Year-End Gifts and Grantmaking
The Greater New Orleans Foundation looks forward to assisting you with your year-end giving. We are sharing key deadlines to ensure your philanthropic goals are met. Please contact Nathan Alvarez at nathan@gnof.org or 504.620.5264 with any questions or for assistance with your year-end giving.
Recommending Grants to Nonprofits from Your Fund
Grant recommendations from donor-advised funds submitted by December 13 will be processed by December 17. Grant recommendations may be submitted through your Donor Central account or by contacting the Foundation directly.
Making Gifts to the Greater New Orleans Foundation
All gifts submitted to the Foundation by December 31 will be credited as a 2024 contribution. Make your gift today!
Contribution Type |
Deadline Date |
| Checks or Cash | Must be delivered or postmarked by December 31, 2024. |
| Cash wire transfers | Must be initiated by a date that will ensure the receipt of the funds by the Foundation by December 30. Please include the donor’s name/fund name in the reference section of the transfer. |
| Gifts of securities | Will be acknowledged the day the securities are credited to the Foundation’s brokerage account. Please initiate your stock transfer by December 13 due to the high volume of transfers being processed by brokerage firms at this time. Please include the donor’s name/fund name in the reference section of the transfer. |
| Mutual fund transfers | Must be initiated by December 6 to ensure receipt before the end of the year. Please check with your broker on their internal timelines. |
| IRA Qualified Charitable | As a reminder, qualified charitable distributions from an IRA cannot be used for donor-advised funds. They may be used for designated, field of interest, and other types of funds. Please contact us for help with these types of gifts. |
| Illiquid Assets and Real Estate | We accept gifts of illiquid assets such as closely-held stock, partnership interest and real estate, among others. Gifts must meet the requirements of our Gift Acceptance Policy. Please allow plenty of time for review and approval. |
Please note, the Greater New Orleans Foundation will be closed for the following holidays:
- Thanksgiving (November 28 and 29)
- Christmas Day (December 25)
- New Year’s Day (January 1)