Gifts to the college may be made through the University of Minnesota Foundation website. Choose a fund to give to and make a one-time or a recurring monthly gift. 

Giving by mail

Checks may be mailed directly and must be made payable to the “University of Minnesota Foundation” with any specific instructions or designation to support the College of Biological Sciences included in the memo section of the check and/or in a separate accompanying letter. Please send to: 

University of Minnesota Foundation
200 Oak St. SE, Suite 500
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Giving by phone

Gifts may be made over the phone by calling John Curry in CBS advancement at 612-624-4770.

Electronic transfer is the easiest method when a donor maintains holdings in a brokered account.

To transfer shares held with a brokerage firm, provide the following information to your broker:

Account Registration: University of Minnesota Foundation
RBC Wealth Management
Account #30875055 DTC #0235
Attention: Mike Thorn
601 Carlson Parkway, Suite 500
Minnetonka, MN 55305 952-476-3741

Giving to the University of Minnesota from your donor-advised fund is simple. You can recommend a grant from your fund to the College of Biological Sciences by providing the following information to the sponsoring organization:

Legal name: University of Minnesota Foundation
UMF federal tax ID: 41-6042488
Mailing address: P.O. Box 860266, Minneapolis, MN 55486

Name of the campus, college, program, or fund where the grant should be directed.

Each sponsoring organization will have the appropriate forms to recommend these grants, which you can find online or by contacting the organization directly. Your sponsoring organization will distribute the grant directly to the University of Minnesota Foundation.

If you have questions about the information you need to provide to the sponsoring organization of your fund, please contact Gretchen Ambrosier gambros@umn.edu.

If you are age 70 1/2 or older, you may give up to $100,000 directly from your IRA to qualified charities without paying federal income tax on the distribution. Contact your IRA plan administrator and request a direct qualified charitable distribution from the IRA account to the University of Minnesota Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, with tax ID number 41-6042488.

Mail the check to:

University of Minnesota Foundation
Attn: IRA Gift Processing
200 Oak Street SE, Suite 500
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Please contact the University of Minnesota Foundation at 612-624-3333, or the person you work with at the University, to inform us of the gift and to let us know the specific campus, college, program, or fund you would like to benefit.

If you would like to transfer mutual funds, bonds, stock certificates, or shares held with transfer agents, please contact us by phone at 612-624-3333 or by email at plgiving@umn.edu.