Donate

As a volunteer-based organization, our operating costs are minimal. Your financial support will go directly towards CEF’s loan funds and enable us to provide more and larger loans to individuals in need of assistance in our community. Donations further allow CEF to continue to match borrowers’ savings, thereby building personal assets and facilitating more sustainable transitions out of homelessness.

Give the Gift of Individual Empowerment

Give to CEF by giving to your friends and family. By giving through Changing the Present, you can send a meaningful charitable gift that is great for birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries while directly supporting our work.

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In-Kind Contributions

Many CEF borrowers are in the process of moving out of homelessness into more stable housing conditions, and are often in need of furniture, household amenities, and additional in-kind support. To better facilitate individuals’ transitions into housing, we work with borrowers to acquire these items at low- to no-cost. Donations to support this part of our programming are greatly appreciated by the borrowers themselves; we accept everything from mattresses and beds to pots and pans. For information on in-kind contribution drop-off locations and pick-up arrangements, please contact us by email or phone.

Volunteer

Give to CEF by donating your time. For information on volunteer opportunities, visit our volunteer page.

Box-Out

The Box-Out is an annual, spring-semester fundraiser held on UNC’s campus to benefit CEF. This event is our largest source of funding, as hundreds of students get sponsored to sleep in cardboard boxes for a night. The Box-Out features formerly homeless speakers, local bands, and documentaries and encourages students to engage in solving local issues.

Sign up to Box-Out in 2010 by emailing uncboxout@gmail.com.
Get sponsored to Box-Out by setting up a Changing the Present Box-Out drive here