How to donate to PBS News Hour through a Donor Advised Fund

PBS News Hour is a subsidiary of WETA. Please select “Greater Washington Educational Telecommunication Association, Inc. (WETA), EIN# 53-0242992” as the beneficiary of your grant and designate PBS News Hour in the notes field. For more information, please contact Alyson Brokenshire at [email protected] or 703-998-2693. You can learn more about giving from a DAF and find your DAF organization here.

Donating appreciated stock or securities

Stock or mutual funds that have been held longer than one year and have appreciated in value may be donated to WETA to benefit the PBS News Hour and may provide you with tax savings. When you give appreciated stock or securities, you avoid paying capital-gains tax on the increased value of your asset. You may also be entitled to a charitable tax deduction for the full fair market value of your stock. When considering gifts of stock, we
recommend you consult with your financial adviser.

PBS News Hour is produced by NewsHour Productions, LLC a wholly-owned non-profit subsidiary of WETA. When providing instructions to your broker, please be sure to have the stock transfer clearly designate the donation to the Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. (WETA). Our Federal Tax Identification Number is 53-0242992.

Your broker will need the following information to complete the transfer/donation:

• DTC# – 8862
• Account # – 7wd-04255
• Merrill Lynch, 1800 K ST NW, STE 800, Washington, DC 20006
• Broker: George L. Balboa, Jr., (202) 659-6112; [email protected]

Please notify WETA of your pending stock donation to benefit the PBS News Hour so that we can appropriately credit your gift to the News Hour. Call Debbie Eliason at (703) 998-1834 or send an email to [email protected] with the name and estimated shares of stock you are giving to PBS News Hour so that we may thank you in a timely manner when the gift is received.

Wire transfer

For wire transfers, WETA maintains a business checking account with Bank of
America Merrill Lynch. Prior to wire transfer please contact Debbie Eliason,
[email protected] or (703) 998-1834 so that we can appropriately credit your gift to the
News Hour. Contact us for more information about wire transfers.

Include PBS News Hour in your Will, Trust or IRA

Should you wish to include PBS News Hour in your Will or Trust, the following language may assist you and your attorney in preparing your bequest:

“I give (insert dollar amount or percentage of estate) to the Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. (WETA), located at 3939 Campbell Avenue, Arlington, VA 22206, to be designated to PBS News Hour. If, at the time of this gift, due to a change in circumstances, PBS News Hour is no longer in production by WETA, the WETA Board of Trustees may designate such other use, which, in their opinion, most closely fits my original intent.”

WETA is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. WETA’s Federal tax identification number is 53-0242992.