Year-End Giving Deadlines

Deadlines by Gift Type

The WPAOG accepts VISA, MasterCard, Discover, and AMEX, and you can give in the following ways:

Online
Credit card gifts made online should be completed before midnight December 31 to qualify as tax-deductible contributions in 2025. To make your gift online, go to this giving link. IRS guidelines require that online credit card transactions be completed by 11:59pm, December 31 (based on the time zone in which the gift is made), in order for those gifts to count in the calendar year.

Phone
To make a gift by phone, call 845.446.1658 before 4:30pm EST, December 31. Please have your credit card number, expiration date, and daytime phone number ready when you call. To ensure the security of your information and the timely processing of your gift, please do not leave your credit card information on voicemail. After 4:30pm, EST please go online to make your year-end gift at this giving link.

Venmo/PayPal
Venmo and PayPal gifts made should be completed before midnight on December 31 to qualify as tax-deductible contributions in 2025. To make your gift, to @GivetoWestPoint for Venmo or paypal.me/wpaog for PayPal donations.

Checks
If you mail a check, the envelope must be postmarked by December 31 to count as a gift for 2025. Please make your check payable to “West Point Association of Graduates” and indicate how you want your gift designated and mail it to West Point Association of Graduates, Bldg 698, Mills Road, West Point, NY 10996.

Stocks
Gifts by stock can be made into our Merrill Lynch brokerage account by electronic transfer. Stock transfers must be made by December 31.  Please notify giftoperations@wpaog.org with stock information.

Broker Information
Account name:  Association of Graduates – USMA
Contact Gift Operations for account information at 845.446.1658. or GiftOperations@wpaog.org
Broker’s name:  Sean Gyger
Phone number:  919.829.2080 or 1.800.479.2542

Please note that securities made by electronic transfer are credited on the date the shares are received into the WPAOG brokerage account. Due to the high volume of activity at the end of the calendar year, we recommend that you instruct your broker no later than November 30th for non-US traded stock and December 22nd for US traded stock for it to be properly received by Merrill Lynch’s trading desk in time for calendar year-end credit.

Wire Transfers
Gifts of cash must be received via wire transfer to the KeyBank account by December 31. To initiate a cash wire transmittal, please contact GiftOperations@wpaog.org for account information.

IRA Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs)
The funds must leave your IRA account and clear by December 31st — not just be requested or mailed. Please contact plannedgiving@wpaog.org with any questions.

Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) Grants
Processing times vary; submit recommendations early. Remember, DAF grants themselves are not tax-deductible — the deduction occurs when you contribute to the fund.

For assistance with your year-end gift to WPAOG, please feel free to contact the Gift Operations Office, 845.446.1658 or by email at giftoperations@wpaog.org.