Invest in durable solutions—and in tomorrow’s leaders.
The Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability unites the deep expertise found at a top-tier research university with the action orientation of the most effective organizations in the private and public sectors. It’s an unusual combo–and it gets results.
Timely support from donors like you enables us to proactively respond to today’s most pressing energy and environmental problems. For nearly two decades, our actionable research and analysis—as well as our experts’ direct engagement with policymakers, businesses, and communities—have helped decision-makers do their best work. Leaders value us as a neutral, credible partner who can facilitate productive collaboration across sectors and party lines.
Your support also helps equip tomorrow’s leaders. Students across Duke University eagerly engage with our robust slate of educational programming and co-curricular experiences, gearing up to champion environmental progress in the future.
Your gift will fuel our continued nonpartisan efforts to accelerate energy and environmental solutions—and to equip tomorrow’s leaders.
Give by Mail
Please make checks payable to “Duke University” with a note in the memo section specifying your intent to support the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability. Please mail your gift to the following address:
Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Duke University
Box 90467
Durham, NC 27708
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Questions? Please contact the Alumni & Development Records Office at stockgifts@duke.edu or 919.684.2338.
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Legacy and Planned Gifts
A gift to the Nicholas Institute can be part of a smart financial plan. Let the Office of Gift Planning at Duke University help you and your financial advisors develop a gift plan that meets your financial and philanthropic goals. A properly planned gift may help you reduce or eliminate capital gains and gift and estate taxes. You may realize immediate tax savings as well.
You can explore different gift plans in detail on Duke's Gift Planning website. If you have already established a planned gift for the Nicholas Institute, please complete our legacy gift form so that we may properly thank you for your generous support and formally welcome you into the Duke Tower Society (formally the Heritage Society). For more information about planned giving, please contact Tamisha Keith at tamisha.keith@duke.edu.
Questions?
Contact Kate Shivar, Director of Development.