Year End Giving and Grantmaking

As we approach the holiday season and the close of 2024, CFWNC is here to help you with your year-end giving and grantmaking. Below please find our end-of-year giving and granting deadlines. Please note these important dates, so that we can provide the best possible service to you. 

Holiday Hours

  • CFWNC’s offices will be closed on November 25-29, December 24 (1 pm), December 25 and January 1. 
  • Except as noted above, CFWNC is open Monday-Friday from 9:00 am- 5:00 pm.

For gifts:

  • Gifts of appreciated securities should be made by Friday, December 13, 2024. Contact Melissa Crouse or 828-367-9918 for assistance. To properly account for your gift, CFWNC needs to know the type of security, number of shares and date of transfer.
  • Credit card gifts should be made by Monday, December 30, 2024, to ensure timely posting by the credit card company.
  • Checks sent via FedEx must be physically received on or before December 31, 2024.
  • Checks sent via the U.S. Postal Service to CFWNC must be postmarked on or before December 31, 2024.

For checks:

For CFWNC to accept a gift made by check, the check must be payable to "CFWNC" or to "The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina." The fund's name may appear on the check's memo line or in a separate transmittal letter.

For grant recommendations:

  • If you want a grant from your donor advised fund to reach the recommended charity by December 31, please recommend the grant by Friday, December 13. 
  • We will make every effort to process grant recommendations received after this date. If it's imperative that an organization receive a grant by year-end, please make your recommendation as early as possible.
  • The timing of donor advised grants has no effect on 2024 charitable income tax deductions because your charitable contribution was complete when assets were contributed to your donor advised fund.

For existing fundholders wishing to use a QCD from their IRA for end-of-year giving, fund agreements must be established by December 13 to ensure that grants will be distributed by December 31.

If you have any other questions, contact the Development Department for assistance.