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Election years make it impossible to predict what might happen with tax laws. The Community Foundation can help you navigate!

his year, a total of $12,673.25 was granted from the three educational funds to the 19 different projects and programs.

Welcome to summer! We've put together six tips to help plan your charitable giving for the coming months, years, and even decades.

The community foundation can help you make a difference in the lives of young people by funding education.

We’d be happy to join you and your advisors at a meeting to discuss your charitable plans.

The community foundation offers charitable giving vehicles to meet a wide range of clients’ needs. In many cases, a single client can...

Many clients, though, are also deeply committed to the local community where they’re living now, where they’ve raised their children, and wh

Here are three questions that are top of mind for many advisors, along with answers that can help you!

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. 

It’s a good idea to familiarize yourself with several important year-end charitable giving techniques and deadlines so you can be prepared.

What’s deductible and what’s not? As you talk with clients about supporting their favorite charities in their estate plans...

A donor-advised fund with a bequest provision, established at the community foundation, is a great solution for many donors.

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 (BCCF) recently received accreditation with the nation’s highest standard for philanthropic excellence.

Inflation, interest rates, income tax, and the IRS are ever-present topics during discussions with your clients. Right now, there’s a lot to

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

Here are three messages worth sharing with your philanthropic clients as bear market conditions hang on into the fourth quarter

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

If your client missed the ideal window, it’s still not too late to support charity

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