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Maximize charitable impact for your causes and community.
We are your philanthropic partner, right in your community. We simplify giving and provide significant potential tax advantages, helping you to give more to the causes you care about deeply — with personalized support from an expert team connected to the pulse of our region.
Create Your Charitable Fund
It’s easy and convenient to set up a fund with the Sacramento Region Community Foundation. We’re here to help you find the right charitable giving vehicle for your goals.
Investments
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Current Donors
Leverage the benefits of your charitable fund with these resources.
How It Works
Making a lasting impact through your charitable fund is as easy as:
Give
Make a tax-deductible gift of cash, appreciated securities, or other assets to open your personalized fund.
Simplified Giving
Strategic giving creates greater impact over unplanned direct cash gifts.Favorable Tax Benefits
We offer greater tax benefits than private foundations and accept assets others cannot, with simplified record keeping for you.
Grow
Grow your fund through professionally managed investments, enabling you to make greater impact.
Proven Investment
Choose from long-term, intermediate, or short-term investments that grow tax-free.Give More
Potentially give even more to causes that matter to you by growing your fund over time, and leave a legacy with planned giving strategies.
Grant
Grant from your fund to the causes that matter to you — in the capital region and across the nation.
Rewarding Philanthropy
When the time is right for you and your causes, make grant recommendations online.Efficient Granting
We send grant checks, keep records, and provide guidance when you desire it, managing the administrative hassles so you don’t have to.
Types of Funds
Explore our charitable funds below to find the best match for your unique needs.
Donor Advised Fund
Simplify your giving, and maximize your impact with your own charitable giving account.
Legacy Fund
Plan now, give later. Create a charitable legacy for you, your family, and your community.
Scholarship Fund
Make the dream of higher education come true for local students with a scholarship.
Business Fund
Customize your company’s giving to create your unique signature in the community.
Designated Fund
Designate one or more of your favorite charitable organizations to receive direct support.
Field of Interest Fund
Empower nonprofits working on a cause that matters to you through a competitive grant process.
Unrestricted Fund
Provide the Sacramento Region Community Foundation flexibility to support local communities.
Nonprofit Fund
Build enduring assets to support your nonprofit organization now and into the future.
Create Your Fund
Submit the form below to begin the process of opening your charitable fund.
Common Questions
Many individuals, families, and businesses who are initially exploring options for their philanthropy have questions about community foundations like ours. Please contact us if we can answer any for you.
When they open a charitable fund at the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, our donors’ giving is streamlined and their recordkeeping is simplified. One donation to a charitable fund allows them to give to multiple nonprofits over time, with only one transaction to track for the IRS. We accept a wide variety of assets that most nonprofits are not able to. Further, we can provide anonymity for donors, if requested, and serve as a philanthropic advisor to help our donors connect with nonprofits working on causes they care about.
We offer highly personalized philanthropic services and tailor funds to each of our donor’s unique charitable interests. Importantly, we are a local organization with deep roots in the community and our expert team is happy to connect our donors with high-impact organizations that are addressing community needs.
Our team members are experts in identifying the most effective charitable solutions for the assets you to give. We have in-house expertise to process complex gifts and will work with you and your financial advisors to build a charitable fund that achieves your philanthropic goals. Types of assets we accept include cash, stocks and other appreciated assets, business interests, real estate, retirement assets, and estate assets. See Ways to Give.
The minimum contribution to set up most charitable funds is $10,000; the minimum to establish a Scholarship Fund is $25,000.
Charitable funds at the Sacramento Region Community Foundation are invested in our professionally managed investment pools, designed to fit your time horizons and giving goals. See Investment Portfolios.
With our commitment to delivering world-class philanthropy, we offer a variety of support services to donors, based on their fund type. In general, we handle all back office support for your charitable fund. In most cases, you will have access to our online donor portal, where our team will update you with information on contributions, awards (as applicable), investment earnings, and more. In addition, we are happy to conduct research on your behalf, promote grant or scholarship opportunities (as applicable), and manage due diligence to ensure compliance. Our Philanthropy Team is available during office hours to respond to your questions and needs.
Our competitive support fees offset the cost of fund administration. They are also reinvested in the Sacramento region through our grantmaking and programs — attending to critical regional issues, improving local lives, and multiplying the impact of your ’ giving. Support fees vary based on fund type and, in some cases, on the size of the fund. See our fee schedule.
Meet Our Donors
Each charitable fund at the Foundation has its own story. We are honored to help local philanthropists — our fundholders — reflect their interests, their values, and their hopes for the future through their giving.
Kim and Richard use their fund to strengthen animal welfare.
The Sheridens left a legacy to support visual and literary arts.
Vince supports organizations that focus on civic engagement.
Sarah created her fund to honor her late husband, Johnny.
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Join Us
Support our vision for a just and vibrant capital region.
While connecting you with causes that stir your passions is a core component of our work at the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, it’s not the only thing we do. We provide engaged civic leadership in our communities to effect lasting change, actively working to establish partnerships and further initiatives that address pressing local needs.
By supporting our work through your charitable fund or another method, you can be confident you are partnering with others to make a significant impact on your community.
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Your philanthropy is personal. Your support team can help you give with confidence.
Kelly Siefkin, CFRE
Chief Philanthropy Officer
ChelsEa fahr
Senior Director of Philanthropy