Your gift to City Fresh supports our values:
Nutrition: We keep you in healthy foods all season long.
Community Building: Our stops are managed by folks in your neighborhood.
Environmental Resilience: Investing in local foods is a long-term solution to Climate Crisis.
Social Equity: Tiered pricing means everyone can access nourishing foods.
Economic Justice: City Fresh shares pay farmers fairly and keep dollars in our region.
Help us create a more just and equitable food system with your donation!
Your gift is 100% tax deductible and will further our mission to build a more healthy and equitable foods system here in our region and beyond.
Other Ways to Give
You can give to City Fresh via your DAF (or ask your financial advisor about starting one!). Your financial advisor will ask for the following information:
Name: City Fresh
Tax ID: 52-2237568
Address: 44333 State Route 511
Oberlin, OH 44074
Making a gift of securities or mutual funds offers you the chance to support our work while realizing important benefits for yourself.
- You can give more. When giving stock, you’re giving 20% more than if you sold the stock and donated the cash from the sale.
- You can reduce or even eliminate federal capital gains taxes on the transfer.
- You are still eligible to deduct the full fair-market value of the asset you donated from your income taxes, up to the overall amount allowed by the IRS.
Talk to your financial advisor and reach out to us at giving@cityfresh.org to set up a transfer of stock.
Use a Qualified Charitable Distribution to give from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) directly to City Fresh, which can be excluded from your taxable income. For donors ages 70.5 and older, a Qualified Charitable Distribution or direct payment from your IRA can reduce your annual income level. This may help lower your Medicare premiums and decrease the amount of Social Security that is subject to tax.
IRA payments can be mailed to:
City Fresh
PO Box 357
Oberlin, OH 44074
Our Tax ID is 52-2237568
Many corporations match employee gifts as part of their philanthropic efforts. If you volunteer with us, your employer may also provide us with a grant as a way to recognize your ongoing support.
Prominent local businesses offering matching gifts include:
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Hyland Software
Keybank
PNC Bank
Sherwin Williams
Those who prefer to make a donation by cash or check may mail-in their donation to:
City Fresh
PO Box 357
Oberlin, OH 44074
Connect to a Cause is an annual 12-hour crowdfunding event hosted by the Community Foundation of Lorain County. Held each September, this event helps City Fresh grow our endowment, support vital programming, and deepen our impact across Northeast Ohio.
If you wish to name City Fresh in your will or estate plan, we should be named as:
City Fresh, a nonprofit corporation currently located at 44333 State Route 511, Oberlin, OH 44074.
Tax ID: 52-2237568
Date of Incorporation:
December, 2000
City Fresh is tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is a 50%-type organization under section 170(b)(1)(A).
