Ways to Give

Outright Gifts

  • Make your gift online, call University Alumni and Development Services (ADS) at 617-495-1750, or mail your contribution, made payable to Harvard School of Dental Medicine, to:

Checks sent to HSDM via USPS

        Harvard School of Dental Medicine
        PO Box 419209 
        Boston, MA 02241-9209

Checks sent to HSDM via FedEx or UPS

Bank of America Lockbox Services
Harvard School of Dental Medicine Box 419209
2 Morrissey Blvd
MA5-527-02-07
Dorchester, MA 02125

  • Gifts of art, life insurance, real estate, stock, collections, copyrights, royalties, patents, and other income rights and/or assets can be an effective way to provide meaningful support to HSDM. Learn more about how to receive an income tax deduction for the full market value of stock shares and avoid paying capital gains tax. Please contact Jody Johnson at 617-432-0538 for details.

Planned Gifts

Planned gifts make a significant impact on the Harvard School of Dental Medicine – while providing financial and tax benefits for you and your family. A planned gift in the form of life insurance, real estate, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, and bequests may provide you with lifetime benefits, while providing for the School of Dental Medicine into the future. Learn more about the benefits of planned gifts. Please contact Jody Johnson at 617-432-0538 for details.

Where to Give

Annual Fund

Gifts to the annual fund provide unrestricted, current-use funding to HSDM. These funds are used to target areas of the School’s greatest need - which translates to greater flexibility and freedom for the School and our students in terms of scholarships and program support for faculty. Please contact Jody Johnson at 617-432-0538 for details.

Named and Endowed Funds

Your gift to establish a named endowment fund or contribute to an already established fund provides vital permanent legacies for the School and its programs. Endowed funds support scholarships, fellowships, research, and academic departments in perpetuity. Please contact Jody Johnson at 617-432-0538 for details.

Recognition

Whether you invest in the School through the annual fund, an endowed fund to perpetuate the name of a loved one, a life income, or your estate plans, your participation enhances the School’s stature in the world and we thank you. We recognize our donors’ generosity online and through the following giving societies. 

Henry C. Warren Society

Henry C. Warren made the first planned gift to HSDM in 1899 in the form of a bequest for $23,000. To recognize the generosity of donors who have expressed their intention to provide for HSDM in their estates or made another type of planned gift, the School established the Henry C. Warren Society.

The Keep Society

The Keep Society recognizes all leadership donors who make collective gifts of $1,867 and greater in a fiscal year to HSDM. This giving society is named for the founding dean, Nathan Cooley Keep, and reflects the School's founding year (1867). The Keep Society is comprised of five circles.

  • Dean’s Circle

Recognizes donors who contribute $100,000 to $999,999 annually.

  • Hawley Circle

This giving circle is named for Carlotta Augusta Hawley, DDS, PD38, the first woman graduate of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Donors at this level contribute $25,000 to $99,999 annually to HSDM.

  • Freeman Circle

This giving society is named for Robert Tanner Freeman, the first African American dental college graduate in the country, who received a DMD from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine in 1869. Donors at this level contribute $10,000 to $24,999 annually to HSDM.

  • Longwood Circle

Donors at this level contribute $1,867 to $9,999 each year annually to HSDM.

Order of the Golden Crown

This society honors those loyal donors who have contributed to HSDM for at least five consecutive years. Recognition begins in the year of one's fifth consecutive annual gift. Recognition continues only with ongoing annual support.