DONOR SERVICES
Partnering with the Solano Community Foundation to further your philanthropic goals
Our main goal is to meet the needs of our donors. We pride ourselves on helping you meet your particular philanthropic goals, maximize your investment, and achieve the highest tax savings. We will work with individuals, groups, businesses, and organizations to establish endowed or non-endowed Funds. Our pledge is to be responsive and helpful to you. If you wish, we will assist you to make the best choice of the type of Fund you establish at the Foundation, select the organizations you wish to support through your Fund here, and continue to work with you as a partner over time.
Status of Your Fund
Each Fund holder receives a fund statement four times each calendar year, after the close of each quarter. The statement covering the entire year arrives shortly after the beginning of the following year. These statements provide specific information about the activity of your Fund during the period covered. If you need additional information, or more frequent statements, please let us know. We will be happy to provide you with all the information you need.
To ascertain how much money is available from your Fund to allocate to grants, please refer to your most recent fund statement or call the Foundation at 707-399-3846.
Recommending a Grant
All holders of Funds at Solano Community Foundation can recommend grants to qualified local nonprofit organizations, based on the amount available to spend in your Fund. Directions and appropriate forms are located at the bottom of this page. For specific information, please see Recommending a Grant From Legal Donor Advised Fund and Recommending a Grant From Scholarship Funds.
New Legal Requirements
There are new legal requirements governing how Funds are structured at community foundations and how grants are made.
Ways to Give
For more information about ways to give, please see charitable assets, and charitable instruments. Our existing Funds at the Foundation will show the vast range of causes supported by our many donors and perhaps spark your own philanthropic creativity!
For more information about donor services, please see 25 things you should know about Solano Community Foundation and 10 reasons to have an endowed fund at Solano Community Foundation.
Please remember
- Having a Fund at Solano Community Foundation does not constitute your own nonprofit status. You are using the Tax ID Number of the Foundation to allow donations to your fund to be tax-deductible to your donors. Until you have received your own determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service, you are a component fund of the Foundation, not an independent nonprofit organizaton.
- SCF does not engage in fundraising activities for your particular Fund.
- All public relations and media visibility efforts you conduct to raise money for your Fund must be reviewed by SCF staff before submitted for publication.
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