Gifts of real estate, securities or property

Real estate
A gift of real estate may be a prinicipal residence or vacation home, a farm, commercial building, subdivision lot or unimproved land. All gifts of real estate require prior approval by Bluffton University. Contact the development office to learn more about the approval process.

Personal property
If you would like to donate personal property to Bluffton, please contact the development office first. Some gifts require appraisal or advance approval to be accepted. Examples of gifts of property include, but are not limited to, rare books, art work, computer hardware/software or laboratory equipment,

Stocks, bonds or mutual funds
You may instruct your broker to transfer securities directly to:

DTC System #0057
Edwin D. Jones Investments
For further credit to Bluffton University
Account #246-01835-1-6
Bluffton University's Tax ID number is 34-4428207

The Edwin D. Jones representative in Bluffton is Ron Michel, 419-358-2622.

To send securities to directly to Bluffton, please contact the development office for assistance. It will be necessary to use a stock power form.

I am interested in making gifts of real estate, property or securities

For more information, feel free to return the following form, or contact any development officer directly.

	* Required information
Name:	*
Address:	*
City:	*
State:	*
ZIP:	*
Phone number:
E-mail:	*
I wish to make a gift of:		real estate    stocks    bonds    mutual funds    personal property
For gifts of securities, please fill out the following
Securities will be transfered by:		Select... My broker will make the transfer I will send the stock certificates directly to Bluffton
Securities to be transfered:
Number of shares/bonds:
Approximate market value per share/bond:
Approximate date of transfer:
Your broker's name, address, phone:
Thank you!