Support Your Community with LVCF
As a tool for charitable giving, the Community Foundation offers the advantages of tax benefits, flexibility and personalization, administrative convenience, sound fiscal management, and community knowledge and expertise. The Foundation has the ability to accept contributions—large and small, complex or simple—from different types of donors with different types of charitable visions and goals. Gifts can be made via check, or by credit card using our Donation Portal or links on the individual fund pages (see below). We also accept cryptocurrency and other more complex asset types.
Make a Gift to the Forever Fund to Help Support the Community Foundation
Gifts to the Community Foundation’s Forever Fund help support the operation and a wide variety of initiatives, including LVCF’s community leadership efforts. Gifts can be made by submitting a check, payable to the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, 840 West Hamilton Street, Suite 310, Allentown, PA 18101. Gifts can also be made via credit card by clicking the links below.
Make a Forever Fund Gift to LVCF | A Forever Fund gift to the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation supports its work in the community and its foundation-directed leadership grantmaking.
Make a Gift to an Existing Fund
If you want to give to one of our charitable funds or specific program areas, please view the list of current Charitable Funds. Each fund has its own donation link, powered by Stripe, that directs your gift to the fund you select.
Or if you know the name of the fund you wish to support,
click Donate to a Fund or Program at LVCF.
A Word about Cryptocurrency Donations
Thank you for supporting greater equity and shared prosperity in the Lehigh Valley region through a donation of cryptocurrency to the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation.
Before you complete your gift, we’d like to discuss how you’d like to make an impact in our community. Please contact Carrie Krug Nedick, CAP, Director of Donor Services via email, carrie@lvcfoundation.org(link sends e-mail) to explore the many ways your donation can be used and to review the tax benefits of giving cryptocurrency.
If your cryptocurrency donation is worth $500 or more, you’ll need to file Form 8283 with the IRS. For gifts of $5,000 or more, a qualified appraisal meeting IRS standards will be required. (We can provide recommendations for qualified appraisers.) If an appraisal is needed, the appraiser will need to sign Form 8283, and a staff member from the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation will also need to sign before you submit it to the IRS.
Additionally, the Community Foundation is required to file Form 8282 with the IRS to report the sale of your cryptocurrency gift. We’ll ensure you receive a copy of this form for your records.
Important Notes: When you donate cryptocurrency using the widget, your gift is immediately converted to fiat currency. This means all donations are non-refundable. Please only send currencies listed in the widget. Unsupported currencies (including unsupported ERC-20s, ERC-721s, and BEP20s) cannot be processed and will be lost.
For more complex ways of giving including real estate, personal property, appreciated securities, and life insurance, or to establish a planned gift, please contact Carrie Krug Nedick, CAP, Director of Donor Services at (610) 351-5353 or by email carrie@lvcfoundation.org(link sends e-mail) with any questions as you start building your legacy in our community.
The official registration and financial information of Lehigh Valley Community Foundation may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll-free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999.
ASK CARRIE | If you would like to find out how to make your charitable giving easy, local, and impactful contact Carrie.
Carrie Krug Nedick, CAP®
Director of Donor Services
840 West Hamilton Street, Suite 310, Allentown, PA 18101
610 351-5353 Ext. 10 | carrie@lvcfoundation.org