• Contributions to the Community Foundation’s General Discretionary Endowment and 21^st Century Fund support the Community Foundation’s evolving grantmaking priorities. This gives our community flexibility to meet urgent and changing needs for generations to come.

• You may also establish your own Discretionary Fund.  By establishing a discretionary fund in your name or in the name of someone you wish to honor, you help meet our community’s changing needs in a very special way by helping to support our evolving grantmaking priorities.

• Through a Field of Interest Fund, you ensure permanent support for your favorite charitable interest, such as the environment, the elderly or education.  Specific recipients of support will vary through the years as outstanding programs are identified by the Community Foundation’s grantmaking professionals.

• By establishing a Designated Fund, you provide permanent support to one or more of your favorite nonprofit organizations.  The fund can be in your name or the name of the organization you choose to support. Nonprofit organizations may also establish an Organizational Endowment Fund for their own ongoing support.

• A Donor Advised Fund gives you maximum flexibility in your philanthropy, allowing you to recommend grants that support any nonprofit organization or cause.

• You can endow a Scholarship Fund  in your name or the name of a loved one to help students attend college or other qualified educational institutions.  You may choose the specific criteria for selecting recipients -- to help students attend a particular school, pursue a given course of study or go on to college from your high school or home town.

An endowed fund may be established with as little as $2,500.  Please contact our office for more details.

You may also establish a Supporting Foundation, which allows you to take advantage of significant tax savings through affiliation with Rochester Area Community Foundation while maintaining a distinct identity. The board of directors of the supporting foundation controls its investments and may develop and control the grantmaking process if desired.

A Supporting Foundation may be established with a contribution of $2 Million.

• Charitable Investor Fund^SM  is a donor-advised fund from which both income and principal may be spent. This fund offers a choice of investment blends to compliment your grantmaking plans.  You may name a successor advisor for one additional generation; then any balance will support general community needs in the fund name.

  A Charitable Investor Fund^SM may be established with an initial gift of $25,000 and may make grant distributions from income or principal of $250 or more.

• Our Charitable Checking Account^SM allows you to make a tax-deductible gift of appreciated assets or cash (often at year-end) and then direct the Community Foundation to issue checks to your favorite nonprofit organizations at your convenience.  You have the ease of making one gift for many purposes while reducing your paperwork.
  
  A Charitable Checking Account^SM may be established with an initial gift of $10,000 and may make grant distributions of $250 or more.