WINTER BREAK
The College will be closed Monday, December 23 through Wednesday, January 1. If you need assistance with your gift, College staff will be in the office 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Friday, December 27 and Tuesday, December 31. Call 1-800-238-5528 to speak with a staff member. You are also welcome to call outside of these office hours. Please leave a voicemail and a staff member will return your call as soon as possible.
ONLINE GIFTS
We will issue a 2024 tax receipt for an online gift if it is submitted by Dec. 31, 2024 at 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST). A gift made online after 11:59 p.m. EST will be issued a 2025 tax receipt. To make your gift online, please use the secure, online giving form.
PHONED-IN CREDIT CARD GIFTS
If you wish to make a credit card gift over the phone, you must call 1-800-238-5528 by Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 12 pm EST in order to ensure timely processing and 2024 tax deduction eligibility. If you want to make a gift after that please use the secure, online giving form.
MAILED-IN CREDIT CARD GIFTS
IRS regulations consider a credit card gift as having been made at the moment it is processed. Therefore, mailed-in credit card gifts must be received by Monday, December 30, 2024. If you do not think your mailed gift will be received by our deadline please use the secure, online giving form.
MAILED-IN CHECKS
We will issue a 2024 tax receipt for a gift if it is postmarked on or before Dec. 31, 2024 and the check is dated on or before Dec. 31, 2024. Mail your gift to:
Office of Annual Giving
300 N. Washington Street
Gettysburg College
Box 426
Gettysburg, PA 17325
GIFT OF SECURITIES
We will issue a tax receipt for a gift if it is received in Gettysburg’s account by Dec. 31, 2024. Those arriving after Dec. 31 will be receipted in 2025. If your intention is to make a gift, please make your gift early enough to allow time for the securities to be received by Gettysburg in advance of the Dec. 31, 2024 cut-off.
These transfer instructions will help you make your gift.