1. Establish a Community Foundation fund to continue your annual giving after your lifetime to your favorite charities or church, knowing that if an organization ceases to exist, the fund is protected and can be repurpose
2. Establish a named fund to allow your children and grandchildren to make community grants in perpetuity.
3. Create a legacy fund to support a specific city, village, town, or county, and designate the type of things that will be supported within that geographic area.
4. Establish a charitable gift annuity with tax-deductible benefits to provide a guaranteed income during your lifetime with the remainder supporting my charitable interests or a specific Foundation fund after my death.
5. Name the Community Foundation as a beneficiary of an IRA or life insurance policy either to support the Foundation or a specific Foundation fund.
6. Start a Community Foundation fund to support your interests now and endow it later as part of your estate planning.
7. Start a fund to support your church, providing stipulations on how it will be directed, i.e., music ministry, buildings & grounds, education. This provides assurance that if the church should ever cease to exist, your charitable provisions can be re-purposed for another designated interest or charitable cause?
8. Create a scholarship fund for a specific school district or college, with certain criteria, or support some other aspect of your school or college, i.e., music, arts, athletics, library, reading, professional development.
9. If you own a business, establish a fund to give more effectively, efficiently, and in a more formal and structured way to enhance visibility, coordination, branding, and impact.
10. Make a gift of appreciated stock to start a Donor-Advised Fund, avoid capital gains, receive a tax deduction and then make grants to charitable causes you recommend over time.