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Strong alumni support remains one of the School’s most steadfast and proud traditions.

The School’s mission is as ambitious as it is honorable: to improve health and well-being for all. To achieve this mission, we depend on your philanthropic support.

Give now to support our critical work on COVID-19

blue coronavirus cells. The COVID-19 Response and Research Fund enables us to convene clinicians and scientists to address the current global pandemic’s immediate challenges and create a rapid-response system to deal with future outbreaks. This collaborative approach focuses on six key areas: epidemiology, diagnostics, pathogenesis, clinical disease management, treatment, and vaccines.

To make a gift, please visit our secure online gift form and select the fund name from the dropdown menu. A gift of any size to this or any other School priority will uplift our community and advance HMS’s mission of education, research, and service during this challenging time.

Make an Outright Gift

Outright gifts, which are counted in your class giving totals, are a donation of cash or other assets, such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate, retirement plan assets, and/or personal property.

Visit our secure online gift form »
Make a check payable to Harvard Medical School and mail to:
Harvard Medical School
Alumni Affairs and Development
P.O. Box 419720
Boston, MA 02241-9720
Please include a note with your full name, address, and phone number
Call 617-384-8500

New 2021 Charitable Gift Tax Deductions

The Federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, signed in late December, includes updates that extend CARES Act provisions and tax incentives for donors this year:

Donors who do not itemize deductions on their taxes in 2021 can now deduct up to $300 in cash gifts. Jointly filing couples can deduct up to $600 in cash gifts.
Donors who itemize can deduct up to 100% of their adjusted gross income for cash gifts. This deduction does not apply to gifts contributed to donor-advised funds.
Donors ages 72 or older must take their required minimum distribution (RMD) from retirement plans in 2021. You may want to consider gifting it directly to charities to avoid taxable income.

Donor-Advised Fund (DAF)

Make an annual gift from your DAF to HMS. After creating the DAF, you can direct annual distributions to your favorite charities. You enjoy the simplicity and anonymity of recommending a distribution from your DAF to HMS to support medical education, biomedical research, or health care service.

If you have an account with Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, or BNY Mellon, you can use the DAF Direct box on this page, fill in the designation (how the funds should be used) and the amount of your gift. When you click the “NEXT” button, you will be taken directly to your donor-advised fund provider's website to complete your gift.

If your provider is not listed, contact them directly with a request to make a gift to HMS on your behalf:
Make a check payable to Harvard Medical School, including a note with your full name, address, and phone number and mail to:

Harvard Medical School
Alumni Affairs and Development
P.O. Box 419720
Boston, MA 02241-9720

More Ways to Give

Tribute Gifts
- Make your gift in honor of someone, in celebration of a special occasion, or in memory of a loved one.
- Mail your check, made payable to Harvard Medical School, and including a note with your full name, address, phone number, and who your gift is honoring, to:
  Harvard Medical School
  Alumni Affairs and Development
  P.O. Box 419720
  Boston, MA 02241-9720
Securities (Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds)
- To make a gift of securities, please contact the Harvard Management Company at 866-845-6596 or security_gifts@hmc.harvard.edu. Learn more about gifts of stock »
- To ensure proper processing of your gift, please notify Harvard of the stock transfer by completing this online form.
- All mutual fund transfers must be coordinated with Harvard Management Company. For HMC to determine the appropriate instructions, please call 866-845-6596 or email security_gifts@hmc.harvard.edu with the following information: the name of the mutual fund, the number of shares, date of acquisition, and where the fund shares are currently held.
- For more information, please contact our gift planning team at 617-384-8449 or 800-922-1782 or email giftplanning@hms.harvard.edu.
Real Estate or Personal Property
- Donate your personal residence, vacation home, farm or agricultural land, ranch, commercial property or lot, undeveloped or unimproved land or consider works of art, antiques, gold, stamps, coins, jewelry, patents, copyrights, etc.
- For more information, please contact our gift planning team at 617-384-8449 or 800-922-1782 or email giftplanning@hms.harvard.edu.
Retirement Plan Assets
- Use assets from your IRA, Keogh, TIAA-CREF, tax-deferred annuity, or qualified pension or profit-sharing plan.
- If you are 72 years old or older, you can transfer up to $100,000 from your IRA directly to Harvard Medical School.
- Instruct your IRA administrator to transfer your selected dollar amount (up to $100,000 per year) directly to HMS using the form letter linked below:
  Download the IRA Rollover Letter of Instruction provided by HMS here [PDF] »
- For more information, please contact our gift planning team at 617-384-8449 or 800-922-1782 or email giftplanning@hms.harvard.edu.

Donor Spotlight

Terry M. Bennett, MD ’64, MPH ’69

Bennett believed that people from all walks of life deserve high-quality health care. He established a charitable remainder unitrust that recently distributed $3.9 million in unrestricted, flexible funding to be used at the dean’s discretion.

Donor Spotlight

Jacqueline Boehme, MD ’15

Boehme says that it is essential to promote diversity within an educational environment. She participates in the recurring giving program, directing her monthly support to the Community and Diversity Fund.

Donor Spotlight

Joanna Mimi Choi, MD ’09

Choi, a new member of HMS’s Federman Loyalty Circle after making her fifth consecutive annual gift, says her motivation to give stems in part from having received a generous loan forgiveness award from HMS.

Donor Spotlight

Julia Haller, MD ’80

Haller says HMS has had a huge impact on her life. She has directed her support toward revitalization efforts at the Tosteson Medical Education Center in honor of her 40th Reunion, for which she volunteered as a co-chair.

Donor Spotlight

Alfred Sandrock Jr., MD ’88, PhD ’88

Sandrock gave in honor of Ed Furshpan, PhD, and David Potter, PhD ’56, both former HMS neurobiology professors who died in 2019. He credits them with teaching him not only about neuroscience but also about being a citizen of the world.

Donor Spotlight

Edward “Ed” Scolnick, AB ’61, MD ’65

Scolnick’s gift pays tribute to Allan Goroll, MD ’73, a professor of medicine at HMS and a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. As a former patient of Goroll’s, Scolnick says he appreciates both the excellent care he received and Goroll’s dedication to the field.

Read more about Scolnick's gift in Pulse

Donor Spotlight

Robert Shamberger, MD ’75

“I believe that all of us who have graduated from Harvard Medical School owe a debt to the School for our education and for propelling our careers forward.”

Donor Spotlight

Dana and James Tananbaum, MD ’89, MBA ’91

The Tananbaum’s gift will provide at least four endowed scholarships supporting MD students in the HST program. The couple’s preference is that at least one beneficiary each year is a student seeking a joint MD/MBA degree, the path James pursued at Harvard.

Read more about the Tananbaum's gift in Pulse

Donor Spotlight

Ladislas Dolores Wojcik, MD ’49

A beloved pediatrician, Wojcik was admired by friends and colleagues for her dedication to her young patients. Though she died nearly 30 years ago, her legacy continues today with a distribution from a charitable remainder unitrust she established to create the endowed Ladislas Wojcik Financial Aid Fund.

Strong alumni support remains one of the School’s most steadfast and proud traditions.

The School’s mission is as ambitious as it is honorable: to improve health and well-being for all. To achieve this mission, we depend on your philanthropic support.

Give now to support our critical work on COVID-19

Make an Outright Gift

Donor-Advised Fund (DAF)

Join Our Giving Societies

Leadership

Dean's Council

Loyalty

Federman Loyalty Circle

Legacy

Ezekiel Hersey Council

More Ways to Give

Tribute Gifts

Securities (Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds)

Real Estate or Personal Property

Retirement Plan Assets

Types of Gifts

Reunion Giving

Planned Giving

Leadership Giving

Donor Spotlight

Terry M. Bennett, MD ’64, MPH ’69

Bennett believed that people from all walks of life deserve high-quality health care. He established a charitable remainder unitrust that recently distributed $3.9 million in unrestricted, flexible funding to be used at the dean’s discretion.

Donor Spotlight

Jacqueline Boehme, MD ’15

Boehme says that it is essential to promote diversity within an educational environment. She participates in the recurring giving program, directing her monthly support to the Community and Diversity Fund.

Donor Spotlight

Joanna Mimi Choi, MD ’09

Choi, a new member of HMS’s Federman Loyalty Circle after making her fifth consecutive annual gift, says her motivation to give stems in part from having received a generous loan forgiveness award from HMS.

Donor Spotlight

Julia Haller, MD ’80

Haller says HMS has had a huge impact on her life. She has directed her support toward revitalization efforts at the Tosteson Medical Education Center in honor of her 40th Reunion, for which she volunteered as a co-chair.

Donor Spotlight

Alfred Sandrock Jr., MD ’88, PhD ’88

Sandrock gave in honor of Ed Furshpan, PhD, and David Potter, PhD ’56, both former HMS neurobiology professors who died in 2019. He credits them with teaching him not only about neuroscience but also about being a citizen of the world.

Donor Spotlight

Edward “Ed” Scolnick, AB ’61, MD ’65

Scolnick’s gift pays tribute to Allan Goroll, MD ’73, a professor of medicine at HMS and a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. As a former patient of Goroll’s, Scolnick says he appreciates both the excellent care he received and Goroll’s dedication to the field.

Donor Spotlight

Robert Shamberger, MD ’75

“I believe that all of us who have graduated from Harvard Medical School owe a debt to the School for our education and for propelling our careers forward.”

Donor Spotlight

Dana and James Tananbaum, MD ’89, MBA ’91

The Tananbaum’s gift will provide at least four endowed scholarships supporting MD students in the HST program. The couple’s preference is that at least one beneficiary each year is a student seeking a joint MD/MBA degree, the path James pursued at Harvard.

Donor Spotlight

Ladislas Dolores Wojcik, MD ’49