Ways to Give

At the Foundation we offer a broad scope of services that help beginning, as well as seasoned, philanthropists and their advisors make effective charitable investments. With a variety of current and deferred ways to make a donation, we supports numerous individuals and families in meeting their own values and vision for shaping the future of our community.

Donor Benefits

• Professional financial and investment management
• Maximum tax benefits
• Donation options can be tailored to your present and future philanthropic objectives
• Donations, large or small, benefit from being pooled, maximizing long term investment growth and minimizing administrative costs
• Provision of knowledgeable and rigorous evaluation of grant applications
• An attractive alternative, from a tax and cost perspective, to establishing a private foundation

Donor Options

• Endowments
• Fund Options
• Community Fund
• Field-of-Interest Fund
• Donor-Advised Fund
• Designated Fund
• Flow-Through Fund
• Planned Gifts
• Cash
• Gifts of Publicly Traded Securities
• Real Estate
• Life Insurance
• Wills & Charitable Bequests
• Charitable Remainder Trust
• Gifts of Residual Interest