You can find 2024 U.S. tax deadlines and rules below. These are meant to serve as a helpful guide — this isn’t legal advice, and individual situations may vary.
See our detailed guide to charitable tax strategies and FAQ on donations for more information on how to give.
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Donations via credit or debit card, PayPal, or direct debit / ACH
📅 U.S. tax deadline:
All credit or debit card, PayPal, ACH, and Apple/Google Pay donations must be made by 11:59 PM on December 31 in your time zone to be eligible for a 2024 U.S. tax deduction.
✏️ Donation instructions:
Paying online by credit card is the fastest and easiest way to donate, and the safest way to ensure your donation is processed before the end of the year.
While ACH direct debit donations generally take 3-5 days to fully process, donations must be initiated by 11:59 PM on December 31 in order to be eligible for a 2024 U.S. tax deduction.
Check donations
Instead of mailing a check, you can now send an eCheck / direct debit payment by selecting “US bank account” on the second page of our online donation checkout.
- This helps reduce the amount of time our team spends manually processing checks.
- It’s a fast and convenient way for you to send funds directly from your bank account.
- It avoids the potential risk of your check getting lost in the mail by USPS.
📅 U.S. tax deadline:
Check envelopes must be postmarked by USPS on or before December 31 to be eligible for a 2024 U.S. tax deduction.
✏️ Donation instructions:
If mailing a check, you must send it via USPS to:
GiveDirectly, Inc.
PO Box 3221
New York, NY 10008
Checks mailed to GiveDirectly via FedEx, UPS, or other 3rd party carriers will be returned to sender.
Allocate or dedicate your donation (e.g. to a fundraiser or specific program) by noting it in the check memo or emailing [email protected].
Wire transfer donations
📅 U.S. tax deadline:
Wire transfer donations must be received on or before December 31 to be eligible for a 2024 U.S. tax deduction. It can take several business days after a wire is initiated for the transfer to occur.
✏️ Donation instructions:
If you are based in the US, you can now send a direct debit payment by selecting “US bank account” on the second page of our online donation checkout.
If you’d like to initiate your donation from your bank, our bank account details for sending a wire are as follows:
From a U.S. bank account –
Account name: GiveDirectly, Inc.
Account type: Checking
Account number: 120191050
Routing number: 021000021
Bank name: Chase Manhattan Bank
Bank address: 270 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA
Our address: 33 Irving Pl., New York, NY 10003, USA
From an international bank account –
Account number: 120191050
SWIFT number: CHASUS33
Account title: GiveDirectly, Inc.
We do not have an IBAN number, but our bank has assured us that you can send funds to our account using the above information.
Allocate or dedicate your donation (e.g. to a fundraiser or specific program) by noting it in the wire memo or emailing [email protected].
Stock & mutual fund donations
📅 U.S. tax deadline:
Stock transfers must be received on or before December 31 to be eligible for a 2024 U.S. tax deduction.
✏️ Stock donation instructions:
It typically takes several business days after a transfer request is made for the transfer to occur. The details for transferring stock are as follows:
Account name: GiveDirectly, Inc.
Account number: 220-66222
DTC#: 0352
Bank name: J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp
Allocate or dedicate your donation (e.g., to a fundraiser or specific program) by noting it in the transfer memo or emailing [email protected].
✏️ Mutual fund shares donation instructions:
To donate mutual fund shares, please email [email protected] with the following information, which you can find by contacting your brokerage:
Delivering Firm Name:
Delivering Acct #:
Delivering Acct Name:
Share Quantity:
Symbol:
Allocate or dedicate your donation (e.g., to a fundraiser or specific program) by noting it in the transfer memo or emailing [email protected].
Crypto donations
📅 U.S. tax deadline:
Crypto must be transferred by 11:59 PM on December 31 in your time zone to be eligible for a 2024 U.S. tax deduction.
When donating a crypto asset which you have held for more than one year, you may be eligible for a deduction equal to the fair market value of the asset at the date of the donation.
If you have held the asset for one year or less, your deduction’s value will be the lesser of the fair market value of the asset at the time of the donation or the cost basis of the asset. Read more on the IRS website.
Donations via cryptocurrencies will be treated as unrestricted and used where needed most across cash transfers, operations, or fundraising.
✏️ Crypto donation instructions:
See a list of our wallet addresses →
Donor Advised Fund (DAF) donations
📅 U.S. tax deadline:
Grants to GiveDirectly made through DAFs cannot be used to claim a deduction for charitable contributions, as only your donation to your DAF is tax-deductible. Read more on the IRS website.
✏️ DAF donation information:
Processing time for donations varies by the sponsoring organization. It typically takes 4-5 business days between recommendation and arrival for donations made through DAFs.
Allocate or dedicate your donation (e.g., to a fundraiser or specific program) by noting it in the memo or emailing [email protected].
If you’re looking to learn more on U.S. law on tax-deductible charitable donations (including minimum donation size requirements), you can read more on the IRS website.
Check out our FAQ on donations for more information on how to give.