Advisors – charitable strategies to help your clients
Throughout the year, we have featured ways that your clients likely can save substantial tax dollars simply by donating appreciated property to fund their charitable contributions. And timing those contributions so that they are made in a year when their tax bracket will be higher and/or in a year when they will exceed the new, higher standard deduction and therefore be able to itemize their charitable contributions. As the giving spirit increases this time of year, we reiterate these simple …Read More.
Not-for-profits, Residents Gather at Hamilton County Community Foundation’s Celebration of Philanthropy
At its annual Celebration of Philanthropy event on Nov. 7, Hamilton County Community Foundation honored three community leaders, each of whom allocated a $5,000 grant to the organization of their choice. The foundation also announced a campaign to raise $1 million for the unrestricted Endowment for Hamilton County. If raised, those funds will be matched 2:1 through Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow (GIFT), an initiative of Lilly Endowment Inc, and would increase the foundation’s grant-makin…Read More.
Who Has the Power to Address Affordable Housing?
by Corby Thompson Board member, Hamilton County Community Foundation President, Thompson Land Company and Boomerang Development Last month, Hamilton County Community Foundation and community leaders hosted a conversation about affordable housing, which you can listen to here on For Good. Since listening, the topic percolates my thoughts and my mind wanders to the topic frequently. […]Read More.
Rethinking Philanthropy
We want to make charitable giving equitable, easy and fulfilling. Encouraging people to be generous, support our neighbors, and leave our community, and the world, a better place is a privilege CICF has had for more than 100 years. Philanthropy is changing—it’s becoming more dynamic, so, we are too.Read More.