Ways of Giving

Making a Gift to an Existing Fund

Community members may choose to contribute to one of the existing funds:

• Field-of-interest funds -- Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Health and General Welfare, or History and Cultural Heritage, or
• The 21st Century Endowment Fund -- Growing to provide a permanent future source of unrestricted revenue for Foundation services and grant awards, or
• Unrestricted gifts -- designated by the Board of Directors to support areas of greatest current need.

Establishing a New Fund

Donors with specific goals and needs not addressed by existing Funds may choose to establish new Funds which can be tailored to fit special circumstances. Funds can be:

• Permanent endowment, or
• Non-permanent

Depending on the decision-making process used to determine distribution of assets and/or earnings, funds may be identified as:

• Donor-advised, or
• Donor-restricted

The Legacy Society

The Claremont Community Foundation has established the Legacy Society to enable donors to leave a heritage to benefit our community in a variety of ways. These gifts can be in the form of:

• A bequest from a Will or Living Trust
• Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT)
• Retirement Assets
• Life Insurance
• Other property

Find out more about the Legacy Society