With tools, resources, and personalized conversations with staff members, AAACF can help you support your clients in making strategic philanthropic decisions. Our guide to charitable giving conversations with clients can help you throughout, as well.

We can engage in ways that fit with you and your clients. You can make a direct referral to us, or we can work with both you and your client to find a philanthropic solution that will best serve their needs. Just have a question? Give us a call. We’re happy to help!

AAACF has the expertise to accept a variety of assets, including the most complex. With an individual plan tailored to your clients needs, we can help address any tax or gift issues. We also offer Charitable Gift Annuities to benefit local nonprofits, creating long-term, stable income for your client while making an impact on their community.

Advisor Tools & Resources

We are the largest foundation in Washtenaw County, thanks to the generosity of donors spanning six decades.

Options for Your Clients

Each client’s needs are different. And we can help with that.

Advisor Lunch & Learn Sessions

Thank you for your interest in AAACF's Professional Advisor Lunch & Learn sessions! See recordings of previous sessions and sign up for announcements of upcoming events below.

Benefits of Partnering with Us

We hope you’ll think of the Community Foundation first when you have your clients’ charitable interests in mind. AAACF offers you and your clients several distinct advantages:

  • Simplicity – A charitable fund with us is an easy, low-cost alternative to forming and administering a private foundation. We can set up a fund within a day or so!
  • Tax Benefits – We offer maximum federal and state tax benefits.
  • Flexibility – We accept a wide variety of gifts, including appreciated securities, and have a number of fund options to fit your clients’ needs.
  • Community Impact – We are deeply involved with the needs in the community and can direct gift dollars to high-impact areas.
  • Stability – Our standards for investment performance, donor services and grantmaking are published and publicly available.
  • Transparency – Investment decisions and evaluation of investment performance are overseen by a volunteer committee of current and former board members and community leaders with expertise in investment analysis. Service fees and fund minimums are also available online.
  • Online Access for Your Clients – We offer DonorView, a secure online portal for donors to view their fund, add to their fund, make grant requests, and more.