Donors:
Making an Impact for Today and Tomorrow

Orange County Community Foundation donors are making our community a better place to live, learn and thrive. We offer a full range of services uniquely designed to enable donors to make an impact today, tomorrow and forever. Our team of donor services representatives is extremely responsive and capable of meeting your needs. We can help you develop a personal strategic giving plan to bring focus and purpose to your giving. 

Donor-Advised Funds: Simple, Impactful, and Lasting
By opening a donor-advised fund at the community foundation, you can see your charitable gifts making an impact, changing lives and improving our community, the nation and the world. Donor-advised funds are an efficient, cost-effective alternative to the administrative complexity of creating and maintaining a private foundation.

Our donors appreciate that we make it easy to be charitable—whether by helping to streamline giving, simplify the grantmaking process, or providing detailed reports on donor history. In addition, our seasoned team of donor-service and program executives operates on the frontlines of our community’s network of nonprofit agencies. We regularly evaluate the agencies we work with, ensuring that donor funds are used in the way they are intended.

By working with us, you can bring focus to your philanthropy.  As an OCCF donor, you can:

• Experience the joy that comes with being charitable, without the complexities of managing paperwork, tax forms and distributions
• Match your charitable interests to the needs of the community
• Keep abreast of the latest philanthropic trends and needs of the nonprofit community
• Save time by relying on our wealth of knowledge
• Streamline your giving and eliminate administrative chores by utilizing the community foundation as a liaison between you and the charitable organizations you support
• Ensure peace of mind knowing your charitable contributions are being used as intended
• Receive personal recognition or keep anonymity while making a powerful impact on our community

Plan Your Giving
You decide when to give to your donor-advised fund: you can give now for tax savings or give later as part of your estate plan. The Orange County Community Foundation can accept a wide range of assets, including cash, securities, real estate, and personal property. We can also help establish annuities to provide income over your lifetime and a tax-deductible gift to your favorite charity today. Donors can make outright gifts or bequest assets to us via planned giving vehicles.

Our team of gift planning professionals can help you develop a giving strategy that meets your needs, including creating a permanent legacy by establishing an endowed fund that will generate grants year after year. Whatever your personal, financial or philanthropic goals, our gift planning experts can work with you and your professional advisor to maximize the benefits of your gift and take advantage of the most favorable tax deductions available under IRS regulations. For more information on charitable tax planning, click here.