End-of-Year Giving to the DCF
You can make a gift that can benefit causes you care about and your 2025 taxes until midnight December 31, even when the DCF offices are closed!
About Making Tax-Advantaged Charitable Gifts to the DCF
If you wish to make a gift within the 2025 tax year, you may contribute by:
Credit Card
Complete your transaction by 11:59 p.m. on December 31 by:
- Giving to the DCF Leadership Campaign.
- Giving to an existing fund at the DCF.
- Establish a new charitable fund.
Check
Mail and postmark your check by Dec. 31.
Stock Transfer
It takes time to donate stock because it takes time for the sale and then the transfer to clear. If you would like to donate stock, begin the process as early as possible. Speak with your broker in advance to ensure that we receive the stock gift by close of business on Dec. 31. For assistance, contact Michelle Painter at 302-504-5227 as soon as possible.
Donation of Other Non-Cash Assets
The DCF accepts many illiquid assets as charitable gifts. The amount of time needed to accept these gifts varies. To discuss the possibilities, contact Rebecca Elzey at 302-504-5234.
How to Recommend a Grant from Your DAF
To make a grant recommendation from your donor advised fund, go to the donor portal or contact Cassie DiSabatino at 302.504.5230.
If a grant recommendation is submitted by Thursday, December 19, funds will be issued by Tuesday, Dec. 31. If a grant recommendation is submitted after Dec. 19, we will do our best to issue funds by the end of the year.
Please remember, fundholders do not realize a tax benefit when grants are issued from existing charitable funds, so issuance after Dec. 31, 2025, will not affect 2025 taxes.