Have you ever considered that your giving could continue long after you die? Why not give the gift of a legacy with Devon Community Foundation?
Your donation can be directed to one of our three fund types. If you wish to use it to set up a named fund we can work with you and your advisor whilst you write your will, to put the structure in place that will eventually receive your gift.
Donors that take this approach have the peace of mind that their gift will provide a lasting legacy to the communities of Devon.
We work with professional advisor firms to help them provide solutions for their clients’ philanthropic aims and charitable giving.
We develop relationships with advisors to either help them support clients individually, or to make a wider philanthropic service available to all of their clients.
We match your preferred approach to our fund methods and types and if applicable develop a brand to reflect your aims.
Corporate social responsibility has evolved to include environmental, social and governance issues, and
often that includes a strong desire from the business owners and employees to give back to the communities where they are based.
Setting up a corporate charitable foundation is often seen as the only route, however DCF can manage this process for you. By taking on the charitable governance & administration and managing the grant funding process, we leave you and your staff to enjoy the fundraising activities and efforts, together with the decision of how and where to distribute the funding.
Are you already a trustee of an existing charity or grant-making trust and finding it difficult to meet your charitable objectives? Perhaps you are having difficulty identifying beneficiaries for the funds? Are the assets too small to have significant impact? Existing trustees may be unable to provide as much commitment as is necessary to enable the trust to run effectively, or perhaps existing trustees are no longer able to dedicate the time needed to the charity?
Through our membership body – UK Community Foundations – we are endorsed by the Charity Commission, and the main partner in a nationwide project to revitalise charitable trusts and ensure the funds are achieving their charitable objectives.
DCF can take on your charitable trust, revitalise it and ensure it continues to meet the charitable aims it set out to achieve.
Devon Community Foundation can also manage community benefit funds, that are often generated from renewable energy projects, but can also come from a community asset being transferred for the benefit of a local area. These are specialist funds and we have several that we look after across Devon.
Contact our Head of Development and Philanthropy, Laura Cameron Long, to discuss the different ways to work with Devon Community Foundation:
lcameronlong@devoncf.com
01884 906 686
