Branch County Community Foundation
Fund types tailored to your client’s charitable goals
The community foundation offers charitable giving vehicles to meet a wide range of clients’ needs. In many cases, a single client can...
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News Archives
Branch County Community Foundation
- Feb 8
Tips for serving clients who love local
Many clients, though, are also deeply committed to the local community where they’re living now, where they’ve raised their children, and wh
Branch County Community Foundation
- Feb 8
FAQs: A snapshot of tax-time charitable giving questions
Here are three questions that are top of mind for many advisors, along with answers that can help you!
Branch County Community Foundation
- Dec 8, 2023
Make the Most of Your Donor-Advised Fund
Life gets busy, the months fly by, and it's tempting to put your donor-advised fund on autopilot. But that would be a missed opportunity.
Branch County Community Foundation
- Nov 15, 2023
Tax Planning: Get Ahead of the Year-End Rush
It’s a good idea to familiarize yourself with several important year-end charitable giving techniques and deadlines so you can be prepared.
Branch County Community Foundation
- Oct 10, 2023
Clients want to know: What’s deductible and what’s not?
What’s deductible and what’s not? As you talk with clients about supporting their favorite charities in their estate plans...
Branch County Community Foundation
- May 11, 2023
Have your cake and eat it too: A dual approach to charitable giving
A donor-advised fund with a bequest provision, established at the community foundation, is a great solution for many donors.
Branch County Community Foundation
- Mar 8, 2023
Hidden no more: Designated funds and field-of-interest funds
Although donor-advised funds cannot accept QCDs, the community foundation offers other types of funds that can accept QCDs. For example...
Branch County Community Foundation
- Dec 12, 2022
The Highest Standard for Local Giving
Branch County Community Foundation (BCCF) recently received accreditation with the nation’s highest standard for philanthropic excellence.
Branch County Community Foundation
- Oct 17, 2022
The "i's" have it: Two key topics for client meetings
Inflation, interest rates, income tax, and the IRS are ever-present topics during discussions with your clients. Right now, there’s a lot to
Branch County Community Foundation
- Oct 17, 2022
Nonprofit Sector Insights - October 2022
The nonprofit sector accounts for more than 12 million jobs in the United States, and job growth in the nonprofit sector in recent years has
Branch County Community Foundation
- Oct 12, 2022
The BEAR Market
Here are three messages worth sharing with your philanthropic clients as bear market conditions hang on into the fourth quarter
Branch County Community Foundation
- Oct 1, 2022
Hurricane Relief
n the wake of Hurricane Ian, your clients may ask you about their options to support those affected by the storm. We encourage you to reach
Branch County Community Foundation
- Sep 27, 2022
Highly-Appreciated Stock
If your client missed the ideal window, it’s still not too late to support charity
Branch County Community Foundation
- Sep 16, 2022
Inherited IRAs: Big headache, or big opportunity?
Don’t be surprised if your clients are walking into your office in a state of bewilderment over something they’ve read recently about the IR
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