Reasons to Give

Becoming a member of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation's donor family offers an easy way for you to accomplish your charitable dreams. As our partner in giving, you receive the simplicity and tax advantages of a public charity combined with the personal involvement and flexibility of a private foundation. You also gain access to the highest level of strategic thinking on ways to meet community challenges to help make your community investments as effective as possible. And because we plan to be here, serving this community forever, you can be assured that there will be a permanent source of funds available for the organizations and causes you care about most.

Flexible
We take pride in our ability to customize services to meet your charitable objectives. You may establish a fund that supports organizations and causes you care about, the community's areas of greatest need, or a particular field of interest. You also may make a contribution of any amount to any existing Community Foundation fund, including our Spirit of Community Funds. A gift to one or more of our Spirit of Community Funds will become a permanent investment in our community and will help meet our community's most pressing needs.

Easy
When you decide to establish a charitable fund at the Community Foundation, it can be done with a simple governing document that requires less than an hour to prepare. We will guide you through the process. Accomplishing your objectives is made simple by our expert and professional management of the fund you establish.

Permanent
We know you consider your gifts to be an investment in the Kalamazoo community. Our board of trustees ensures that your gifts will grow in perpetuity and will continue to carry out your charitable objectives.
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