Year End Giving Tips

Year-End Giving Tips for 2025

Here are a few practical year-end giving tips as you prepare your gifts at the end of 2025:  

1) Make sure all checks are postmarked by December 31 and that they are mailed to the church office at Venture Christian Church, 14501 Hazel Dell Pkwy, Carmel IN 46033. You are also welcome to hand-deliver a check gift, either in person at church on Sunday through our giving boxes or during office hours during the week, Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. We will have limited office hours from December 24th to January 2nd. Please let us know if we can meet you at the church at a time that is convenient for you. As always, you can also give online at venturechristian.church/give.

2) Now is a great time to give stocks and other marketable securities. Giving stocks is a great way not only to maximize your charitable giving through an investment you've made but also to do so in a tax-efficient manner, as you avoid the capital gains tax on the investment while receiving a full charitable deduction! 

Email our Executive Pastor, Daniel Shelton, to receive brokerage instructions for making a stock gift.

3) Are you 70 ½ or older? If so, you may want to consider making charitable gifts through a QCD (qualified charitable distribution). A QCD is a direct transfer of funds from your IRA custodian, payable to the charitable organization of your choice. QCDs can be counted toward satisfying your required minimum distributions (RMDs) for the year, as long as certain rules are met. In addition to the benefits of giving charitably, a QCD excludes the amount donated from taxable income, which is unlike regular withdrawals from an IRA. Keeping your taxable income lower may reduce the impact to certain tax credits and deductions, including Social Security and Medicare. Also, QCDs don’t require that you itemize, which due to the recent tax law changes, means you may decide to take advantage of the higher standard deduction, but still use a QCD for charitable giving. If you want to visit more about making a gift through a QCD, please contact Daniel Shelton in our office at or 317-846-9828 or speak with your financial advisor.

We realize these provisions don't apply to everyone at Venture, but we hope informing you of these great tax benefits will help you make the most of your 2024 giving as we continue to advance God's mission of helping more people move from unbelief to belief. 

Thank you for your generosity!