Building Blocks of Philanthropy

At The Community Foundation, we are fortunate to work with dynamic donors interested in learning more about how philanthropy can change communities. It is your continued generosity that allows us to make an impact that will mean something to you and your family forever.  

Grow Big & Strong

As your partner in philanthropy, we want to make the process easy and flexible for you. We provide personalized support through our philanthropic advisors to help you make grants through your fund. Or if you already know exactly where you want to give, you can access your fund by clicking on one of the links below.

Establish an endowment to create a gift that keeps on giving.  The principal is never spent so the balance is continually invested. Annual earnings are reserved for your charity of choice.  Your Community Foundation is Where Giving Grows.

Compounding Impact

Given the principal is never spent on an endowment, the annual earnings produces meaningful contributions to the charity of choice that will eventually provide more dollars than the initial value - take a look at the impact of one gift held at the Community Foundation:

Initial Gift Value:   $10,000 Charitable Endowment

10 Yrs of Grantmaking = $4,600
20 Yrs of Grantmaking = $17,200
30 Yrs of Grantmaking = $33,850

In this example of a fund held at our Community Foundation, the endowment distributed nearly twice its initial gift value in the first twenty years, while improving the principal value of your gift as time goes on.  This is the power of perpetuity - the initial gift lasts forever.