Furthermore, they can integrate their contributions with their overall financial and estate planning, maximizing tax advantages. Flexibility and Simplicity. The Community Foundation can manage virtually any type of gift for any charitable purpose, and most funds can be established through a simple one-page governing document. Once the fund is established, the Community Foundation handles the administration of the fund, from writing checks to community organizations to providing customized financial fund statements. Because it manages over 500 charitable funds, the Triangle Community Foundation can pool investment and administration and provide full services to each fund at a fraction of the cost of administering each separately.
More money goes to charity, and less goes to overhead.
The Foundation s goal is to help donors who have created funds in the Foundation achieve the full philanthropic expression of their values, increasing their satisfaction and enjoyment while targeting their grantmaking for maximum effect. To accomplish this goal, the Foundation offers services that help donors reflect upon and identify their charitable dreams, make grants that seek to fulfill those dreams, and connect them to other resources that will help increase the impact of those grants. The Foundation can work with families to provide education and assistance to bring different generations together around charitable issues, helping to identify grantmaking priorities and leadership issues. The Foundation seeks to assist all interested donors in becoming more strategic and focused in achieving their charitable goals. To accomplish this, the Foundation can share appropriate grant opportunities that become available through the Community Investment Grants program and research other avenues of involvement for donors.