As a donor, you may transfer securities or stock in your name to the Missouri Institute of Natural Science.  The Institute may choose to either retain the securities and stock until such time that it is in the advantage of the Institute to sell it and use the proceeds of the sale for any of its activities or programs or the Institute may choose to sell the securities immediately.

When you donate securities and stock to the Missouri Institute of Natural Science, you receive in income tax deduction for the current fair market value of the securities, regardless of the acquisition cost of the securities.  No capital gains tax is levied on the securities that are donated to the Institute and you may, if you so wish, direct your securities gift to a particular activity or program of the Institute.  Securities may be used to make a one-time gift now or to fund a life-income gift over a period of time that you designate to the Institute.