Featured Articles Fall 2023
From the MIT Office of Gift Planning
“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.