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Giving with Confidence Starts with Good Guidance
Read more: Giving with Confidence Starts with Good GuidanceIn my work with donors, I’ve seen how the right insight and partnership can make giving feel clearer, more meaningful, and more impactful.
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More Ways to Give on Big Day of Giving: Stock and IRA Gifts
Read more: More Ways to Give on Big Day of Giving: Stock and IRA GiftsDonating stock or making a QCD from your IRA can be simple ways to support your favorite nonprofits on Big Day of Giving.
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Four Tax-Time Reminders for 2026
Read more: Four Tax-Time Reminders for 2026Four items to discuss with your CPA now that it’s tax time.
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Women & Philanthropy: Impact Across Generations
Read more: Women & Philanthropy: Impact Across GenerationsWomen are shaping the future of philanthropy.
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What Do You Want to Leave Behind?
Read more: What Do You Want to Leave Behind?A Legacy Fund documents your charitable wishes and ensures your support strengthens this region for years to come.
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Charitable Fund Types, Including Staff Favorites
Read more: Charitable Fund Types, Including Staff FavoritesFlexibility. Focus. Long-term impact. Different fund types support different goals.
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How Life Insurance Can Support Your Charitable Giving
Read more: How Life Insurance Can Support Your Charitable GivingLearn how life insurance can play a meaningful role in your charitable and estate planning goals.
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Tax Updates and Thoughtful Giving Strategies
Read more: Tax Updates and Thoughtful Giving StrategiesHere’s how new tax laws in 2026 may affect your charitable giving — and how we are poised to help.
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Four Reasons to Make a Will
Read more: Four Reasons to Make a WillNo matter your age or health status, creating a will has more benefits than drawbacks.
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Tariffs, Turbulence, and the Failure of the Familiar
Read more: Tariffs, Turbulence, and the Failure of the FamiliarOur team, Investment Committee, and investment consultants are monitoring market developments.
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Secure Income for Life While Supporting Causes You Love
Read more: Secure Income for Life While Supporting Causes You LoveA Charitable Gift Annuity offers fixed income for life, tax benefits, and a lasting gift to the causes you care about—and rates remain stable.
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IRAs, QCDs, and You
Read more: IRAs, QCDs, and YouQualified Charitable Distributions, or QCDs, are tax-free gifts from your IRA that can satisfy all or part of your required minimum distribution each year.
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The Reeve Family’s Enduring Legacy of Giving
Read more: The Reeve Family’s Enduring Legacy of GivingReflecting on how Christopher and Dana Reeve turned adversity into a force for change.
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Giving That Inspires More
Read more: Giving That Inspires MoreReferrals from our current donors are growing philanthropy throughout the Sacramento region.
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A Love Letter to GivingEdge
Read more: A Love Letter to GivingEdgeOur region’s nonprofit database is the perfect philanthropic matchmaker