Charities See Low Donation Numbers at Year End The Christmas season typically means year end donations for charities and non-profits but in 2020 job loss, illness and other factors have contributed to financial hardship for these organizations. In Lafayette, Faith House is seeing this first hand. and last updated 2020-12-18 20:54:34-05 LAFAYETTE, La. â The Christmas season typically means year end donations for charities and non-profits but in 2020 job loss, illness and other factors have contributed to financial hardship for these organizations. In Lafayette, Faith House is seeing this first hand. "We're down about sixty percent in where our fund raising efforts normally are," says Nicole Cockerham, Director of Development at Faith House.