How to Give
Increase the value of your gift by 340% with our Grassroots Challenge.
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Make More of Local Giving - Increase the value of your gift by 340%.
Until March 2011, we our able to MATCH all donations made by companies, individuals and trusts through our Grassroots Endowment Challenge.
Every £100 donated turns into £256 (with Gift Aid) for local causes. Higher rate tax payers can increase the value of their gift by over 340%. To find out more call Martha on 01884 235887.
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We provide you with a rewarding, enjoyable and personal way to make a meaningful and lasting contribution to your local community.
When you give to Devon Community Foundation you can see exactly where your money goes and the difference it makes - locally.
Donations of all sizes are welcome and important to us. There's a whole range of ways you can give personally or if you're a business, as part of your CSR activity.
As an organisation, statutory body or trust, we can manage your local giving in a transparent, effective and professional way.
Working with us means you can choose to support the causes which best match your personal aims or business interests and make your local giving go further, last longer and do more.
When you set up your own mini-charitable trust (Set up a Named Fund) with us, we take on all the administrative, investment and grant making duties on your behalf.
We already manage Funds on behalf of 29 Fundholders - take a look at some of the case studies opposite to find out why they find working with us such an enjoyable and effective way to give locally.
Alternatively, you might like to fundraise, hold an event on our behalf or support us in kind - to find out more click here to Get Involved.
However you give, you'll become part of our 'Community of Donors' - a new generation of local philanthropists and organisations who want to use their money, skills and enthusiasm together with others to make a better Devon for everyone.
Case Studies
- Mildmay-White Family Fund
As a long-standing Devon Family, Anne Mildmay-White wanted to give something back
Read more... - Kitson Solicitors
Kitsons Solicitors set up their own Named Fund to support community groups in Torbay as part of their CSR activity...
Read more... - Devonian Trust
When the Devonian Trust wanted to save time and money on running its own charitable trust, it decided to transfer its assets to Devon Community Foundation.....
Read more... - Exeter City Council
A partnership between Devon Community Foundation, Exeter City Council, a private donor and Friends Provident has helped to get the long term unemployed back to work in City....
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