Establish a New Fund

Types of Funds

Unrestricted Funds

Your gift will address ever-changing community needs – including future needs that often cannot be anticipated at the time your gift is made. We evaluate all aspects of community well-being – arts and culture, economic development, education, environment, health and human services, neighborhood revitalization, and more. The flexibility of your unrestricted gift enables the community foundation’s program experts to respond to the community’s most pressing needs, today and tomorrow.

Field of Interest Funds

Your gift will address ever-changing community needs – including future needs that often cannot be anticipated at the time your gift is made. We evaluate all aspects of community well-being – arts and culture, economic development, education, environment, health and human services, neighborhood revitalization, and more. The flexibility of your unrestricted gift enables the community foundation’s program experts to respond to the community’s most pressing needs, today and tomorrow.

Agency Funds

Agency funds allow charitable agencies and organizations to place their endowed funds with the foundation for management and investment purposes. At the direction of the organization, income may be distributed back to them for their general purposes.

Donor Advised Funds

You have ongoing involvement in how your gift is used to support charitable causes. You recommend grants to qualified nonprofits. Our professional program staff is available to help identify nonprofits working to address the issues and needs you care about most. We also handle all due diligence, ensuring nonprofits are in good standing. Your recommendations are submitted to our board for approval; we then distribute grant dollars. Donor-advised funds are great for individuals, families and businesses.

Scholarships

You can use your gift to help students achieve their educational goals, all with the guidance and personal services of the community foundation. You work with our staff to determine the criteria students must meet to receive the scholarship you establish. We handle applications and process scholarship awards.

Designated Funds

You can direct your gift to a specific nonprofit organization or purpose. Help provide ongoing funding for a senior center, museum, or virtually any nonprofit close to your heart. The fund provides a steady and reliable source of annual support. The organization can use a designated fund through the community foundation to build their endowment and enhance their ability to accept large and complex gifts.