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How to Make a Gift

How to Make a Gift

By check:
To make a contribution by check, please make it payable to The College Preparatory School,
note how we should direct your gift, and send to:

The College Preparatory School
6100 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94618

By VISA or Mastercard:
To make a contribution by VISA or MasterCard, provide your name as it is on the card, card #,
expiration date, the amount of your gift, and where you would like us to direct your gift.

Online:
To make a contribution online, click here.

By phone:
To make a contribution to the school’s Annual Fund by phone, call Cecily Peterson at (510) 420-2353
To make a contribution to any other school fund or program by phone, call Mary O’Neill at (510) 420-2331

Transferring shares of securities/appreciated stock:

We would like to acknowledge your gift in an accurate and timely manner. If you plan to use appreciated securities to make a gift to the school:

1. Notify the Development Office that you will be making a gift of securities.
Call Mary O'Neill at 510-420-2331 or e-mail mary_oneill@college-prep.org with your name, the number of shares and the name of the stock you will be contributing, the fund to which your gift should be credited, the date on which the stock was transferred and your telephone number.

2. Instruct your broker to contact:

Gary Raczkowski
Bear Stearns & Co
Citicorp Center
One Sansom Street
San Francisco, CA 94104-9899

Phone: 1-800-688-2327 ext. 3083 or 415-772-3083
FAX: 1-415-249-8489
E-mail: graczkowski@bear.com

  Lisa Chen(Admin. Asst.)

Matching Gifts:
Check with Human Resources at your company to see if they will match your donation. Fill out the necessary forms, send your gift and the forms to CPS, and we'll do the rest.

Questions:
Please contact Mary O'Neill at (510) 420-2331 or mary_oneill@college-prep.org.


The acceptance of any gift by The College Preparatory School is governed by the school's Gift Acceptance Policy. All donors considering a planned gift shall be urged to seek their own
counsel in matters relating to such planned gifts, tax and estate planning.

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