Make Your Gift

Annual Fund donations provide immediate funds for the Dean to allocate toward the School’s priorities. These gifts give the School the flexibility to fund new initiatives, enhance student life, and build academic programs. At a time when state support provides only 28% of the School’s operating budget, annual gifts — both large and small — are essential to maintaining the School’s quality.

The Haas Annual Fund is an opportunity for the broadest base of alumni to invest in the School.

Types of Gifts - Your gift to Haas can take many forms...

PLANNED GIFTS
Discover the benefits of gift planning.  Visit the University's Gift Planning website for more information on the benefits of making a planned gift to the Haas School. The Gift Planning site features a myriad of easy giving options from which you can choose - from naming us as a beneficiary in your will to a more complex trust arrangement. For more information, call 800-200-0575 or 510-642-6300.

OUTRIGHT GIFTS

Cash/Checks
Gifts of cash or checks allow you to claim an income tax charitable deduction for the full value of your gift.

You may send your gift to:

The Haas Annual Fund
University of California, Berkeley
520 Student Services Building #1904
Berkeley, CA 94720-1904

Please make your check payable to the Haas Annual Fund. Please do not send cash in the mail.


Credit and Debit Cards
You may give via credit or debit card. You can arrange for either a one-time charge or smaller, monthly deductions. Cards accepted for donations include VISA, MasterCard, Diners Club, American Express, Carte Blanche, and Japan Credit Bank.

You may make a gift online using our secure online form.

You may call us at 510-642-1224.

You may mail or fax your gift to:

The Haas Annual Fund
University of California, Berkeley
520 Student Services Building #1904
Berkeley, CA 94720-1904
Fax: (510) 643-0531

Please include the following information:
Type of Card, Name on Card, Card # and Expiration Date.


Securities
Securities can be transferred directly from your brokerage account to the University's account. (Securities are recorded based on the mean market value of the stock on the date of gift, which is the date you relinquish control of the stock.)

For more information, contact the Senior Gifts Steward:
Phone: (510) 642-4123
Fax: (510) 643-6770
Email: givesecurities@berkeley.edu.


Matching Gifts
Hundreds of companies currently match their employees' gifts to the Haas School. You receive full credit for your matching gifts for the purposes of recognition and benefits. For receipting and tax reasons, the matched portion of the gift must be recorded on the corporation's record. More info


Wire Transfer
Wire transfers are most commonly used for gifts made from outside the United States. Banks provide minimal information on wire transfers, so to ensure proper disposition of the gift, you should alert the School that a wire transfer has been made, by phoning: (510) 642-6860.

You can wire your gift to the following:

UC Berkeley Foundation on behalf of the Haas School of Business
Bank of America Account #01758-00351
Federal Reserve #121000358
Bank of America Berkeley Main Office #0175
2129 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704

Electronic Funds Transfer
Monthly payments via electronic funds transfer may be arranged through your bank and the UC Berkeley Foundation. For more information, or to enroll in this program, please email HAF@haas.berkeley.edu or call (510) 643-2644

or (510) 643-1369.


Gifts-in-Kind
Gifts-in-kind are items of tangible personal property such as art, books, computer equipment, and automobiles. They are donated for related educational purposes and are recorded at their fair market value. Gifts-in-kind valued in excess of $500 should be accompanied by a deed of gift and the fair market value as determined by the donor. The IRS and the University require that you provide an independent appraisal of gifts-in-kind valued at more than $5,000.


For more information...
regarding your gift to Haas, emailHAF@haas.berkeley.edu or call (510) 643-2644 or (510) 643-1369.

Haas Leadership Society Giving Levels: (More info)

Dean’s Circle   $10,000+
Chairman’s Club   $5,000+
Vice Chairman’s Club   $2,500+
Director’s Club   $1,000+*

*Note: MBA graduates from the Classes of 1998-2003 may enter the Society with a minimum gift of $500
BS graduates from the Classes of 1998-2003 may enter the Society with a minimum gift of $250

 

Your Gifts in Action:

Visiting professors supplement the variety of course offerings and provide valuable cross-discipline and cross-school intellectual stimulus. This is managed with much advance lead time, but on a recent occasion a unique opportunity arose to invite Professor Lenos Trigeorgis, an internationally famous finance professor, without the normal amount of lead time. In order to seize this opportunity, the cost of his coming to campus for a semester came from annual fund resources.