WAYS TO GIVE
From the Ground Up: Your Community. Your Legacy.
The Perth and District Community Foundation offers a variety of giving options tailored to your unique situation. Your donation will grow over time and continue to strengthen the quality of life in your community for decades to come.
Charitable gifts to the PDCF
Individuals, families, businesses, and community organizations can make gifts to the PDCF. Local charities and non-profit organizations can establish a fund under the umbrella of the PDCF and benefit from market growth. Currently, The Table Community Food Centre, Big Brothers Big Sisters Lanark County, Lanark County Community Justice, Lanark County Interval House and several other organizations have funds with PDCF.
All donations to PDCF are pooled in a permanent endowment fund and invested. Interest earned from the investments allows us to make grants that benefit the community. We offer a variety of ways to give such as: making one time, monthly or annual donations, establishing your own fund, donating stocks or other securities, leaving a bequest in your will, or designating PDCF as your life insurance beneficiary.
Your donation will be managed with care, excellence, and transparency by a fund manager with oversight by the PDCF Board of Directors. Our annual Financial Reports are available here.
Please consider
- Making monthly or annual donations in whatever amount you choose. All gifts of $20 or more qualify for a charitable tax receipt. Monthly giving is an ongoing investment in your community that helps us grow and plan for future grants. Monthly Giving has a lasting impact.
- Establishing a fund and directing which charity/cause receives funding from the fund, or choosing to allow PDCF to direct the investment income to community needs and priorities through our Community Grants.
- Establishing a bursary or scholarship endowment fund.
Donate Marketable Securities
- You can donate stocks and other securities to the PDCF and receive an immediate charitable tax receipt for the market value of those assets and eliminate the capital gains tax on any appreciated value.
Other Ways for You to Give
- Leaving a gift of a specific amount of cash, specific property, or a portion of your estate to the PDCF in your will.
- Designating the PDCF as a beneficiary of a portion or all of the proceeds from your life insurance policy. You can also bequest the proceeds of your life insurance policy to the PDCF in your will, potentially reducing estate taxes. You can transfer your policy to the PDCF and receive an immediate tax receipt for the cash surrender value.
- If you wish to donate other kinds of property such as real estate, please contact our Executive Director to discuss the best way to proceed.