Create a fund.
Make an impact.

  • Make a planned gift to create a fund at CFCG and you can support causes that are important to you.
  • Consult with your professional advisor to choose the best assets to give as a charitable gift to establish your fund.
  • Take advantage of the many tax benefits of making a gift.
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How to Give

How to Give

Giving to the Community Foundation can be done either directly or through a planned gift that can provide tax benefits. Click on a planned gift below to learn more.

  • Bequest
    You can specify a gift in your will or revocable trust. The gift is made upon death to an existing fund or to create a new fund at the Community Foundation.
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  • IRA Rollover
    The IRA Charitable Rollover provision allows individuals who have reached age 70 ½ to donate up to $105,000 per year to charitable organizations, excluding donor advised funds, directly from their Individual Retirement Account (IRA) without treating the distribution as taxable income. These gifts can be used to meet your required minimum distribution.
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  • Beneficiary Designation Gifts
    You can designate a fund at the Community Foundation as a beneficiary of your retirement account, investment account, bank account, or life insurance policy.
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  • Charitable Remainder Unitrust
    You transfer your cash or appreciated property to fund a charitable remainder unitrust. The trust sells your property tax free and provides you with income for life or a term of years, after which the remaining assets will be received by the Community Foundation for your fund.
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  • Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust
    You transfer your cash or appreciated property to fund a charitable remainder annuity trust. The trust sells your property tax free and provides you with fixed income for life or a term of years, after which the remaining assets will be received by the Community Foundation for your fund.
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  • Charitable Lead Trust
    You fund a trust that makes gifts to your fund at the Community Foundation for a period of years. Then the remaining, often appreciated, assets will be redirected back to the beneficiary of your trust.
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  • Give It Twice Trust
    You provide your family or children with a stream of income while ultimately creating a fund to support the nonprofits you love in perpetuity.
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