Important Holiday and Year-End Information

Holiday Hours

The Packard Center development office will be closed for the winter holidays from December 24, 2025, through January 1, 2026. We will reopen on Friday, January 2, 2025. If you need immediate assistance, please contact Meg Whiteford, Sr. Associate Director of Development, at [email protected] or 410-955-8684.

25th Anniversary – $200,000 Match

In celebration of the Packard Center’s 25^th Anniversary, Robert Packard’s family has offered a generous match. For every gift made through January 31, 2026, all gifts will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to a total of $200,000.

Ways to Make a Year-End Gift

Here are the ways to support the Packard Center at calendar-year-end and potentially secure a matching gift:

Online Giving– Make a credit card gift through the Packard Center online giving page by 11:59 pm EST on 12/31/25

Credit Card or Bank Draft (ACH) over the Phone:

Call 1-833-JHGIFTS/1-833-544-4387 by 5:00 pm EST on 12/31/2025.
The call center will be open 9:00 am – 5:30 pm EST Monday-Friday. The call center is open until 5:00 pm EST on December 24 and December 31. The call center is closed on December 25, 2025, December 26, 2025, and January 1, 2026.
Please Note: This 3^rd-party phone bank will be staffing all of Johns Hopkins. Please indicate that your gift is to support the Packard Center (PACK) for ALS Research

Check – Please postmark on or before 12/31/25 and mail to:

Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins
Attn: Meg Whiteford
855 N. Wolfe Street, Suite 270
Baltimore, MD 21205

Note: If you send a check via a private courier service (FedEx, UPS, or DHL), it is credited based on the date of delivery, when the package is signed for a Johns Hopkins, NOT the date sent.

Checks sent by private courier can be received 12/26/25 through 12/31/25 if they are delivered to:

Johns Hopkins University
Office of Advancement Services
ATTN: Revenue Management
3910 Keswick Road, Suite N2100
Baltimore, MD 21211

Securities Gifts – Please use this Formstack form to facilitate the transaction before 12/31/25 and:

Choose Robert Packard Center in the Gift Allocation drop-down menu
Enter ALS Research in the Designation Description.

Wire/ACH – Please contact Meg Whiteford for this information