{"id":5139,"date":"2026-03-26T16:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/?page_id=5139"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:25:27","slug":"stocks-securities-and-mutual-funds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/planned-giving\/planned-gift-options\/stocks-securities-and-mutual-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks, Securities and Mutual Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"introduction block-container\" >\n    <div class=\"introduction__content\">\n    \t        \t<p class=\"introduction__copy\">Donating appreciated securities\u2014such as stocks, mutual funds, or bonds\u2014is an easy and tax\u2011effective way to support ÈÕº«¾«Æ·. By giving assets that have grown in value, you can make a meaningful gift while potentially receiving significant financial benefits. <\/p>\n    \t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Consider Donating Appreciated Assets?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Avoid capital gains tax on the sale of appreciated securities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Receive a charitable income tax deduction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support Macalester\u2019s mission today without affecting your cash flow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turn long\u2011term investments into long\u2011term impact for students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"link-group block-container\" >\n            <div class=\"link-group__heading-row\">\n            <div class=\"link-group__heading-container\">\n                <h2 class=\"base-lockup__heading\">Turn Long-Term Investments into Long-Term Impact<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"link-group__links-row\">\n        <ul class=\"link-group__link link-group__link--\">\n        \t                <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/ways-to-give\/stock\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    Learn more about making a gift of stocks or bonds\n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/ways-to-give\/mutualfund\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    Learn more about making a gift of mutual fund shares\n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"link-group block-container\" >\n        <div class=\"link-group__featured-row\">\n        <div class=\"link-group__featured-inner\">\n            <div class=\"link-group__featured-inner-inner\">\n                <ul class=\"link-group__featured-link\">\n                                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                            <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/planned-giving\/planned-gift-options\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    More planned gift options\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Consider Donating Appreciated Assets?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":391,"featured_media":0,"parent":4757,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5141,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5139\/revisions\/5141"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/support-mac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}