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Foundation Friday

Yellow Springs Community Foundation                 March 17, 2023

Donors May Recommend Grant Recipients

Individual donors can actively engage in making grant recommendations through Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) with the Foundation.

Why consider a DAF? The gift to the Foundation provides an opportunity for Donors to streamline their charitable giving while maximizing their gift and make grant recommendations to nonprofits that match their interest. Many donors are able to take a tax benefit from charitable contributions, and most donors find DAFs an added convenience to their annual philanthropic giving. 

To create a DAF, the donor provides a gift to the Foundation to create the fund and receive an immediate tax credit, from which smaller grants are awarded throughout the year, to any nonprofit organization as recommended by the donor and approved by the Foundation's board. 

Donor interest has recently increased in creating DAFs, as the benefits are many! The funds may be invested and accrue interest through the Foundation's pooled investment accounts. Donors have 24/7 access to the fund to view and make grant recommendations, and friends and family can make donations to the fund on the donor's behalf. For many, the gifts to the DAF are tax deductible.

The Foundation maintains DAF accounts as anonymous for the donor’s privacy, and donors are recognized for their grant recommendations by the nonprofits, both of which can be especially important in a smaller and closely knit community such as Yellow Springs.
 

For more information: Donor Advised Funds

Or contact us: yscf@yscf.org to join our family of Donor Advised Fund contributors.

Join Us in 2023. Please consider supporting the Foundation's work in the community to create an even stronger village and township by giving to the Love of Community fund:

Point your smartphone camera, and click the image: 

Or click the link: For the Love of Community Fund

Thank You Generous Donors & Volunteers!
You are vital to our village and township!
 
Donors to the Love of Community Fund (week of 3/15) Hank & Ruth Lapp
Donors to Community Foundation Funds (week of 3/15) Anonymous - Paul Comstock - Jim & Kay Cox - Jeff Eyrich - Michael Hughes - Alex Melamed & Allison Paul - Anne Rauh - Macy & Roger Reynolds - Mark Thornton - Barbara Wherley - Yellow Springs Schools Athletic Department - Yellow Springs Boosters Club
Donors to the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion / YSEQUITY Fund (week of 3/15) Kate LeVesconte
Volunteers Recognized this Week (week of 3/15) YSCF Volunteer Extraordinaire, Harvey Curran for all of his assistance with the YSCF scholarship program now in full swing!
Nonprofits in the YSCF Volunteer Database (week of 3/15)  the Glen Helen Association - John Bryan Community Pottery - Tecumseh Land Trust - YS Exempted Village School District - YS Senior Center

We are happy to announce we now accept ACH donations online, you will be provided an opportunity to use a credit card or ACH at checkout.

Join us! To donate to funds at YSCF: www.yscf.org


Nonprofit Events & News
 

The Connect YS! Volunteer Site Up and Running for 45387 Nonprofits!

We have already onboarded many of our local nonprofits on the YSCF Volunteer Portal - the Glen Helen Association, Tecumseh Land Trust, the YS Senior Center, John Bryan Community Pottery, the Tree Committee, and YS Schools. 

The YSCF would love to schedule more nonprofits to take advantage of this opportunity to engage the community through volunteer opportunities and events - especially as a clearing house for events! 

For this volunteer portal to be valuable to your organization and our community, we need your help first! We are planning a Volunteer Sign Up Campaign in February (this month) to help us launch this system to the public, but we need organizations to load up events and volunteer opportunities so there is something for them to engage with. 

How to start:

You can certainly do your own onboarding, on your own time. There are many resources available. 

https://yscf.galaxydigital.com/ (YSCF Galaxy Digital Site) 

OR

Access our site via "Volunteer" button top right at yscf.org

 

For more information: melissa@yscf.org 

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Our Mission 
Entrusted with the responsibility of enhancing community life, we are a catalyst and resource for local charitable giving and grant making.
 

BOARD MEMBER TRUSTEES
Lisa Abel, President; Richard Bullock, Vice President; Matthew Denman, Treasurer;  Todd Leventhal, Secretary; Art Boulet, Christopher Cox, Theresa Graham, Angie Hsu, Artie Isaac, Ellis Jacobs, Joanne Lakomski, Kathryn Van der Heiden 

STAFF
Jeannamarie Cox, Executive Director
Kat Walter, Program & Operations Director
Melissa Heston, Outreach Manager
Misty Gill, Administrative Assistant
Sara Miller Gray, Financial Administrator
Harvey Curran, Volunteer Project Manager
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