Help us build respect for IP
Please donate with the credit card of your choice through CIPU's official PayPal link here. No registration is required and it takes less than two minutes.
Your support enables awareness and education
Support for CIPU is provided by businesses, inventors, individuals, content creators, and organizations. They believe understanding intellectual property benefits innovation, creativity and society.
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The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law and directly support CIPU's educational programs, research, publications and outreach.
Donate by PayPal®
Please donate by credit or debit card through CIPU’s official PayPal link here.
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To donate by check or wire, to provide a gift of appreciated stock, or if you have questions, please contact please contact CIPU at contributions@understandingip.org.
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Your gift can be directed toward CIPU’s general mission or to fund a specific event, research project, activity or speaker.
Tax-deductible giving
Please remember CIPU in your estate plan.
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CIPU accepts gifts of appreciated stock, mutual funds or from donor-advised funds, as well as mandatory IRA or other distributions. These gifts can avoid taxes while having an immediate positive impact on IP literacy.
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For further information, including instructions on how to make a gift of stock, IRA transfer or planned gift, please contact us.
Donor's corner
You can donate appreciated assets directly to CIPU
If you have stock, real estate or other assets that have increased in value over the years you can gift them directly to a qualified charity like CIPU, in most cases avoiding capital gains taxes.
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Gifting appreciated assets to CIPU also avoids the inconvenience of having to sell them, as well as avoids having to pay tax on the gain.
Donate all or a portion of your annual Required Minimum IRA Distribution to CIPU -- avoid having to pay income tax on it
If you are 70½ or older and have an IRA or inherited IRA, you may contribute up to $100,000 directly from your IRA to a qualified 501(c)(3) charity like CIPU and avoid including the distribution as personal income. In some cases that represents a tax savings of 40% or more of your annual Required Minimum Distribution.
CIPU is a qualified charity. A QCD can be made directly from your IRA by the financial organization of your choice.
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The distribution may be counted as your annual required minimum IRA distribution. A qualified charitable distribution (QCD) can be contributed to one or more charities within the annual limit, so you need not be limited to CIPU. A QCD may not be subject to state income, depending on the state.
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*You should confirm your particular tax treatment with your tax professional.