Investing In Community Wellbeing

Hawai‘i Community Foundation
Year-End Giving Tax-Saving Ideas and Deadlines

 

Tax-Saving Ideas

As we approach the end of 2024, take a look at this one-page brief packed with tips and strategies to help you save on taxes as you make your year-end gifts.

2024 Giving and Grant Recommendation Deadlines

The following is this year’s deadline schedule for charitable giving, which can help ensure that your end-of-year gift will be applied to the 2024 tax year and your grants are received by December 31, 2024.

  • Grant recommendations should be made by Monday, December 2, 2024, to ensure checks are received by the nonprofit by the end of the year. Please email your recommendations to your HCF contact or use DonorSphere.
  • Gifts of appreciated stock: Make your stock gift by Friday, December 13, 2024. (While stock transfers completed by Tuesday, December 31, 2024, will qualify, submitting earlier will help avoid potential delays.)
  • Checks sent via the U.S. Postal Service to HCF must be postmarked on or before Tuesday, December 31, 2024.
  • Checks sent via carriers such as FedEx, UPS and DHL must be physically received at any HCF office on or before Friday, December 27, 2024.
  • Wire transfers of cash must be initiated no later than Friday, December 20, 2024. 
  • Credit card gifts can be made online on or before Tuesday, December 31, 2024, here.

If you miss a deadline, we will do our best to meet the 2024 requirements, but unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that your gift will apply to the 2024 tax year or that your grant is received by the nonprofit by December 31, 2024.

HCF will be closed on the following days:

  • Tuesday, December 24, 2024, at noon through Wednesday, December 25, 2024.
  • Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at noon through Wednesday, January 1, 2025.

For assistance, please contact any one of our staff here.

Donor Services is also available to help you and can be reached at 808.566.5560 or donorservices@hcf-hawaii.org.