Your clients rely on you to recommend effective tax strategies, thoughtful estate planning, and the best charitable giving options.
You can rely on the Community Foundation and our philanthropic expertise to help you support  your clients' needs and philanthropic goals.

Among the many advantages of working with the Community Foundation:

• We are a cost-free resource for charitable gift planning.
  For nearly 50 years, the Community Foundation has worked with professional advisors to support their client's charitable giving objectives and to leverage effective tax strategies.
• We provide a highly personal approach to giving. 
  We have helped many donors find the giving options that best fit their needs and charitable interests.  We can help your clients establish a legacy, honor a loved one, or support a specific organization or area of interest.
• We accept a variety of gifts and asset types - nearly any type of gift, from cash and publicly held securities to life insurance, real estate, closely held stock and personal property. For a list of gift options.
• We provide flexibility in supporting donors' charitable giving objectives.  One gift to AAACF may establish a number of different  funds to support a number of causes - to provide the greatest flexibility in honoring a donors' intentions.  For a list of fund options at the Community Foundation.
• We can help you support your client's estate planning and find creative giving vehicles  that allow your clients to provide for their heirs and leave a legacy to our community.  For a list of  planned giving vehicles.
  
• We provide wise stewardship of the gifts entrusted to us. 
  Our long-term investment strategy together with a prudent spending policy ensures a donors' gift will continue to grow in perpetuity to provide for future generations.  A gift to an endowed fund at AAACF will honor your client's charitable intentions and name - For good. For ever.
• We provide a host of charitable and planned giving tools to help you find the charitable giving option that best fits your client's needs. To download a variety of charitable giving tools.
• We work closely with professional advisors - lawyers, accountants, financial planners, and insurance professionals  to understand how the latest revisions in the tax code can create opportunities for your clients through charitable giving. 
• Our work with professional advisors is guided and advised by a Professional Advisory Committee, comprised of experienced local professionals who know our local community, understand our work, and can provide experience and perspective.  To meet AAACF's Professional Advisory Committee

We would be happy to meet with you any time to discuss charitable giving opportunities through the Community Foundation.  Please contact AAACF's President Cheryl Elliott or AAACF's CFO Doug Weber.