How Can You Support Community Foundations?

"Each of us is a philanthropist. You just have to discover it in you" - businessman and donor of the Bilgoraj Community Foundation

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Money
In-kind donations
Real estate
Shares or bonds
Copyright
Time and know-how
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STEP ONE - Making the Donation

- by direct payment at the foundation`s office
- by payment by mail order or bank transfer
- by bank transfer order
- one-time payment
- monthly deductions from salary
- annual or long-term declaration of payment
- by making a donation or financing agreement
- by means of a bequest.
- by making a loan-for-use agreement
- auctions and lotteries

STEP TWO - Response to Your Needs

The donor can choose the purpose and destination of his donation. The role of the community foundation is to satisfy the philanthropic intentions of the donor.
Possible destination of donations:
- unrestricted fund - your donation will be used for activities resulting from the needs of the local community;
- field-of-interest fund - your donation will be used to finance activities you choose (ecology, health, social care, etc.);
- designated fund - your donation will be used for the purpose you indicate, for example to support a specific organisation;
- donor-advised fund - you can participate in the decision making process on the allocation of grants;
- pass-through funds - donations will be immediately transferred to beneficiaries

STEP THREE - Mangement and Investment

After the donation is made it is immediately incorporated into the capital endowment to be invested or supports grant or scholarship programs. The interest on your donation will permanently support the charitable purpose you have defined. If you set up a certain fund and name it, the future generations will know from whom they receive support.

STEP FOUR - Awarding Grants

Grants are awarded in accordance with the donor`s will, unless you do not specify any specific charitable goal. In such a case the community foundation will define its priority areas and award grants to support initiatives based on an analysis of local needs. Most projects are inspected by the community foundations.

"There are many ways of giving. You can do it individually or through an organisation. In the past I did it on my own. One day a sports club came up to me to ask for money for their cup, then somebody else turned to me. I gave them one cup and soon I had 10 other clubs and an association contacting me. Everybody wanted something. And everything was in one way or another necessary. I then understood that listening to all this took up a lot of my time. Besides now, through the community foundation, everything is accounted for properly. When we gave the money privately it sometimes happened that it went not where it was supposed to. Now we are satisfied." - donor of the Nidzica Community Foundation