Year-end Giving

Thank you for considering a gift to the University of Tennessee. Your contribution creates opportunities for students, faculty, and staff, and advances our academic and public service programs.

As 2023 comes to a close, there are many options to ensure your gift is processed before the end of the calendar year.

NOTE: All times are Eastern Standard Time and December 31, 2023 is a Sunday causing public markets and banks to be closed. Monday, January 1, 2024 is a University observed Holiday.

The university will be closed December 25, 2023–January 1, 2024. If you wish to make a gift December 23–31, please do so online.

Although the university will be closed, you may drop off gifts at the UT Foundation at 1525 University Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37921, on the following days:

• Wednesday, December 27, from 9 a.m.– 2 p.m. EST
• Thursday December 28, from 9 a.m.– 2 p.m. EST
• Friday December 29, from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. EST
• Saturday December 30, from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. EST

The UT Foundation will accept credit cards via phone on Sunday, December 31, from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. EST at (865) 974-0381.

Gifts made by credit card that require manual processing must be received no later than 12 p.m. EST on Saturday, December 30, 2023, or by phone no later than 12 p.m. on Sunday, December 31, 2023.

Gifts made by credit card online must be received by 11 p.m. EST on Sunday, December 31, 2023.

Gifts made in person must be received no later than 3 p.m. EST on Friday, December 22, 2023.

Gifts sent by U.S. Mail must bear a 2023 postmark.

Mail to:
UT Foundation
Advancement Services
1525 University Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37921

Wire transfers of stock or other securities and cash must be received in the UT Foundation account before the close of business on Friday, December 29. BNY recommends that transfers of physical securities (paper certificates) and mutual funds be initiated by December 15, 2023, to ensure 2023 credit. Please note that electronic transfers generally take at least 24 hours and often as much as 48-72 hours. It does not matter when you initiate the transfer; in order to qualify as a 2023 gift our account must show receipt on or before December 30. Transfers initiated on Friday, December 22, or after may not make it in time to qualify as 2023 gifts.

Information to give your broker for transferring stock or other securities:

• DTC Number: 0443
• Pershing, LLC
• For credit to account number: N7M002366
• Client account name: The University of Tennessee Foundation
• Foundation Tax ID #: 62-1844686