Giving | Why Give?
Ten Reasons People Choose to Give through Community Foundations
- We are a local organization with deep roots in the community
- Our professional program staff has broad expertise regarding community issues and needs
- We provide highly personalized service tailored to each individual’s charitable and financial interests
- Our funds help people invest in the causes they care about most
- We accept a wide variety of assets, and can facilitate even the most complex forms of giving
- We partner with professional advisors to create high effective approaches to charitable giving
- We offer maximum tax advantage for most gifts under federal law
- We multiply the impact of gift dollars by pooling them together with other gifts and grants
- We build endowment funds that benefit the community forever and help create personal legacies
- We are a community leader, convening agencies and coordinating resources to create positive change