Year-End Giving Deadlines To Know

Thank you for supporting WUNC Radio! Because our business office will be closed December 24 through January 1, we wanted to share some important year-end giving deadlines with you.

Donating Stock and Other Securities

Electronic transfers must be out of your control and received by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Wells Fargo Advisors brokerage account by 3:30 p.m. on December 31. Please email Jennifer Fusco (jfusco@wunc.org) with your name, the number of shares, and the name of stock(s) transferred as a gift to WUNC Radio. For stock transfer instructions please click here: [More Information]

IRA Qualified Charitable Distribution Gift

IRA Qualified Charitable Distribution Gifts can be sent directly to WUNC by your IRA Administrator with the same receipt requirements as checks (postmarked by December 31).

PLEASE NOTE: If you write a check from an IRA checkbook, IRS requirements dictate these checks must be debited from your account by December 31 to qualify in the current tax year’s distributions. To help ensure that WUNC receives and deposits your gift before the end of the year, please mail your check by December 15. [More Information]

Credit Card Donations

Gifts for the current calendar year can be made online at WUNC.org until 11:59 p.m. on December 31. You can also call 800-962-9862 to make a credit card donation by phone. Your gift must be charged by 11:59 p.m. to count in the current calendar year, so please call or start the online donation form with plenty of time for your gift to be charged before the new year begins at midnight!

If you want to mail in a credit card gift, please make sure it arrives by December 17. The postmark date does not apply for credit card gifts received by mail. Your credit card must be charged by December 31 to count as a gift in this tax year.

Mailing a Donation Check

To ensure that your mailed donation check is postmarked by December 31, it must be picked up from your mailbox or delivered to a USPS location before their last collection time on December 31. We'll use the postmark date on the envelope as the date of your gift for your tax receipt. Our mailing address is: WUNC Radio, 120 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27517.

NOTE: If you are using an IRA checkbook, please mail it by December 15 to ensure your gift arrives and is deposited before the end of the year.

Cash Gifts by Wire Transfer:

Gifts of cash to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s cash account must be received by 4 p.m. on December 31. Please alert UNC that your gift is coming and that it is designated to WUNC by calling 919-537-3818 or or emailing giving@unc.edu. [Click here for transfer instructions]