Resources
You can watch our "Year-end generosity" video with tips and tools for planning, giving and granting
Additionally, for your convenience, we pulled together 2026 year-end giving deadlines to ensure your gifts are recognized by the IRS this year and you maximize your potential tax benefits. Scroll down to view these deadlines.
Need further assistance with year-end planning? Contact your Thrivent financial advisor or email
Plan
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Resources to help you engage your family and friends in your generosity.
A collection of resources to help you understand givable assets outside of the cash you have on hand and the money in your bank account.
Your giving plan
These resources help you map out your charitable path.
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Give
Our webpage outlining ways to give and connecting you to the donation method you prefer.
Year-end giving deadlines
Scroll down for 2026 year-end giving deadlines you need to know to ensure your gifts are recognized by the IRS yet this year and maximize your potential tax benefits.
Grant
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Year-end deadlines
Gift type | Deadline | Additional Information |
| Grant requests | Sunday, Dec. 27, 2026 | Grant recommendations received by Sunday, Dec. 27, 2026, via the Submitting your year-end grants early helps charities receive their much-needed funding by Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026. Please consider the higher mailing times and volumes that typically occur during this period. Please note: Grant recommendations submitted by this deadline will be processed in 2026, but grantees may not receive grant checks until 2027. Grant recommendations intended for 2026 delivery to grantees should be submitted earlier in the month. Grants do not need to be issued by year-end for tax purposes. |
| Cash/Checks | Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026 | Thrivent Charitable encourages sending checks via USPS to ensure the gift is recognized in 2026. Mail must be postmarked by USPS on or before Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026. If mailing near a deadline, go to the post office counter and request a hand-canceled postmark. If sent by third-party provider (UPS, FedEx, etc.) mail must be received by Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026. Please note: The IRS does not permit the 2026 postmark from an alternate private delivery service (e.g., UPS or FedEx). Checks sent via one of these services will be dated based on the date checks are received by Thrivent Charitable. |
| Publicly traded securities & Thrivent Mutual Funds | Thursday, Dec. 10, 2026 | Processing times can vary but typically will take two weeks. Please check with your financial firm. To ensure proper processing, Thrivent Charitable suggests initiating this request by Thursday, Dec. 10, 2026. Gifts of mutual funds and securities must be received in Thrivent Charitable’s account by Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026. Please notify Thrivent Charitable regarding all securities transfers to ensure they are anticipated and directed to the correct charitable fund using the |
| Nonpublicly traded securities & Mutual funds held at firm other than Thrivent | Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026 | Processing times can vary but typically will take two to six weeks (e.g., Computershare, EQ Shareowner Services). To ensure proper processing, Thrivent Charitable suggests initiating this request by Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. Gifts of mutual funds and securities must be received in Thrivent Charitable’s account by Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026. Please notify Thrivent Charitable regarding all securities transfers to ensure they are anticipated and directed to the correct charitable fund using the |
| Real estate and complex asset gifts | Contact Thrivent Charitable by Friday, Nov. 13, 2026 Completed by Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026 | Real Estate and complex asset gifts must be completed by Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026. Please contact Thrivent Charitable no later than Friday, Nov. 13, 2026 to begin the due diligence process. Real estate and complex asset gifts for 2026 will be executed on a best-effort basis. |
| Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) from IRAs | Monday, Dec. 14, 2026 | The deadline for making Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) is Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026. Submit requests no later than Monday, Dec. 14, 2026, to ensure receipt by the charity on or before Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026. Please note: QCDs can only be given to a non-advised or endowment fund, not a donor-advised fund. |
| Paper certificates | Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026 | Certificates must be received in good order by Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026. |
| Wire transfers | Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026 | Gifts sent by wire transfer must be received by Thrivent Charitable on or before Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026. |
| Online gifts via website | Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026 | Online gifts must be initiated by the donor on or before Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026. |
| Cryptocurrency | Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026 | Cryptocurrency gifts must be received by Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026 with Thrivent Charitable's online vendor. |