Creating named funds for specific causes or entities to meet community needs and donor interests
This resource provides a comparative overview for philanthropists considering various giving options. It covers direct contributions, community foundation-based funds, donor-advised funds, starting a foundation, as well as frequently asked questions about making contributions and options for estate and planned giving.
Build critical development skills and gain an in-depth understanding of your vital community foundation role in donor services, development and fundraising through this four-part learning series.
At the 2024 Philanthropy Ohio Community Foundation Leaders gathering, attendees wanted to know more about fee structures for funds held by Ohio community foundations. Philanthropy Ohio launched a very short survey to provide members with this information and research, and the results can be downloaded from the Excel link.
This listserv query shares feedback from community foundations on their policies for donor advised funds created upon death.
This community foundation listserv query gathers information about the minimum balances needed to start a new fund.
Read answers from the community foundation listserv to the question: for foundations that use a percent of moving average computation to determine spending (e.g., 12 trailing quarters), how do you handle funds that are newer than 12 quarters?
