For Professional Advisors ->Ways Your Client Can Give ->Memorial Gifts January 6, 2009 Free Services Types of Funds Starting a Fund Ways Your Client Can Give Professional Advisor Download Center How We Invest Your Clients' Gifts Outright Gifts Memorial Gifts Life Income Gifts Remainder Gifts Other Tax-Wise Gifts Memorial Gifts Special funds can be created to handle tributes and memorials. For example, donors can use this giving option to: •  Create a Scholarship Fund acknowledging the contributions of a retiring teacher; •  Establish a fund for a nonprofit that was of special interest or provided assistance to the deceased     loved one; •  Support a youth program that keeps the memory of a deceased child. Contributions may also be made to existing funds in order to: •  Honor a living person; •  Memorialize deceased persons; or  •  Commemorate anniversaries or other special events.