By Ann Engelhard Vice President Donor Services and Gift Planning Each December the Community Foundation office is a flurry of activity as donors make grants from their charitable funds to support their favorite charities before year-end. The giving season is an exciting time. During the past two weeks alone, we have mailed 377 grant checks […]
Read ArticleBy Michelle Lippart Hardwick Director of Gift Planning With the holidays and the end of 2017 just around the corner, it’s not too early to start thinking about year-end giving. We’re approaching a busy season and the Community Foundation is here to help you easily fulfill your charitable goals and learn more about your favored […]
Read ArticleDick and Terri Auchter make gifts of appreciated stock a key part of their charitable giving, using the Community Foundation to help them do it. “I tend to give almost all of my gifts to the Foundation in stock,” Dick, a former Board and Executive Committee member, said. The reasons, he summarizes as “taxes and […]
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