Ways to Give

List of 8 items.

• Give Online

  We accept American Express, MasterCard, and Visa. Click here to donate using our secure online form.

• Give by Mail

  Checks, from a personal account, Donor Advised Fund or Family Foundation, should be made payable to “The Fessenden School” and mailed to:
  
  

  The Fessenden School
  Attn: Advancement Office
  250 Waltham Street
  West Newton, MA 02465

  
  Please specify if you are supporting the Annual Fund or another fund with your check. If you have questions, please call the Advancement Office at 617-630-2310.

• Give by Phone

  If you would like to make your pledge or gift by telephone with your credit card, please call the Advancement Office at 617-630-2310.

• Give by Venmo

  You may make your gift through the Venmo app @Fessenden. 

• Donate through Workplace Giving

  Many companies offer their employees a platform to facilitate personal donations and matching gift opportunities. To submit a donation through this vehicle, please contact your Human Resources Office about eligibility and additional information Fessenden may need to provide in the process. 

  
  Oftentimes, payments from these platforms are processed quarterly. Therefore, please notify the Office of Institutional Advancement at 617-630-2310 or by email with details of your gift amount and employer’s name so we can confirm receipt.

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• Give a Gift of Securities

  Please contact the Advancement Office at 617-630-2310 or by email to let us know of your intention to make a gift of stock. Since brokers do not always inform us about a gift, providing details of your transfer will ensure that your gift is credited correctly.
  
  

  When you contact the Advancement Office, please have the following information at hand:
  
  

  • Full name of the donor(s)
  • Name of the stock
  • Number of shares
  • Date of transfer
  • Intended use (i.e., Annual Fund)
  • Name and telephone number of your broker

  
  The preferred method of receiving stocks is via DTC to our agent at Wells Fargo Advisors. Your broker will need the following information:
  
  

  • DTC #0141
  • Fessenden's Acct. #3188-3237

  
  Fessenden’s Broker:

  
  

  Wells Fargo Advisors

  130 Turner Street, 8th Floor – Building 3

  Waltham, MA 02453

  Phone: (781) 472-7800 or (800) 225-9184

  Fax: (781) 472-7880

  
  Please note: According to IRS tax code (Regulation 1.170A-1(b)), gifts of securities received via DTC will be acknowledged using the mean value of the stock on the day it is received into the Fessenden School's account at Wells Fargo Advisors.

• Make a Wire Transfer

  WIRE TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS

   

  To speak to someone in the Fessenden Business Office call 617-630-2350.
  
  

  Domestic Wiring Instructions

   

  First Republic Bank

  111 Pine Street

  San Francisco, CA 94111

   

  ABA No:  321081669

  Account No: 80006254025

  For the Account of: The Fessenden School 

   

  International Wiring Instructions (Foreign or US Currency sent from banks outside the US)

   

  First Republic Bank

  111 Pine Street

  San Francisco, CA 94111

   

  Swift # FRBBUS6S

  Beneficiary Bank: First Republic Bank

  ABA No:  321081669

   

  For the Account of: The Fessenden School

  Account No: 80006254025

• Give a Planned Gift

  Help Fessenden remain strong for generations to come with a planned gift. Please contact Abby Buccella, Director of Institutional Advancement, at 617-630-2326 so that we may include you in The Frederick James Fessenden Society, which honors individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to the future of The Fessenden School in their estate plans through a bequest, charitable trust, gift annuity, life insurance, or another planning vehicle.