Endowment Fund
Leaving a Permanent Legacy
One of the greatest opportunities to maximize the benefits of giving occurs when you are making other major business, personal, and financial decisions. Times when you are doing estate planning, writing or revising your will, selling a major asset or planning your retirement are excellent times to set up an endowment at the Los Gatos Community Foundation, Inc. This is a wonderful opportunity to perpetuate your legacy beyond your lifetime. For years to come your endowment will continue the vision of the Los Gatos Community Foundation, Inc. to support, strengthen and enrich the quality of life in the Los Gatos Area Community.
Funding Your Philanthropy
There are many ways of giving to a fund with us:
- Giving Now
Establish a family fund during your life so that you and your family can make gifts, particularly appreciated assets, to good causes each year, in perpetuity. - Deferred Giving or Giving Later
Deferred-giving arrangements provide tax advantages now for the commitment of a charitable gift later. - Wills
Include provisions for setting up a fund with us through your will. You will save estate taxes and ensure that the charitable work you care about will be continued.
Donors may take advantage of several tools designed to enable them to make charitable gifts while enjoying tax benefits and preserving economic security for themselves and their loved ones. Some examples are:
- Life Income Plans
- Charitable Lead Trusts
- Bequests
- Retirement Fund Plans
- Life Insurance
- Retained Life Estates
We encourage everyone to consider giving to our Endowment Fund. For further information about our Endowment Fund, please contact Sharon Childs, LGCF Executive Director.
