NYC Honor Foundation / Donate / Giving Tuesday 2026

Giving Tuesday is December 1
Put two teams on the floor next season

$5,000 carries one team's full season: travel, uniforms, and tournament entry. This Giving Tuesday we are raising $10,000, enough for two teams.

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The goal

$5,000one team's full season

$10,000two teams, our goal

Gifts made now go to next season. In its first season, the 17U team reached the MADE Hoops Circuit national championship game. Players are charged nothing to play. The 2026 season is written up in full, and the impact page shows where the money goes.

What the course has to do with it

Every player also gets our free NIL course: how name, image and likeness deals work, and how that money is taxed. The course is free, and it always will be. Volunteers write and teach it, and no donated dollar pays for it. The teams are not free. That is what Giving Tuesday is for.

Three ways to give

Card or Apple Pay

One time or monthly, on the donate page. Visa, Mastercard, Amex, and Apple Pay, secured by Stripe. New for 2026: even if you take the standard deduction, cash gifts up to $1,000 ($2,000 married filing jointly) made directly to charities like NYC Honor are deductible.

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Donor-advised fund

Recommend a grant to NYC Honor Foundation Inc., EIN 42-1836369. Fund at Fidelity Charitable, Schwab, or BNY Mellon? You can start the grant in one step.

How to give from a fund →

IRA, age 70½ or older

A qualified charitable distribution goes straight from your IRA to us and never counts as income. The 2026 limit is $111,000 per person. To count for 2026, it has to leave the IRA by December 31, so ask your custodian early. They will need our legal name, NYC Honor Foundation Inc., our EIN, 42-1836369, and our mailing address: 7720 82nd St, Glendale, NY 11385-7635

The QCD rules for 2026 →

Sending a check, an IRA gift, or a fund grant? Tell us it is coming at eslyn@nychonor.org, so we can thank you and send a written acknowledgment for your records.

Why Giving Tuesday is December 1

Giving Tuesday is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving falls on November 26 in 2026, so Giving Tuesday is December 1. NYC Honor Foundation Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 42-1836369, listed in IRS Publication 78. Read the determination letter. Board: Mike Murray, President; Eslyn Hernandez, Treasurer; William Harrison, Secretary.

NYC Honor Foundation is a charity, not a tax or investment advisory firm. Talk to your own tax professional before acting on any tax rule on this page.