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We offer flexible giving options and different fund types to meet your needs. The fund type that works for you depends on how you wish to be involved and in the kinds of assets you will be donating.

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Customizing Your Giving
Start Your Charitable Fund

Start A Fund

  • Decide When To Give

    Create your fund now, establish it in your will, or create it through a trust arrangement that benefits your family as well as charity. Gifts can be presented to celebrate an anniversary or a special event, or support a worthy cause. Tax receipts are provided at the time of your gift.

  • Decide What To Give

    It’s easy to convert your assets into impact! Any type of asset can be used to start a fund, including cash, publicly held securities, closely held stock, real estate, and private foundation assets. Talk to us about other, more complicated assets.

  • Choose From Our Fund Types

    Review our fund types below and speak with a TCFHR staff member to learn which fund type might best meet your goals.

  • Name Your Fund

    Funds can be named after the family, business, individual or organization, or even the theme of giving (one of our funds is called “The Can’t Take It With You Fund”). If you prefer anonymity, name your fund to reflect that choice.

  • Choose How Your Gift Is Invested

    Our investment committee of seasoned professionals manages our portfolio, but you may also recommend that your current advisor continue to manage the fund.

  • Stay Up-To-Date On Earnings

    Our easy-to-use portal allows you to view quarterly statements, and if your fund is set up as donor-advised, you can easily make grant recommendations.

Fund Types

Established by donors to benefit specific nonprofit organizations. Grants are made to named organizations automatically each year.

Your favorite charity can budget time and resources around a regular income stream.

Funds designed so that donors (individuals, families and businesses) can participate in the grant-making process.

This fund provides the maximum flexibility to give to a variety of causes on your schedule.

Established by donors to benefit organizations working in specific fields (i.e., history, animals, health services).

A good option for those passionate about a certain cause or interest and wanting to support any organization working within that field. Donors do not have to name a specific nonprofit, allowing flexibility for the future.

Investments in the education of tomorrow’s leaders in academic and vocational readiness.

A popular choice to honor a loved one or to pay it forward, these funds can be set up to make awards to students meeting specific criteria.

Unrestricted grant dollars to address critical needs and opportunities.

Donating to this board-directed fund helps TCFHR be responsive to community needs.

Established by nonprofit or religious organizations to utilize TCFHR’s investment oversight and endowment administration expertise.

Gifts processed and sent directly to nonprofits immediately or over a period of time.

A great option for donors who want a trial run of working with TCFHR, those who want to give one-time gifts, and those who are looking for anonymity in giving. Also ideal for making non-cash gifts (such as stock) to a nonprofit that may not otherwise be able to accept it. TCFHR provides a receipt and handles the administration to the nonprofit.

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