UMass Boston

Give Online: To make a gift online, please use our secure gift form.

To give by phone, please contact Deirdre McNamee at 617.287.5332

To donate by mail, send a check or money order, made payable to UMass Boston. For a gift designated for a specific purpose, please note the gift designation in the memo field. Please make checks payable to UMass Boston and address to:

UMass Boston
Attn: Deirdre McNamee, University Advancement
Healey Library, 11th floor
100 Morrissey Blvd
Boston, MA 02125

To contribute by phone, please call University Advancement at 617.287.5332.

Gifts of appreciated securities provide financial support to UMass Boston, as well as tax benefits for the donor. If you would like to support the university through a gift of stock, please contact Deirdre McNamee at 617.287.5332 or Deirdre.McNamee@umb.edu. Please clearly note the designation of the funds so that we can properly allocate your gift.

To make an IRA charitable rollover gift to UMass Boston, contact your IRA administrator and instruct them to transfer the funds directly to UMass Boston. Please contact Ryan McDonald at Ryan.McDonald@umb.edu or 617.595.8677 to let us know about your gift so that we can assist you.

To make a gift via electronic fund transfer or Automated Clearing House Payment (ACH), please contact Deirdre McNamee at 617.287.5332 or Deirdre.McNamee@umb.edu.

Payroll deduction is an easy way to make a one-time or recurring gift to UMass Boston. Whether you give $5 per pay period to your favorite area on campus, or you give $40 per pay period to become a member of the Chancellor’s Council Leadership Giving Society, your contribution will impact our faculty and staff participation and will help advance our institution.

To have your gift automatically deducted from your university paycheck, please complete our online Payroll Deduction Form or contact Casey McDonagh, Director of the UMass Boston Fund, at  617.694.7462 or Casey.McDonagh@umb.edu.

UMass Boston's tax ID number is 04-3167352. The University of Massachusetts Foundation’s tax ID number is 04-6013152.

If you’re unsure which of these IDs you should utilize when directing or reporting your charitable giving, please contact:

Deirdre McNamee
deirdre.mcnamee@umb.edu
617.287.5332

Corporate matching gifts are a great way for UMass Boston alumni, parents, and friends to maximize personal contributions to the university and increase the impact of their gifts. Many employers sponsor programs that match charitable contributions made by employees or their spouse/domestic partner.

The impacts of current-use scholarships gifts are term-limited: once your giving ends, so does your effect. Endowed scholarships funds make your impact last forever by providing a steady annual distribution to the area of your choosing from the invested principal. You can read more about the UMass Foundation’s $1.5 billion endowment in the 2024 Annual Report. To explore becoming an endowment donor, please contact Ryan McDonald at 617.287.7597 or Ryan.McDonald@umb.edu.

UMass Boston offers a full range of charitable gift planning services. These include helping you to make a bequest, create income through an annuity, or name the university as a beneficiary of an insurance policy.

Imagine that what you value most deeply will continue to enrich the lives of generations. Through a scholarship, a faculty fund, a student grant or stipend, or other designations you can create a legacy for the future. Gift planning allows you to strengthen the university's mission and your charitable gift can provide valuable tax benefits and/or income for life for you and your loved ones. Our planned giving professionals can assist you with leaving a bequest, creating income, or making UMass Boston a beneficiary of your assets.

Lampas Society: The Lampas Society recognizes alumni, faculty, and friends who support the university regardless of the size of their planned gift. Giving may be made through a bequest, life income gift arrangement, retirement plan (IRA, 401(k), 403(b)), life insurance policy, real estate gift, and other estate intentions.

To learn more about a planned gift or the Lampas Society, contact Anthony Barbuto at 617.287.5342 or anthony.barbuto@umb.edu