Our Fundholders
Our thanks to the members of our community who support the Sacramento region so generously
We are honored to help our fundholders reflect their interests, their values, and their hopes for the future through their philanthropy. Each fund at the Foundation has its own story – a handful of which we share below – but they are all united by the threads of our fundholders' endless generosity.
After reading some of our donors' giving stories, we invite you to:
browse a complete list of our funds through 2019
learn more about opening a fund at the Foundation
We are proud to welcome these funds in 2020:
Anonymous Legacy Fund
Brenchley-Jackson Fund
CAFF California Family Farmer Emergency Fund
Dillard-Jackson Family Scholarship Fund
Jenner Chapman Fund
NCHS-North Star Mining Museum Expendable Fund
Placer Land Trust Natural Wonders Forever Endowment Fund
Therese and Michael Fund
Vince Andrade-Sales Social Practice Fund
Yolo Community Foundation
Anonymous Fund
Woodland Schools Foundation Endowment Fund
Placer Land Trust
When Placer Land Trust conserves land, it assumes legal and financial responsibility to uphold protection. That’s why its team chose to invest in the future by establishing a permanent “Natural Wonders Forever Endowment Fund” with the Foundation.
Maurice T. and Inez S. Rhoe Fund
Six siblings came together to open a fund at the Foundation honoring their parents’ remarkable lives.
Denise and Donald Timmons Fund
Donald and Denise discovered the Foundation and learned the value of consolidating their charitable giving into one fund to benefit many nonprofits.
Fundholder Stories
- Sacramento Ballet Endowment
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Ensuring ballet thrives in our community — forever.
- Margaret Zentner Fund for California's State Parks
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Maura developed philanthropic values at a young age thanks to her parents’ involvement with the causes they loved.
- Impact Media Fund
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This Fund exists to manage and fund projects and programs that drive transformation and improve our community through research, community engagement and education, solutions-based and investigative journalism, and storytelling throughout the Sacramento region.
- Bryan Potts Scholarship
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By annually recognizing a Rio Americano High School senior who shares Bryan’s joy of living, Bryan’s life will continue to touch young people in the community.
- J. David Ramsey Music Endowment
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Music was always a big part of Dave’s life, no matter where he was. He played the flute and piccolo as a student, performed on the mandolin at his nephew’s wedding, and played the piano throughout his life. The J. David Ramsey Music Endowment will provide annual income for the Foundation to use for purposes and organizations that perpetuate Dave’s passion for music.
- Fearless Fund
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When Jennifer and Jay established a Donor Advised Fund at the Foundation, they took a fearless approach.
- Malcolm W. Robinson Foundation
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After several years of the cost and difficulty of managing a private foundation operating from the East Coast, Surang decided to move the Malcolm W. Robinson Foundation to the Sacramento Region Community Foundation so she could focus on supporting her husband’s legacy of generosity and compassion, rather than dealing with the complexities involved in maintaining a private foundation.
- Sally and Hubert Mee Fund
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Each spring, the daughters of Sally and Hubert Mee return to Sacramento to carry on an important family tradition: honoring heroes from the Sacramento Police and Fire Departments.
- Fred Uhl Ball Memorial Fund for Artists in Crisis
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Fred Ball was a talented artist whose life was cut short by a robbery attack in his Sacramento studio in 1985. In response to the tragedy, Fred’s many friends came together to endow the Fred Uhl Ball Memorial Fund for Artists in Crisis at the Sacramento Region Community Foundation.
- Dennis and Nancy Marks Fund
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Over the years, the endowment for the Dennis and Nancy Marks Fund has generated annual support for causes that matter to Dr. and Mrs. Marks – especially organizations that serve vulnerable children, youth, and families or minister to the needy, education, and the public library.
Make a Difference in Our Community
We enable people like you to customize their philanthropy, easily and effectively supporting the issues they care about – now and always.