How to Give

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Please make your check payable to MCDS and send to Development Office at 5221 Paradise Drive, Corte Madera, CA 94925.

Credit card donations may be made online or by contacting the Development Office at (415) 927-5998

1. Please alert the MCDS Development Office of an upcoming stock transfer. Because your name will not accompany the electronic transfer of shares, we need the following information in order to acknowledge your gift correctly and issue a proper tax credit: donor name/contact information name of stock, and number of shares being transferred.

The Development Office
Cheyenne Rodriguez (crodriguez@mcds.org)
415-927-5998

2. Instruct your broker to transfer the shares to the MCDS brokerage account and provide the following information.*

Charles Schwab Account #5306-9574
DTC #0164
MCDS TAX ID#94-1375791

Schwab Telephone: (800) 435-4000

The date of your gift for tax purposes is the date shares hit the MCDS account. The gift value will be the average share price on that date.

* A donor with his or her own Schwab account also needs to provide Schwab with written instructions to journal the shares to the MCDS account.

To wire money into our First Republic Bank account please contact us at wires@mcds.org for the wire transfer instructions.

To make a gift through a donor advised fund, please request a grant distribution through your DAF.

Please alert the MCDS Development Office that you requested a grant distribution, so we can let you know when it arrives.

Many employers offer matching gift programs that will increase the value of a donor's gift. Please use Double the Donation to learn if your company offers a matching gift program or contact your human resources office to obtain the necessary paperwork or information and send to MCDS, 5221 Paradise Drive, Corte Madera, CA 94925, Attn: Development Office.  Please call Ellen McGlynn with questions.

You may make a pledge to MCDS online or by contacting the Development Office at (415) 927-5937.

Pledges are payable by May 15th.

To make a cryptocurrency donation, please fill out the form below to create an invoice. The form will then ask you to login into your account to pay.

Please alert the MCDS Development Office of an upcoming cryptocurrency transfer. The donor's name doesn't always accompany the transfer and we need the following information in order to acknowledge your gift correctly and issue a proper tax credit: donor name/contact information, name of cryptocurrency, and amount transferred.

Non-cash gifts, or tangible gifts-in-kind, can be made to Marin Country Day School in support of school needs. For more information, please contact the Development Office at (415) 927-5937.

Planned Giving and bequests help ensure that MCDS will continue to provide a challenging, inspirational and nurturing education to future generations of students. Your commitment to the school will be part of a wonderful tradition of generosity which goes back to our earliest years, when an anonymous family made possible the purchase of our site on Paradise Drive.  Those who have included MCDS in their estate plans or who have made a deferred gift become members of the Mendenhall Society which honors our founders, Barbara and Ernest Mendenhall. 

Planned Gifts include:

Making a bequest to Marin Country Day School in your will
Making MCDS the beneficiary of a retirement account or life insurance policy
Creating a charitable trust
Making a gift of real estate or other tangible property.

For inquiries, please contact Ellen McGlynn, Director of Development at emcglynn@mcds.org or 415-927-5937