What We Do
Leadership Giving
The Office of Individual Giving (OIG) qualifies, cultivates, solicits, and stewards potential donors, predominantly MIT alumni and parents capable of making gifts of $100K and above. The group’s fundraising efforts are driven by the work of individual relationship managers and rely on strong collaborations with MIT’s schools and the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing, and the MIT Alumni Association (reunions and class giving), and on partnerships with MIT senior leaders. OIG coordinates regional donor cultivation events and nonpresidential senior officer travel. Volunteer management, in collaboration with the MIT Corporation Development Committee, rounds out OIG’s work.
Gift Planning
The Office of Gift Planning (OGP) is responsible for managing the administration of gifts made through MIT that provide income, including charitable remainder trusts and gift annuities. The office also oversees bequests, MIT donor-advised funds, IRA qualified charitable distributions, trusts and estates settlements, and illiquid gifts.
Learn more about making a planned gift at MIT.
OGP works closely with the Office of Individual Giving, the Office of Philanthropic Partnerships, and the MIT Alumni Association to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward planned gifts. The Katharine Dexter McCormick (1904) Society honors individuals who support MIT’s mission through bequests, life-income funds, and other planned-gift arrangements. In collaboration with Communications, Events, Donor Relations & Stewardship, OGP produces an email newsletter providing insights into planned-giving strategies that can help donors meet financial goals while supporting MIT’s mission. Additionally, the group manages the memorial gifts and special constituencies program.
