Year-End Giving Deadlines

The Greater Chicago Food Depository will be closed on December 25 and January 1. We will reopen on December 26 and January 2. If you would like to make a year-end donation, please review the following deadlines to ensure your gift qualifies as a charitable deduction in 2024.

Gifts by Mail: Postmarked by Tuesday, December 31, 2024, and physically received at the Greater Chicago Food Depository by Tuesday, January 7th, 2025

Please send to:
Greater Chicago Food Depository
4100 W. Ann Lurie Drive
Chicago, IL 60632

Electronic Gifts: Received in the Greater Chicago Food Depository’s account by 3 p.m. (CST) on Tuesday, December 31, 2024.

Gifts by Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA):
Your IRA administrator must remove the funds from your account by December 31, 2024, for the donation to qualify for 2024. If it’s a check-writing feature on your IRA, your check must clear your account by December 31 to count toward your required minimum distribution for the calendar year. Please ensure your gift is sent well before December 31, 2024 to be processed by our accounting team.

Gifts by Stock and Security: Our brokerage office will be closed on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. To ensure that your stock gift qualifies for a 2024 charitable deduction, please have your stock gift arrive by Friday, December 27, 2024.

Gifts by Credit Card: Made by 10:59 p.m. (CST)* on December 31, 2024, on our secure online donation site

**Our credit card processor operates in the Eastern Time Zone

We appreciate your support and hope you have a great holiday.