Gifts of Appreciated Stock: Picking Favorites You’re aware that donating highly appreciated stock to a fund at the Community Foundation offers significant advantages for your clients over making cash gifts. Communicating this benefit, however, can be challenging when...
A Great Business Partnership - OCCF and Corporate Giving Are you considering that many of your clients are executives in companies whose leaders want the company itself to lean into charitable giving? It is wise to be aware of best practices in corporate philanthropy...
Advising the Charitable Millionaire Next Door At the end of 2024’s first quarter, an estimated 485,000 Americans could count themselves among the so-called “401(k) millionaires,” meaning the balance in their employer-sponsored retirement plans has reached the $1...
Tax Review: Funding Options for 2025 When your client is getting ready to make a contribution to a fund at the Community Foundation or other charity, remind them not to automatically reach for the checkbook! Here are other (and typically more tax-savvy) options to...
Monitoring the Ongoing DAF Regulations We are committed to helping you serve your charitable clients regardless of where the proposed donor-advised fund regulations ultimately land. DAFs are popular because they allow your client to make a tax-deductible transfer of...