Gifts of stock are an easy way to make a gift to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science or to renew your Museum membership. You may find the Museum’s Planned Giving website to be a useful resource for information on the benefits of transferring securities.
In order to realize the financial benefits of making gifts of appreciated securities, you or your brokerage firm will need to transfer the stocks directly to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Contact the Museum’s Development Office by letter or phone to let us know the number of shares and type of stock gift that you are making. Please ask your broker to confirm your name so that we may properly acknowledge your gift.
The following options are available for your securities transfer to the Museum:
Stocks in your account at a brokerage firm. Electronic transfer is the most secure and expedient delivery process available for making your gift. Your broker will need the following information:
Brokerage: Wells Fargo Brokerage and Sales
Representative: Bill Knorr or Terry Crosier, 303.863.5093
Account name: Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Account number: 30216147
DTC number: 0025
Stocks in your possession. Mail the unsigned stock certificates to the Museum. At the same time, in a separate envelope, send a signed stock power. Please let the Development Office know if you need a blank stock power. We request that you let us know in advance of this gift and request that you use Certified Mail.
Stocks in the possession of the issuing corporation. Give instructions to the corporation to transfer ownership to the Museum on the corporation’s books. This may take some time, so initiate this step well in advance of the intended date of the gift.
The Museum handles the sale of the securities, processes your gift or membership, and sends you a letter of acknowledgment and tax receipt for retention in your records. You are credited with the value of the stock as of the date of the gift, which depends on the method of transfer.
For personal assistance, please contact
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Development Office
2001 Colorado Blvd.
Denver, CO 80205-5798
303.370.8251
