Giving

DONATIONS 

FOR ONLINE GIVING using either Credit Card or ACH donations CLICK HERE

Donations and communication sent by postal mail should be addressed to:
CEO
P. O. Box 6578
Charlottesville, VA
22906

If a street address is required, please contact Abby at [email protected] or give us a call at: (434) 242-6289

Learn More about CEO at our accrediting agency website: ECFA. CLICK HERE

FAQs

How much of my donation is spent on administration?

9.8% of your donation was used for administration in FY24 (ended 6-30-24). This means that 90.2% of your donation is invested in ministry!

I have lost some of our receipts, how can I get a total summary of our giving for the calendar year?

Simple, just email [email protected] and we will be glad to send that out to you via email or via postal mail (or both!).

Can I make an EFT to CEO?

As a small organization, we have to be very careful of our administrative costs. Currently, the most efficient means for processing EFTs is through our Online Giving Portal.

Alternatively, many donors also use their bank’s online bill pay service to send their donation to CEO / P.O. Box 6578 / Charlottesville, VA 22903

How do I make sure an “end-of-year-gift” is receipted in the year I want?

The IRS requires that an online donation be initiated before 11:59 on December 31 in a given year. Likewise, if you initiate a bank generated check on December 31, be sure that the date on that machine run check is 12-31. These type check have no postmark and we go by the date on the check which is the date the check was initiated.

Likewise if a gift is mailed to CEO / P.O. Box 6578 / Charlottesville, VA 22903 in MUST BE POSTMARKED by 12-31 of the year in question. If a person puts a donation in the mailbox on 12-31, there is no guarantee that it will have the proper postmark. Please consult your local post office.

The Top 10 Year-end Giving/Receipting Issues, thanks to the ECFA website:

  • If a single gift of $250 or more is given by check, a gift acknowledgment must be obtained by the donor to qualify the gift as a charitable deduction.
  • A donor must obtain a gift acknowledgment for any amount of currency to qualify the gift as a charitable deduction.
  • Donors providing out-of-pocket expenses relating to performing services for a church or charity must obtain a proper acknowledgment for gifts of $250 or more.
  • Givers need a charitable gift acknowledgment on or before the due date of their tax return (including extensions) or the date their tax return is filed, whichever is earlier.
  • For purposes of the gift acknowledgment, the donor is generally the person or entity named on the check/bank draft, or the credit card holder.
  • If a check is mailed to a church or charity, the date of the postmark generally determines the year in which the gift is deductible.
  • All gift acknowledgments must include a statement that no goods or services were provided in exchange for a gift (or the fair market value of the goods or services provided must be identified)
  • The fair market value of donated property should not be reflected on a gift acknowledgment by a church or charity.
  • When a gift of over $75 is received by a church or charity and goods or services are received by the donor in exchange, the church or charity must inform the donor of the limitation of the tax deductibility of the payment and must provide a good faith estimate of the fair market value of the goods or services provided.
  • There is generally no basis to refund a charitable contribution to a donor.

Where do I reach out for help?

We are happy to answer your questions. You may email us at [email protected].

Thank you for your support.