Ways to Give
Cultivating an enduring legacy, the PDCF offers a variety of giving options tailored to your unique situation. Your donation will not only grow over time but continue to strengthen the quality of life in your community.
Charitable gifts to the PDCF
Individuals, families, businesses, and community organizations make gifts to the PDCF. In addition, we enable local charities to establish their own endowment fund under the umbrella of the PDCF.
Donations are pooled in a permanent endowment fund and invested. Money earned from the investments helps grow the fund and allows us to give grants that benefit the community. We offer a variety of ways to give ranging from making monthly or annual donations, establishing your own endowment fund, donating stocks or other securities, to leaving a bequest in your will. By collaborating directly with you, the PDCF is able to match your interests and concerns with local organizations and find innovative and responsible ways to give your investments lasting impact.
Your gift will be managed with care, excellence, and transparency by RBC Dominion Securities with oversight by the PDCF Board of Directors. Our annual Financial Reports are available at on our front page
You may wish to
- Make monthly or annual donations in whatever amount you choose. All gifts of $20 or more qualify for a charitable tax receipt.
- Establish your own endowment fund and direct which charity receives funding from your endowment, or choose to allow us to direct the investment income to community needs and priorities through our Grants Committee.
- Establish your own bursary or scholarship endowment fund, direct the purpose of the award and select the recipients
Other Ways for You to Give
- Stocks and Other 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.
- Bequests You can leave a gift of a specific amount of cash, specific property, or a portion of your estate to the PDCF in your will and, in some cases, receive a substantial reduction in estate taxes.
- Life Insurance You can designate 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.
- Other Property 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.
We invite you to contact Victoria Gibb-Carsley, our Executive Director, at 613-326-0295 or info@pdcf.ca to discuss the option that suits you.