Submitting Donations
All gifts are tax-deductible to the extent provided by the law.
The 501(c)(3) number for the Foundation of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Inc. is 04-2785453
CrowdRise
All the donations received on your personal Crowdrise.com website will be automatically sent to Mass. Eye and Ear. No need to worry about these. Your sponsors will receive an email confirmation receipt from Crowdrise which will serve as their tax receipt.
Credit Cards
There are four easy ways people can donate using their credit cards:
1. Ask your donor go to your personalized Crowdrise fundraising webpage.
2. Ask the donor fill out the Credit Card Gift slip and send to Kristina Sym at the address below
3. Ask your the donor call Christine Ferreira at (617) 573-4312 or Kristina Sym at (617) 573-6364 with their credit card information.
4. Ask your donor to visit Mass. Eye and Ear’s secure website at donor webpage at www.MassEyeAndEar.org/donation. Fill in the credit card information, then in the box, "in honor of", have them put your name to be sure that you get fundraising credit for their donation.
Cash
If possible, please collect all cash and make one check payable to "Foundation of Mass. Eye and Ear, Inc.". Please write the donor's name in the 'memo' section on the check. Please see the check section for details on how to submit checks.
Checks
Please ask your donors to make checks payable to "Foundation of Mass. Eye and Ear, Inc." Please make sure your name is written in the 'memo' section of each check that you collect. Each donor will receive a tax receipt from the Development Office. *note* please send or deliver all checks as you receive them, not all at once, so that we may recognize your fundraising progress.
Please collect all checks yourself (so that you may record them) and then send checks to:
Kristina Sym
c/o Development Office
Mass. Eye and Ear
243 Charles Street
Boston, MA 02114
You can also bring checks directly into the Development Office at Mass. Eye and Ear during normal business hours to Kristina Sym at 325 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02114 (you will have to call x3342 from the lobby phone to be let up to the 2nd floor).
Runners will be emailed within three (3) business days of the Development Office receiving checks to confirm their fundraising progress.
Matching Gifts
If a donor’s company has a matching gift program, have the donor send us their company’s matching gift form and be sure they meet the minimum gift requirements for the matching gift company program. The matching gift will be included in your fundraising total as soon as the form as been processed.
Confirming Your Fundraising Progress
Please email marathon@meei.harvard.edu periodically to confirm your fundraising progress records for confirmation that we have received all of your donations.
