Ways
You Can Give to The Foundation
The Arlington Community Foundation simplifies giving, offering you opportunities
and a great degree of flexibility in creating a legacy. We can help
you identify your charitable interests, supply information on specific
community organizations, provide technical assistance in structuring
your gifts, and tailor a philanthropic plan specific to your individual
needs.
Many of our donors have philanthropic interests beyond Arlington – their
alma mater, regional human service organizations, national nonprofit
organizations, regional arts groups, and other interests. The Foundation
can work with you to develop giving strategies that meet your broader
interests as well.
Gifts may include cash, securities, and real estate.
• Cash - Checks payable to the Foundation qualify for maximum
deductions for Federal Income Tax purposes – up to 50% of the adjusted
gross income for the donor who itemizes.
• Bequest - After providing for family and friends, donors may
make bequests to the Foundation in their wills or trusts. Estate taxes
are saved and the donor’s favorite charities are supported permanently
through a living memorial.
• Securities - Gifts of securities are deductible at full market
value, even though the unrealized gain is not taxable.
• Real Estate - Gifts of appreciated real estate create an income
deduction for the donor in the year the gift is given and eliminates
any property estate tax.
Consider your gift objectives:
• When you give – during your lifetime or through a will or trust
that benefits the family and your charity
• Gifts to existing funds – smaller gifts add up to the greater
good, and anyone may contribute gifts of any size to existing grant
making funds such as the Community Scholarship Fund, the Arlington Education
Fund, the Acorn Society, and the Foundation’s Fund for the Future which
meets community needs.
• Create a fund – named after yourself, your family, as a memorial,
or to create an anonymous gift with whatever name you choose
• Select the type of fund – unrestricted, donor-advised, donor
designated, field of interest, scholarship, and honorary and memorial
funds can be created to reflect your charitable intentions.
Our United Way Number is 8143