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Two New Ways to Donate to the Community Foundation
While you are always welcome to call or visit us to learn more about all the options for making a gift to the Community Foundation, we now offer you two new easy ways to contribute:
- Giving is just a click away, if you choose to make your gift to us online through our partner Network for Good! At this secure site, you’ll donate with your credit card and receive a charitable donation receipt via your e-mail address for tax purposes. Your donation history will be conveniently stored at Network for Good’s website for you to access at any time. There is no extra cost to you for donating to the Community Foundation online.
- Or click on the link below to access the Community Foundation’s giving form. Simply print it, fill it out — designating the gift of your choice — and mail it to our office with your donation check. A donation receipt for tax purposes will be mailed to you.
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More about Donating to the Community Foundation
Your gifts to the Community Foundation can help you Preserve the Past, Build the Future, or Create a Legacy in DeKalb County. Through the foundation, you can give within two categories of funds: permanent or non-permanent funds. Gifts to permanent funds are never spent, but are wisely invested to produce income that is granted; non-permanent funds are generally associated with short-term community projects. Within these two categories, there are basic funds designed to meet your needs and respond to the challenges and opportunities in our area:
- Unrestricted funds: Gifts in this category provide the greatest flexibility in allowing the community foundation to respond to the community’s most pressing needs, now and in the future.
- Field of Interest funds: These funds allow you to target your area of charitable interest, such as education or the arts, and the community foundation board grants income to nonprofit groups that address your designated area of interest.
- Designated funds: These funds are designed to ensure support to one or more specific charitable organizations named by you.
- Donor-advised funds: Through these funds, the donor(s) makes suggestions on which charities will receive support each year.
- Operating Funds (Building Blocks Campaign): These gifts provide support for community foundation operations.
- Scholarship Funds: These funds provide educational scholarships that benefit area students.
- Tribute/Memorial Funds: You can donate to an existing Community Foundation fund or establish your own to honor or memorialize friends, family members or loved ones.
To view a listing of established Community Foundation funds to which you can donate, visit http://www.dekalbfoundation.org/html/funds.html. To find out more about establishing your own fund, call us at 260-925-0311.
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