Benefits of Giving

If you're like many donors, you'll find that giving through the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa is the easiest, most advantageous way to achieve your charitable goals. We take into account both your charitable interests and your personal needs and then work with you or your professional advisor to identify opportunities, whether immediately or through your estate which will help you achieve your charitable intent, while receiving the best tax advantages available. Here are some of the many benefits of giving through the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa.

Tax Advantages

The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa is a public charity which allows your contributions to qualify for the maximum deductions allowed for charitable contributions. In addition to federal deductions, your gift to a permanent endowment fund between may make you eligible to apply for Endow Iowa tax credits.

The Possibility of Permanence

Your gift to the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa can be made to a permanent endowment fund that will benefit your community in perpetuity. This allows your gift to the community to have a lasting impact. For good. For ever.

Flexibility

The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa offers extraordinary flexibility in your fund choices, the assets that can be used to establish your fund, and our ability to fulfill your charitable wishes now and in the future. Gifts can be designated for special interests or left unrestricted. The possibilities are endless!

Convenience

Establishing a fund with the Community Foundation is less costly and time consuming than handling the details yourself. We handle all of the paperwork and record keeping in our office.

Simplicity

A single gift to the Foundation can support numerous charitable causes – and eliminate the need to collect multiple receipts. As a public charity, the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa is free from the operating restrictions, excise taxes, and administrative requirements imposed upon private foundations. Therefore, more of each gift made to the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa can be used for charitable purposes.

Professional Management and Accountability

The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa works closely with professional financial managers whose investment decisions are monitored by our Finance and Investment Committee and our Board of Directors. All Community Foundation grants as well as gifts received are detailed in our annual report, as are the results of an annual independent, professional audit.

Community Impact

Our Staff, committee members, and Board of Directors have extensive knowledge of community needs, current trends, and local nonprofit organizations. Because of our broad perspective we ensure that the grants we distribute are targeted where they will have the most impact on the community. For good. For ever.