Ways To Give
When you work with the Community Foundation, you can support the charitable causes you care about when and how you want. Whether you create a charitable fund during your lifetime or choose to give through your will, trust or another deferred gift, we will help you design a strategy that is tailored to your charitable interests as well as your financial needs.
GIVE NOW…
- Start a fund with as little as $5,000 and begin making grants immediately to the charities you love. Build your endowed fund to a minimum of $25,000 within 5 years and see your gifts make lasting impact in your community for generations to come.
- Receive immediate tax savings through gifts of cash, stock, real estate and a variety of other assets.
- Decide over time where to give with a donor advised fund. A great alternative to a Private Foundation.
- Make gifts to a specific charity yer and year by creating a designated fund. A great alternative to a lump sum donation.
- Support nonprofits working in a specific area of interest. Make a tax deductible donation to one of our Community Impact Funds.
GIVE LATER…
- Support a specific charity or charitable cause by making a gift to the Community Foundation in your will, or by designating the Community Foundation as a beneficiary of a retirement account or life insurance policy.
- Make a gift of a certain dollar amount or a percentage of your estate and create a meaningful legacy for your family. Leave 99% of your estate to your children and grandchildren and 1% to a charity you love!
- Specify how you would like your future gift used by completing a fund agreement today.
- Reduce the tax liability of your estate or even make a gift that provides your heirs with a stream of income after you are gone.
- Learn more about our Trust for Tomorrow Legacy Society here or contact Elena Pullen-Venema, our Director of Gift Planning to discuss creating a charitable legacy with a future gift.