Your Giving Options
Placer Community Foundation can accept a variety of assets to open your fund or endowment, and the best donation isn’t always cash. Give NowPlan Now, Give LaterWe offer several giving options, each designed to maximize your philanthropic goals in a unique way.
Our giving options are flexible – tailored to your charitable interests and your financial needs. You can create a philanthropic legacy now with an immediate gift, or do so later with a planned gift. PCF’s professional staff has the experience and expertise to help you successfully design and implement an effective giving plan. We strongly advise you to consult with your financial and legal advisors to determine a gift that best suits your financial plan.
Give Now or Give Later
Placer Community Foundation accepts a variety of gifts including cash, securities, real estate, and other tangible personal property. Use your gift today to support an existing fund at Placer Community Foundation, open a Donor Advised Fund, or even generate income with vehicles such as Charitable Remainder Trusts. Alternatively, your gift can be named in your will or trust, creating a simple, personalized legacy of giving. All contributions to the Placer Community Foundation are tax deductible and will be acknowledged as such by gift receipt.
Cash
A cash gift is the simplest way to establish a fund or give to an existing fund. Cash gifts are deductible to the extent of 60 percent of the donor’s adjusted gross income in any one year. Deduction amounts exceeding this limit may be carried forward for additional years.
When contributing by check please make it payable to Placer Community Foundation and send to: P.O. Box 9207, Auburn, CA 95604. If you would like the gift to go to a specific fund or project at the Community Foundation, please state in the check memo.
To donate online simply click below. Like thousands of other public charities, we partner with the nonprofit Network for Good to accept credit card donations.
Give Online NowSecurities (Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds)
Real Estate
Private Foundation Assets
- Anonymity. Information about private foundations is readily available for public inspection. Use a Donor Advised Fund to give anonymously.
- Greater Tax Benefits. Receive greater tax incentives on future gifts, such as fair market value deduction of closely held stock contributions and higher AGI deductibility thresholds for cash and publicly traded security gifts.
- More Giving Time. Enjoy the time you save by focusing on your philanthropy and making a difference in the organizations, issues, and communities that are personally most important to you and your family.
Bequests
Life Insurance
Retirement Plans
Are you 70 1/2 or older? Learn how qualified Charitable IRA transfers are tax-free.
Charitable Remainder Trust
Charitable Lead Trust
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