- Make A Gift
The Community Foundation helps you support the causes and organizations that are important to you while maximizing your tax deduction, and provides confidence that funds will be managed wisely. Here are four steps to guide you through the giving process.
- What charitable work do you care to support?
- For ideas, see our list of past grant recipients. (pdf)
- Establish a new fund to support the charity(ies) of your choice or a specific field of interest.
- Add to an existing fund such as:
- One of the many funds that provide grants to nonprofit organizations and scholarships to students.
- Our growing Community Grantmaking Fund, which will support the community’s highest priorities in the regions we serve.
- Our President’s Circle Annual Fund, supporting the mission of the Community Foundation.
- Our General Operating Fund, supporting the work of the Community Foundation.
- Decide how much you wish to contribute.
- Decide what assets you wish to give.
- Decide whether you wish to make a planned gift.
Types of Funds
Community Grantmaking Fund
Takes advantage of the Community Foundation’s grantmaking expertise and provides the most flexibility to meet our region’s greatest needs.
Field of Interest
Designates a specific geographic area or a cause to be served (e.g. education, elderly, environment) and uses the competitive grantmaking process to make distributions.
Donor Designated
Designed to provide endowed funds for one or more specific charitable organizations.
Donor Advised
Donors are directly involved and recommend the amount and timing of grants to charitable organizations.
Scholarship
Designed to help students defray the cost of higher education. Our Foundation efficiently administers one of the largest community scholarship programs in the Hudson Valley and makes it easy to grant scholarships to students.
Agency Funds
Nonprofit organizations establish fund to build their own endowments and take advantage of the Community Foundation’s sophisticated investment and other support services. Funds can be permanently endowed, with the agency received percentage of the income each year, or advised with the agency directing the distribution of either principal or income.
Planned Giving Instruments
Planned giving strategies can help you make charitable gifts while enjoying tax benefits and preserving economic value for yourself and your loved ones. The Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan offers many ways for individuals to benefit our region long into the future through their estate plans.
Donating is easy. Please choose one of the following.
• Donate now with your credit card via our secure, encrypted web connection.
• Download this donation form (PDF), to assist you in mailing in your donation. Note that this form can be filled out on your computer and then printed.
• Review or print instructions for making gifts of stock.
Contact Us so we may assist you, click here to view our list of Funds.
