIT Astrodynamics, Space Robotics, and Controls Lab (ARCLab) the freedom to follow timely opportunities in space exploration.
Fusion, Friends, and Philanthropy at the KDMS Brunch
KDMS members reflect on the 2023 event
The Katharine Dexter McCormick (1904) Society (KDMS) appreciation brunch, held annually each fall, is a way for the MIT Office of Gift Planning to thank planned giving donors who ensure that the Institute can continue its world-changing work.
Q&A: Behind the Gift Process at MIT
Julia Topalian, Director of Gift Administration and Recording Secretary
What happens once a donor decides to make a planned gift to MIT? Julia Topalian walks us through the process. “I am truly inspired and honored to help make a donor’s gift of a lifetime a part of MIT’s future,” she says.
Featured Articles Fall 2023
“An Exciting Time to Be Doing Neuroscience”
Donors fueling current and future MIT research
Postdoctoral researcher Matheus Victor works in the lab of Picower Institute Director Li-Huei Tsai, which focuses on understanding and intervening in Alzheimer’s disease and other memory disorders. Donors like David Emmes SM ’76 and Don ’67, SM ’69 and Glenda Mattes support this essential work with their outright and planned gifts.
Four Considerations for IRA Gifts
Recapping the spring 2023 webinar
The Office of Gift Planning's May 2023 webinar, “Retirement with Purpose: The Secure Act 2.0,” addressed the history and future implications of the Secure Act 2.0, which took effect in January 2023. The discussion went beyond the Secure Act 2.0 to explore some of the many benefits of IRA giving.
Using Donor-Advised Funds to Support MIT
Amy Goldman, Senior Director of the MIT Office of Gift Planning
Philanthropy has witnessed a surge in donor-advised funds in recent years. In this article, Amy Goldman shares an overview of the benefits of giving to a qualified nonprofit institution like MIT through a donor-advised fund, and why the financial commitment to giving in this way is not as high as one may think.
Q&A: MIT Chancellor Melissa Nobles on the Whole Student Experience
Melissa Nobles, MIT Chancellor and the Class of 1922 Professor of Political Science
Melissa Nobles has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1995. As chancellor, she oversees more than 60 interconnected offices that support undergraduate and graduate students. She talked with OGP about what it means to support “the whole student” at MIT and the important role that planned giving plays in the lives of MIT students.
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