Legal Name, Tax ID, and Tax Exempt Information

If you plan to include Middlebury in your estate planning documents, our legal name and corporate title is "The President and Fellows of Middlebury College."

Tax ID

Our Tax Identification number is 03-0179298

Tax Exempt Information

Middlebury College, as represented by our legal name of "The President and Fellows of Middlebury College," is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization and as such is listed in IRS publication 78, Cumulative List of Organizations described in Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 198.  Publication 78 is a list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions.  You may access an online version of publication 78 at: http://www.irs.gov/app/pub-78/Publication 78, Cumulative List of Organizations described in Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions.

Middlebury College's tax exempt status is documented by the certificate issued by the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury on January 19, 2007. To view or download a copy of this certificate you may click here.

Sample Bequest Language

Click here to review some sample bequest language.  The Office of Gift Planning can assist you and your advisors in drafting additional language for more complex bequests.

If you desire your bequest to be restricted to a particular fund or purpose, we ask that you speak with us prior to finalizing your estate planning documents so we can help make sure that your intentions can be fulfilled.

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