Other Ways to Give
Donor Advised Funds
A donor advised fund (DAF) is a charitable giving program that allows you to support Metro Housing|Boston. If you have a donor advised fund, you can use DAF Direct to recommend a gift to Metro Housing|Boston directly from our website.
Just click on the link below to complete your recommendation. If your DAF is not found, please contact your investment management firm and inform them of your intent to support Metro Housing|Boston.
To learn more or to notify us of your interest in donating stock, please contact Rebecca Hasko, Director of Fundraising and Outreach, Rebecca.Hasko@metrohousingboston.org or at 617.425.6632.
Please note: Metro Housing|Boston is unable to accept payment from a DAF for sponsorship packages that include non-tax-deductible benefits for any kind. Please contact your financial advisor for more information.
Stocks, Bond, or Mutual Funds Gifts
When you contribute an appreciated security that you have owned for more than one year to Metro Housing|Boston, you will receive a charitable income tax deduction for its full market value, and you’ll avoid any capital gains tax on the increase in value of the stock since you purchased it.
Please note IRS regulations state that you must have held a security for more than one year in order to take a tax deduction for the full market value.