Helping children in your community has never been easier or more beneficial. Now you can donate your appreciated securities, including stock, bonds, and mutual funds to support Big Brothers Big Sisters programs in your area.

As a donor, you are entitled to take a charitable deduction for the full fair-market value of appreciated securities held longer than one year, and you usually avoid paying the capital gains tax that would be due if you sold the securities.

Donating publicly traded stock or bonds held by a bank or broker
Please advise us of your gift by contacting Ashley Nichele, Fund Development Associate:
E-mail: nichele@bbbschgo.org
Phone: 312-207-5603
Fax: 312-427-0760

To Donate Stock Certificates You Hold 

• Send the unsigned certificates by certified mail to the attention of Ashey Nichele, Fund Development Associate, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago, 560 W. Lake St., 5th FL, Chicago, IL 60661.
• Copy and send one blank stock Power of Attorney for each company whose stock you are transferring. Only the signature line should be filled in, with the signature(s) matching the name(s) that appear on the face of the certificates. Include both names if the stock is jointly owned.
• The Power of Attorney must be notarized.
• Send the certificates and stock powers in separate envelopes. Send the signed stock power in one and the stock certificate(s) in the other with a letter (also signed by the owner(s) of the stock) stating that the stock is being donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago.

Effective Date and Value of Your Gift

Your gift of stock or publicly traded securities will be valued based on the mean market price of the securities on the gift date. We will provide you with a receipt for your tax records. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan determines your gift date according to the guidelines below. 

• By mail, it is the later of the postmark dates of your separately mailed stock certificates and stock powers.
• By hand, it is the date that a Big Brothers Big Sisters Metropolitan Chicago' employee receives the stock certificates and stock powers of attorney.
• By reregistering securities in Big Brothers Big Sisters Metropolitan Chicago’ name yourself, it is the date on the new certificates. (This method takes the longest.)

If you have questions or need more information, contact Ashley Nichele, Fund Development Associate, at nichele@bbbschgo.org or (312) 207-5603.