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Gifts of securities can make an immediate impact for both WHOI and you. And if the gift is made with appreciated securities, you will incur no capital gains tax.

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Securities delivered electronically

Please have this information handy when you are ready to make an electronic transfer of stock with your broker:

Brokerage: Cape Cod 5 Investment Services
Simion Procopenco
508-247-2120
Simion.Procopenco@osaicinstitutions.com
DTC Number: 0443
Account Name: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Account Number: NFL066208
Tax ID Number: 04-2105850

Securities delivered by mail

Stock certificates should be mailed unendorsed via certified or registered mail. A signed stock power should be mailed under separate cover. (This precaution is to ensure there is no possibility of theft.)

Mail to:
Pershing LLC
One Pershing Plaza
Jersey City, NJ 07399
Attn: Custody

Please call, write, or email this information at the time of transfer to:

Cole Willett
Phone (508) 289-3319
Email: cole.willett@whoi.edu

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Regardless of the delivery method of a gift of stock (electronically or via mail), you or the transferring broker must provide the following information, for audit and acknowledgment purposes:

  • Donor's name and complete address
  • Name and number of securities transferred
  • Specify the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution program to which the gift should be directed, if any.