STARTING A FUND

It is easy to help your client establish a named grantmaking fund and the task can be often completed in less than a day.
  1. Determine the type of grantmaking fund that best meets your client's charitable giving goals.
  2. Decide the type of asset your client would like to use to establish a grantmaking fund. Your client can contribute cash, securities or other property.
  3. Select a name for the fund. Clients can use their own name, the name of a family member or one they invent.
  4. If your clients have chosen to set up a Donor Advised Fund, designate current fund advisors such as the client and spouse and successor advisors such as children.
  5. Complete and sign a simple governing document that we will provide and help customize for the donor. (See sample in Related documents at right.)
Once a grantmaking fund is established, donors may:
  • Add to the fund at any time in any dollar amount.
  • Specify how grants are to be acknowledged: in the name of the fund or anonymously.
  • From a donor advised fund, recommend grants to charities, locally or throughout the United States
Please click here to contact a member of our staff to get started, explore a donation option or discuss a situation. 
Related documents

Fund Agreement
Follow this link for a sample of the agreement used to set up a Donor Advised Fund. more

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