Giving Options

Make a credit card gift online.

Mail your check–made payable to Blair Academy–or credit card information to:

The Blair Fund
Office of Advancement
P.O. Box 600
Blairstown, NJ 07825-0600

Make your contribution by dialing toll-free (888) JI-BLAIR, option #1, or (908) 362-2058.

Please call Cara Mohlmann, director of advancement, for instructions at (908) 362-2031.

Making a gift of appreciated securities can be more advantageous than giving cash as you can do so without incurring capital gains tax.

How It Works

• You transfer appreciated stocks, bonds or mutual fund shares you have owned for more than one year to Blair.
• Blair sells your securities and uses the proceeds for its programs.

Benefits

• You receive an immediate income tax deduction for the fair market value of the securities on the date of transfer, no matter what you originally paid for them.
• You pay no capital gains tax on the transfer when the stock is sold.

Important Tip: Do not sell the stock first. Even though you may give us the proceeds as a gift, the IRS will impose capital gains tax on your sale, deleting the benefits of this arrangement.

For more information on gifts of stock, call Cara Mohlmann, director of advancement, at (908) 362-2031.

Qualified Charitable Distribution from an IRA (IRA Rollover)

• You must be 70½ years old or older.
• Gifts from $1 up to $100,000 per individual will count toward your required minimum distribution (RMD) for a given calendar year. (NOTE: RMDs have been suspended for 2020 through the CARES Act, yet voluntary QCDs may still be beneficial to you: please consult with your financial advisor to learn how the new law will affect your personal financial situation.)
• The gift will not be included in your gross income for tax purposes (at the same time, it will not be available as an income tax charitable deduction.)
• To make the gift, ask your IRA administrator to make a direct transfer or send a check, made payable to Blair Academy. The funds must come directly from your account to the School in order to be tax free.

Other Retirement Plans
If you do not have a traditional IRA, other retirement pension or profit sharing plans, like a 401(k) or 403(b), may be able to be rolled into a traditional IRA and then transferred directly to Blair. Please contact your plan administrator to see if this is an option for your plan.

By giving to the Blair Fund in honor of the great men and women–past and present–who shape the lives of young people, you recognize and celebrate the profound impact our teachers have on students every day, every year.

Explore options for making future gifts from your will or estate.

Blair accepts more than 20 types of cryptocurrency.

In order to complete the transaction, a donor will use the donation address provided by GiveCampus on our giving form to initiate a gift from within their Crypto Wallet.

For any questions or help contact Emma Barnes O'Neill, director of annual giving, barnee@blair.edu