

For over 30 years, individuals, families, and businesses have relied on us to make charitable giving easy, flexible, tax-smart, efficient, personal, and deeply rewarding. We're experts in vetting nonprofits and philanthropic investment strategies, so you don't have to be.


With a unique bird’s-eye view of Arlington, the Foundation serves as a community convener, nonprofit reserve fundholder and grantmaker, and driver of major community initiatives and in-house community impact funds to create economic opportunities and prevent displacement.


For professional advisors, the Foundation serves as a one-stop shop offering cutting edge solutions to assist clients in achieving their charitable goals in a tax-friendly and efficient way. We help clients maximize their impact on the organizations and causes they care about.
We offer a variety of philanthropic funds and giving vehicles, so your charitable investments and impact are as unique as you are. Contact us to learn more about these popular fund types (and others) to see which is right for you.
Support charities in Arlington and beyond, maximize your tax savings while minimizing paperwork, and get back to the joy that comes from supporting the organizations and causes you care about.

Planning a future gift to the Arlington Community Foundation offers the opportunity to make a difference in our community forever and leave a legacy by ensuring that future generations benefit from the gift you plan today.

Since our scholarship program began more than 20 years ago, generous donors and volunteers have helped make it possible for the Foundation to award more than $5 million in scholarship assistance to Arlington students.


Assets under management of the Foundation, including cash, stocks, retirement plans, mutual funds, real estate, and other asset types.

Scholarships awarded to Arlington students in 2022. Each scholarship has unique eligibility requirements determined by the fundholder such as area of study, graduating high school, and extracurricular activities, among others.

Funds managed by the Foundation, ranging from memorial funds, to donor advised funds promoting cycling, to $2 million nonprofit reserve funds, and much more in between.

Grants and nonprofit support disbursed in FY2022, including COVID Prompt Response grants, STEM Fellowships, education grants, and many more.

WHERE EVERYONE BELONGS
Mobility
Initiatives

A guaranteed income pilot that aims to provide unconditional cash relief of $500 to 200 low income working families in Arlington every month for 18 months

Engaging the business, government, and nonprofit sectors to mitigate displacement of very low-income residents and allow these residents to continue to contribute to Arlington’s economic viability and diverse community fabric

This public-private partnership represents a re-design of the safety net system to reduce bureaucratic hurdles and strengthen connections so people in poverty can gain traction and move forward

Economic Mobility Overview - What Arlington will lose if we lose our most vulnerable and economically disadvantaged neighbors

community funds
We hold a number of in-house funds dedicated to supporting our community's most pressing needs. You can support specific economic mobility initiatives, our community scholarship fund, or give to our general community fund

A guaranteed income pilot that aims to provide unconditional cash relief of $500 to 200 low income working families in Arlington every month for 18 months

Engaging the business, government, and nonprofit sectors to mitigate displacement of very low-income residents and allow these residents to continue to contribute to Arlington’s economic viability and diverse community fabric

This public-private partnership represents a re-design of the safety net system to reduce bureaucratic hurdles and strengthen connections so people in poverty can gain traction and move forward

Economic Mobility Overview - What Arlington will lose if we lose our most vulnerable and economically disadvantaged neighbors

community funds
We hold a number of in-house funds dedicated to supporting our community's most pressing needs. You can support specific economic mobility initiatives, our community scholarship fund, or give to our general community fund

for those who preserve
our community
The Foundation manages operating reserve funds for more than 20 Arlington nonprofits including the Arlington Food Assistance Center, Friends of the Arlington Library and Leadership Arlington, among others. A reserve fund with the Foundation means less time and money on investment costs and paperwork, and more on your mission.
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We support advisors with all types of legal and financial events that are motivating their clients to consider charity. The Foundation provides clients the opportunity to be recognized for their giving or to remain anonymous.

Whether you're a business executive thinking about corporate giving or a nature lover who wants to protect our parks, we'd love to hear from you.



