Each year, donations to the Renaissance School of Medicine Fund for Excellence fund research, award student scholarships and distribute funds where needed the most.

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Donations to the Renaissance School of Medicine provide much-needed financial aid to medical school students each year. With the rising cost of a medical education, this scholarship helps ease the financial burden many students face and increases the diversity of medical school students.

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Your gift may be made through an outright contribution of cash, securities, real estate or other real or personal property, as well as through planned, annual giving, estate gifts such as bequests and trusts, and life income gifts, such as charitable gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts. We also welcome your pledge. Pledges of more than $5,000 may be fulfilled over a multi-year period (up to five years).

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Gifts may be made by check, money order or credit card. The Stony Brook Foundation accepts MasterCard, Visa, American Express or Discover:
You can make your gift here.

Checks and money orders should be made payable to the Stony Brook Foundation. 
Please indicate “unrestricted” or any special designation “ex. Fund #, “Renaissance School of Medicine, scholarships, etc.” on the check’s memo section.
Please mail to:

Checks are credited in the year postmarked on the outer envelope. You will receive a receipt from the Foundation, as well as a year-end receipt of all your giving for tax purposes.

Make it easy. Give monthly.
When you become a Renaissance School of Medicine monthly donor, you help ensure that we have what’s needed to reach our philanthropic goals.

Please make a monthly donation to the Renaissance School of Medicine at our secure online giving page.

You may be able to increase the value of your gift if your company or employer has a matching gift program.  

More about matching gifts here.

A gift of appreciated securities may be an advantageous way for you to give to Stony Brook University’s Renaissance School of Medicine while avoiding or reducing capital gains taxes.

If you choose to use depreciated securities to make your gift, in most cases, it will be more advantageous to sell the shares and give the proceeds to the Renaissance School of Medicine. 

Please consult with your legal and financial advisor.

More on how to make a gift of stock.

Planned gifts  help you retain or receive income in addition to providing vital resources to the students and faculty of the Renaissance School of Medicine.

Please consult your legal and financial advisors to determine the tax advantages of making a planned gift. 

More on how to make a planned gift to the Renaissance School of Medicine.

Endowments are perpetual and offer you the opportunity to support multiple generations of patients, practitioners, and physician-researchers, thereby making a lasting impact. 

If you are interested in making a “gift that keeps on giving,” please review our Endowment Gift Page for more details.