{"id":129039,"date":"2020-12-18T09:51:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=129039"},"modified":"2020-12-18T09:51:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:51:09","slug":"uccs-offers-options-guidelines-for-making-year-end-gifts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=129039","title":{"rendered":"UCCS offers options, guidelines for making year-end gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/snowclock-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Clocktower on a snowy morning\" class=\"wp-image-87328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/snowclock-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/snowclock-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/snowclock.jpg 1966w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As 2020&nbsp;ends, UCCS\nDevelopment provides multiple options for donors who plan to make&nbsp;year-end&nbsp;contributions.&nbsp;Further\ndetails below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>End of year giving options<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>In person:<\/strong>&nbsp;Development staff will process gifts normally through Dec. 23. After Dec. 23, there will be a staff member in the office processing gifts from 7:30 &#8211; 10 a.m. on Dec 29 and 31.<\/li><li><strong>Online:<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;For donors who want to receive a charitable gift receipt for 2020, we encourage donors to make&nbsp;an&nbsp;<strong>online donation at <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/giving.cu.edu\/uccs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>giving.cu.edu\/uccs<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;before&nbsp;11:59 p.m. MST Dec. 31.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>By phone:<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Call the CU Gifts and Records Hotline at (303) 541-1290 before 5 p.m. MST Dec. 31.<\/li><li><strong>By check:<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Gifts sent by mail need to have a legible 2020 postmark date from the United States Postal Service or other carrier. The CU Foundation recommends putting the envelope in the mail no later than Dec. 27.&nbsp;UCCS and the IRS can\u2019t use the date on the check to process 2020 gifts.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>Other resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The CU Foundation provides additional information for gifts made through an IRA and through a transfer&nbsp;of&nbsp;stocks, bonds, mutual funds and other marketable securities. Visit&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/giving.cu.edu\/making-your-end-year-gift\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>giving.cu.edu\/making-your-end-year-gift<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>for additional information <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Special instructions to campus partners who receive gifts via mail&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All employees who receive checks mailed to their&nbsp;office should forward all materials, including all envelopes, to UCCS Development no later than Jan. 17, regardless&nbsp;of&nbsp;postmark date. Gift Management must retain these envelopes to help address any questions or concerns on the receipt date.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Resources for all employees:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>At all times, employees should forward gifts to UCCS Development or Student Financial Services on the same day or next business day to ensure timely processing.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Employees should never give anything that could resemble tax advice. The donor is responsible for making those decisions with their financial advisor.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Employees are encouraged to change their outgoing voicemail and out-of-office replies to help direct donors to&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.giving.cu.edu\/uccs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>giving.cu.edu\/uccs<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;for online gifts by 11:59 p.m. MST Dec. 31.<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Almost all charitable donations to UCCS should be deposited and receipted through the CU Foundation, even if the check is made out to a UCCS entity. The Board&nbsp;of&nbsp;Regents&nbsp;Policy 13.f directs&nbsp;that all      charitable donations (with a few rare exceptions) that are intended to      support CU and UCCS be deposited through the Foundation.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>As 2020 ends, UCCS Development provides multiple options for donors who plan to make year-end contributions. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=129039\" title=\"UCCS offers options, guidelines for making year-end gifts\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":87328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/snowclock.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-xzh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129039"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129044,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129039\/revisions\/129044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}