Art Eccleston
IFC Donor & Volunteer
IFC is powered by community!
Ways to Give at Year End
Over half of IFC’s funding comes from community members who believe everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive. You can support IFC through monthly giving, planned giving, retirement distributions, donor-advised funds, gifts of stock/securities, workplace giving, and in-kind donations.
Inter-Faith Council for Social Service (IFC) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, and your donation is tax deductible. EIN 59-1224041.
In May 2026, IFC launched a year-long effort to grow private giving by 35% to meet rising needs for food, shelter, and stable housing across Orange County. As we approach the end of 2026, we are encouraging everyone in our community to increase their annual support by 25% to help us reach this goal.
How to Make Your Year-End Gift
There are many ways to make a year-end gift, and some of them require a little advanced planning—see details and deadlines below.
- QCDs and Gifts from Your IRA: Contact your IRA administrator as early as possible in December or sooner; the gift must be completed by the applicable year-end deadline.
- Donor Advised Funds (DAFs): Submit your recommendation as early as possible in December or sooner, as your DAF provider may have an earlier deadline.
- Gifts of Stock and Securities: Contact IFC and initiate your transfer as early as possible and before Friday, December 18, to allow time for processing before December 31.
For one-time gifts by credit card, cash, or check, please note the following:
- Gifts by Credit Card: The easiest way to make a year-end gift is to give online through IFC’s secure donation form. Give online by 11:59 p.m. on December 31 for your gift to be processed as a 2026 contribution.
- Gifts by Check or Cash: Mail to or drop off at Inter-Faith Council for Social Service, 110 W. Main Street, Carrboro, NC 27510. For a gift to count toward your 2026 giving to IFC, your check should be postmarked by December 31, 2026. If you’re mailing a check close to the deadline, please allow enough time for postal delivery and processing.
Gifts from Retirement Accounts
Funds from an IRA or 401k can be among the most tax-efficient gifts to share with IFC. Donating from these accounts can avoid income tax for you or your heirs, and IFC is able to use 100% of the gift value to support our community.
Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs): In tax year 2026, if you are age 70 ½ or older, you may transfer up to $111,000 from your IRA directly to IFC. Contact your brokerage to make a direct transfer, so you may avoid or defer taxable income.
If you are at least 73 years old, these gifts also help satisfy your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD).
Donor Advised Funds (DAFs)
Contributions to a DAF are immediately tax deductible, and you can recommend recurring grants to IFC over time. You may also designate IFC as a beneficiary of a DAF, establishing a future legacy gift. Talk to your DAF manager about directing a gift to IFC today!
Gifts of Stock and Securities
Donating appreciated stock or mutual funds held for more than one year to IFC enables you to deduct the fair market value from your taxable income. Neither you or IFC will pay capital gains tax.
Give Monthly: Join IFC’s Solidarity Circle!
Recurring monthly contributions provide dependable support that ensures neighbors facing hardship can access resources year-round, creating the stable foundation that makes lasting change possible.
Together, 172 donors in IFC’s Solidarity Circle contribute more than $10,720 each month. Now, that’s the power of community!
Bequests: Leave a Legacy of Community Care
By including IFC in your will or estate plans, you help ensure that neighbors facing hardship will find food, shelter, and support, and sustain IFC’s generational commitment to confront the underlying causes of poverty in our community.
You may choose to:
- Include IFC in your will or revocable (living) trust.
- Designate IFC as a primary or contingent beneficiary of a retirement account, donor advised fund, or life insurance policy. You can conveniently complete a beneficiary designation form provided by your account administrator, often accessible online.
Consult with your financial or legal advisor for specific information and advice relative to your goals. Please let IFC know about your plans by completing a non-binding IFC Legacy Gift Information Form so that we may ensure your gift is used according to your wishes.
Workplace Giving & Matching Gifts
Many companies offer a matching gift programs and workplace giving campaigns. IFC supporters double their impact through employers like Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC, IBM, and more! Ask your employer about matching gift options today!
You can designate support to IFC through these workplace giving campaigns:
- United Way of the Greater Triangle #540 To find out if your employer participates in United Way charitable payroll deductions, contact your employer’s human resources department.
- State Employees Combined Campaign Current and retired North Carolina state employees can donate to IFC in 2027 through the State Employees Combined Campaign! Use code 3885.
In-Kind Donations
Each program area has a list of most-needed items that is updated regularly:
Inter-Faith Council for Social Service (IFC) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, and your donation is tax deductible. EIN 59-1224041. IFC has a four-star rating on Charity Navigator.
Why I Support IFC
I am inspired by IFC’s staff, leadership, volunteers, and especially by the strength and resourcefulness of the people who rely on IFC’s services and who have built a caring community.
I am grateful for being an active participant in IFC activities. It is such a critical institution to the welfare of the local community.
Don Arbuckle
IFC Board Member & Volunteer
There is so much need in the community and it is growing day by day. As a volunteer, I see the huge needs and issues in our community due to lack of affordable housing, grinding poverty, and a shrinking social safety net. I have great respect for IFC and the difficult work that you do and I love my time at the food pantry every week.
Salli Benedict
IFC Donor & Volunteer
I support IFC because we heal as individuals and collectively through the power of community. I am retired and living on a small, fixed income, yet every dollar I give is like a thread that gets woven into the tapestry of our community. I give monthly and I have also made a bequest to IFC in my will. We are living in very hard times now, but the seeds of a more just and kinder society are being planted in places like IFC.
Shabari Case
IFC’s Solidarity Circle
Contact
To learn more about supporting IFC or start a conversation about a way you’d like to give, please contact:
Donor Development Manager
Katherine Hester Doehring (she/her)
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