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Giving Instructions

As 2024 comes to a close, we are thankful for your year-end gift to SAIS. There are plenty of options below to make sure your gift is processed before the end of the calendar year. Your contribution of any size has a powerful impact on the opportunities available to SAIS students.

For European based tax-payers, please click here for country-specific instructions on how to make a tax-deductible gift to SAIS Europe.

Gifts by mail

The addresses to mail your gift to SAIS are:

SAIS Office of Development and Alumni Relations
Attn: Matthew Brown
555 Pennsylvania Ave NW - Suite #500
Washington, DC 20001

Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe
Office of Development
Via B. Andreatta 3
40126 Bologna ITALY

  • Please make your check payable to "Johns Hopkins University" and in the memo section print your Johns Hopkins SAIS gift's designation or attach a note.

  • Please date your check on or before December 31, 2024.

  • Please mail your check on or before December 31, 2024.

  • Envelopes that are postmarked by December 31, 2024, will be credited as gifts received in 2024.

  • Note on courier services. Unlike USPS and other countries’ postal services, gifts sent through FedEx, UPS, etc. will be credited by Johns Hopkins SAIS based on the date the gift is received. Since the SAIS mailroom will be closed for the holidays, we recommend using the United States Postal Service or the postal service of your own country. This will allow us to count the postmark date as the date of your gift.

Gifts by credit card

  • Gifts made using our online secure credit card site before midnight on December 31, 2024 will be credited in 2024.

  • To make a gift by credit card to Johns Hopkins SAIS and Hopkins Nanjing Center, please follow this link: Make a gift by credit card

  • To make a credit card gift to SAIS Europe, click here.

  • Credit card gifts sent by mail will be credited on the date they are processed, not the date on the envelope.

  • We recommend making credit card gifts online. If you need to make your credit card gift by phone by calling 1-833-JHGIFTS/1- 833-544-4387.

    • Note that our Washington, DC office is closed from December 24, 2024 through January 1st, 2025.

  • SAIS Europe Offices are closed from December 23, 2024 through January 6th, 2025.

Gifts by cash wire

  • Please email [email protected] for wiring and electronic transfer instructions in the USA. Please note that this email account will be offline during holiday break from December 24, 2024 – January 1, 2025, so please submit your requests and questions prior to then.

  • For cash wire transfers to SAIS Europe, please email [email protected].

  • Gifts with a wire transaction date of December 31, 2024 or earlier will be credited as 2024 gifts.

Gifts by Donor Advised Funds

  • Making a gift to Johns Hopkins University through your Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is a simple and impactful way to support our mission. Please contact [email protected] to notify us of your gift.

  • Johns Hopkins Donor Advised Fund: Establish one source of charitable giving through the Johns Hopkins Donor Advised Fund (DAF) and simplify your giving to Johns Hopkins and other charitable organizations. For more information, please visit the JHU Donor Advised Fund website. For any questions regarding how to establish/give through a JHU DAF, Contact Johns Hopkins Office of Gift Planning at 800-548-1268 or [email protected].

Gifts of stock or securities

  • To make a gift of security please access this link that will take you to our Stock Gift Form. Please choose “School of Advanced International Studies” to direct your gift to any SAIS campus and specify the fund you want to support in the Designation Description. For more information on Stock or Security Gifts, click here. If you have any questions you can contact 410-516-7954 or [email protected].
      
  • The IRS defines the date of gift as the date JHU has complete control over the asset, which varies by form of receipt.

Need Help?

  • Johns Hopkins SAIS Washington DC and the Hopkins Nanjing Center: please contact 1.202.266.3560 or [email protected].

  • SAIS Europe, Bologna, office: please contact [email protected].