The Northern Piedmont Community Foundation manages several types of funds that address a multitude of needs for your clients’ planned philanthropy. Available funds are described below.
Contact us to learn more about our funds, or to establish a fund.
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Donor Advised Funds
Donor Advised Funds offer maximum flexibility, enabling your clients to manage all their giving from one account. They can add to their funds and recommend grants from their funds at any time, supporting the causes that matter to them.
Your clients can support evolving needs and a variety of nonprofits with focused area of interest funds such as the arts, childcare, the environment, healthcare, or a specific geographic region.
Field of Interest Funds
Designated Funds
Designated funds allow your clients to choose specific organizations to benefit from their funds during their lifetimes or as endowments. This type of fund ensures that the organizations they select will receive support regularly over a long period of time.
Unrestriced Funds
Unrestricted funds can be used to address emerging issues and changing needs in the community. Leverage the Foundation’s knowledge of pressing issues in the community and extensive vetting process to ensure lasting impact.
Scholarship Funds
Clients can assist students as they pursue their educational and vocational dreams with scholarship funds. Scholarship funds are often created in memory of someone, and can be used to support educational opportunities, a specific educational institution, or a course of study.
Organization Endowment Funds
Donors and nonprofit organizations can create an endowment fund to protect charitable dollars and provide a stable, predictable source of income for the organization. These funds can provide annual support for the organization.