We Make Giving Easy

Investing in charity is our business. Although donors may recommend grants for specific charitable organizations, we believe our best charitable investing is when donors allow us to exercise discretion and flexibility in meeting changing needs.
This is accomplished by donors creating unrestricted funds or designating a broad field of interest within which our board can direct grants as charitable opportunities arise.

Giving to the Community Foundation at the end of the year is the best way to get the most tax savings for your contribution.

• Giving to the Community Foundation is still the best and easiest way to put a multi-year or lifetime plan for philanthropy into place.
• Only at the Community Foundation can you obtain the advantages of charitable trusts in combination with the many types of charitable funds at the Foundation.
• Obtain the maximum tax deduction allowed by law on contributions.

We would be glad to discuss end-of-year gifts to achieve your philanthropic and financial planning objectives for 2003 and beyond. Just contact us at (818) 241-8040.

Types of Funds
The Glendale Community Foundation includes over 90 charitable funds. Their purposes are as varied as their donors, but most fall into one of the following types:

Policy
Charitable funds are versatile, durable and as unique as the donors who create them. Our donor-advised funds currently are as small as $1,000 (our minimum to establish one) and as large as $225,000. But their sizes are limitless.

Benefits To Donors
Permanence / Security / Public Accountability / Philanthropic Recognition / Tax Benefits

10 Reasons People Use the Glendale Community Foundation
1) Endowed Funds
2) Personal Legacy
3) Stay Involved
4) Multiple Charitable Interests
5) Local Organization
6) Prudent Stewardship
7) Maximum Tax Advantages
8) Wide Variety of Assets
9) Personalized Donor Service
10) Preserve Donor Intent

Leave A Legacy
We are a nation of givers—75 percent of Americans give time and/or money to charities each year. Still, only 3 percent of us leave a charitable provision in our will.

Book of Memory
In the Book of Memory are the names of persons in whose memory friends and relatives have made financial contributions to the Glendale Community Foundation, for its service in the fields of health, education, culture, human services, and civic betterment in our area.

Donor Stories