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Simplify your giving through one of our charitable funds, and join a community of philanthropists maximizing their charitable impact and meeting our communities' most pressing needs. The Community Foundation offers a range of giving options and tailored strategies to simplify and maximize your giving.
We partner daily with generous donors like you to help them meet and exceed their philanthropic goals.
Our Executive Director, Lindsay Richardson, is available to help you explore possibilities.
Individuals & Families
Philanthropic Services
The Community Foundation provides high quality, customized donor service to you and your family. Our philanthropic services team is here to help you accomplish your charitable goals. We can provide expertise in simplifying your charitable giving, planning charitable gifts, identifying effective nonprofit partners and a host of other relevant topics.
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Brainstorm charitable structures to accomplish your giving goals
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Answer questions about charitable giving options
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Share solutions to manage family philanthropy or involve multiple generations in family giving
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Identify corporate charitable giving options for your business
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Connect you to community-identified funding needs
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Organize site-visits for you to get to know local nonprofit partners operating in your interest areas
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Welcome!
Thank you for visiting the Sturgis Area Community Foundation! More important, thank you for caring about your community. Whether you’re here to contribute to an existing fund, explore current needs in our area, or learn more about how to accomplish your own unique charitable goals, we’re confident you will find the tools, resources, and support you need to make a difference.
Since 1962, SACF has worked diligently to connect people like you to causes that are meaningful to them, while partnering with local agencies to fuel positive change across our communities. We believe wholeheartedly that, as individuals, we can drive our community forward, but together, we can change it forever. With the support of our local donors, SACF’s endowment has grown to $30M, allowing us to deliver critical funding each year for charitable programs and initiatives right here at home.
As you explore our site, I’d encourage you to consider how SACF might be a partner for you. What’s your life’s calling? What do you feel compelled to accomplish for others in this lifetime or beyond? Whatever the answer to that question, we hope you’ll consider us a partner in bringing your philanthropic goals to life. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Lindsay Richardson
Executive Director
Welcome!
Thank you for visiting the Sturgis Area Community Foundation! More important, thank you for caring about your community. Whether you’re here to contribute to an existing fund, explore current needs in our area, or learn more about how to accomplish your own unique charitable goals, we’re confident you will find the tools, resources, and support you need to make a difference.
Since 1962, SACF has worked diligently to connect people like you to causes that are meaningful to them, while partnering with local agencies to fuel positive change across our communities. We believe wholeheartedly that, as individuals, we can drive our community forward, but together, we can change it forever. With the support of our local donors, SACF’s endowment has grown to nearly $25M, allowing us to deliver critical funding each year for charitable programs and initiatives right here at home.
As you explore our site, I’d encourage you to consider how SACF might be a partner for you. What’s your life’s calling? What do you feel compelled to accomplish for others in this lifetime or beyond? Whatever the answer to that question, we hope you’ll consider us a partner in bringing your philanthropic goals to life. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Lindsay Richardson
Executive Director
Ways to Give
We know that giving opportunities can come in different shapes and sizes and we have the flexibility to accept a wide range of gifts. The Community Foundation is your resource to maximize assets for the charitable causes that matter the most to you.
Assets We Can Accept
Cash
A cash gift is the simplest way to establish a fund or give to an existing fund. Cash gifts are fully deductible up to 50 percent of the donor’s adjusted gross income in any one year. Deduction amounts exceeding this limit may be carried forward for up to five additional years.
Securities
Gifts of appreciated securities (stock, bonds, and most mutual funds) also provide tax advantages. If you have held the securities for one year or longer, the current value generally is tax-deductible up to 30 percent of your adjusted gross income, with a five-year carryover if the gift amount is more than the 30 percent limit.
Real Estate
We can accept a gift of a house or other personal residence, farm, commercial building and income-producing or non-income producing land. A gift of real estate you have owned for more than a year entitles you to a tax deduction for the fair market value of the property, and you avoid paying capital gains taxes.
Life Insurance
When you name the Community Foundation as the owner and beneficiary of an existing or new life insurance policy, you receive an immediate tax deduction that usually approximates the cash surrender value of the policy. All premium payments made thereafter are deductible as a charitable contribution.
Bequests
Many of the gifts we receive come in the form of end-of-life bequests, small and large, from caring donors who wish to create a legacy in their community. Bequests allow you to support your community and the causes you care deeply about long after your lifetime. A charitable bequest can be a specific dollar amount, a percentage of your estate, or what remains after other bequests are made.