BEYOND GIVING - ADVANTAGES OF YOUR PHILANTHROPY AT THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

Talk with Trust staff to discover: • How to make grants through our online Donor Portal USE • How to research nonprofit organizations of interest • How to meet nonprofit leaders and changemakers • Ways to join forces with other donors to multiply the effectiveness of your grants • Advanced strategies to optimize your grant making • How your donor advised fund can work with your other financial and. [...] 4 | T H E C H I C A G O C O M M U N I T Y T R U S T OPEN YOUR DONOR ADVISED FUND START RIGHT HERE The essential information we need to open your fund is quite basic: • The legal name of the donor(s) • The name you have chosen for your fund • The names of current advisors who will have the authority to recommend grants • The names of the fund’s successor advisors and charitable beneficiaries • Addi. [...] FUND YOUR DONOR ADVISED FUND GAIN IMMEDIATE ADVANTAGES The initial amount of assets you contribute into your donor advised fund will be deductible in the current tax year.1 In the coming years as you begin making grants, you can replenish your donor advised fund as often as you like. [...] BEYOND Because of his unique focus on higher education, he discovered the BEYOND GIVING: ADVANTAGES best way to achieve his immediate and long-term philanthropic goals GIVING ADVANTAGES OF YOUR PHILANTHROPY AT OF YOUR PHILANTHROPY AT THE THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST was to partner with The Chicago Community Trust. [...] You can choose to name your donor advised fund in your own name or the name of a loved one, you can choose a name that reflects your values or your charitable purpose, or you can choose for Professional advisors and family your fund to remain anonymous.