Donor Information
Thank you for visiting our website! We invite you to explore the many options available to you in working with Our Community's Foundation to accomplish your charitable goals.
Make a Difference
Many people share a lasting vision; they work with Our Community’s Foundation to make a difference. A community foundation is a nonprofit public charity that builds permanent funds to address important local priorities. The Foundation provides a simple, personal, and highly effective approach to giving, and many ways to achieve your philanthropic goals. Gifts of cash, stocks, bonds, real estate, or other assets can be made. As a tax-exempt public charity (not a private foundation), most charitable gifts qualify for maximum tax advantages under federal law.
We offer you an organization that is:
- A Foundation to build upon … Since 1963, trusted by thousands of local citizens.
- Local … Give where you live and know where it goes! Our staff and board know our region.
- Independent and transparent … We work only to serve your best interests' and those of our community. Our staff compensation is not tied to assets under management or any transactional activity.
- Highly personal … Everyone at a community foundation has a unique giving experience, tailored to suit his or her interests, personal situation, needs and goals.
- Simple yet powerful … Giving via the Foundation simplifies giving and recordkeeping. Accountants love our donor-advised funds that consolidate an individual’s records into one giving report for annual tax purposes.
- Lasting … Your gifts join a permanent organization, gaining significant, enduring impact.
- Professional … Our assets are managed by investment professionals and monitored by the Foundation’s Investment Committee, assuring that your donations are managed competently.
- Confidential and accountable … While donor records are absolutely confidential, receipts and expenditures are independently audited and disclosed to the public annually.
- Responsive … The Foundation addresses our community's changing needs yet remains flexible. If the original purpose of a contribution becomes obsolete, funds can be redirected for related purposes without the expense or delay of court action.
How to Make a Gift
Five simple ways to make a gift that makes a big difference for Our Community:
- Give to any existing Foundation fund, click here to visit the Foundation's Album of Funds or Types of Assets to learn about the assets the Foundation can accept.
- Create a personal charitable fund in a name that you choose - click here to see how to Start a Fund.
- Give online now
- Give to a Foundation
- Join the Legacy Society - plan a gift for later.