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Giving stock benefits you and DC’s most vulnerable children.

Children’s Law Center appreciates and welcomes gifts of stock – which can provide benefits to you while also generously helping thousands of children and families across our community.  

When you give Children’s Law Center a gift of appreciated stock, you receive a tax deduction for the value of the donated stock and will not have to pay capital gains tax on the appreciation.  


To donate stock to Children’s Law Center, please complete these two steps: 

  1. Transfer Securities. Please contact our broker directly for transfer instructions:
    1. Trip McLaughlin
      1. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management  
      2. (202) 862-9152  
      3. trip.mclaughlin@ms.com  
      4. Account Name: Children’s Law Center, Inc.  
      5. Account: #642-064101  
      6. DTC: #0015  
    2. Make sure your broker includes your name and contact information in the text comment field of the DTC transfer screen.  
  2. Notify us of your stock gift.  Your contact information may not transmit with the transferred securities, so it is important that you provide us with your name and contact information so that we can thank you! Please contact Brian Shook at bshook@childrenslawcenter.org or 202-467-4900 (Ext: 583) with the number of shares and the name of the stock to be transferred.