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Mabel Tainter Theater & CFDC Hire Fund Development Officer
Menomonie’s Historic Mabel Tainter Theater and The Community Foundation of Dunn County have joined forces to help the community thrive. In a historic partnership, both organizations have teamed up to hire Dustin J. Olson as the new Fund Development Officer, who will...
Big or Small, Every Gift Matters
Simplicity, efficiency, and effectiveness have long been cornerstones of working with the Community Foundation to carry out charitable goals. Time and time again, we see how easily donors who’ve established a donor-advised or other type of fund are able to not only...
Estate Planning: One of the best ways to show you care
Money, mortality, and family relationships. Each of those topics alone can be tough for anyone to address head-on, and when you combine them, it’s no wonder so many people put off setting up or updating their estate plans. Establishing a will, trust, and beneficiary...
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Nonprofit Organizations
Your endowment fund: A primer for your board of directors
If your organization has established an endowment or agency fund with the Community Foundation of Dunn County, your staff and board of directors are already experiencing the benefits of our relationship. We are here to help you grow critical financial resources to...
How donor-advised funds help charities stay afloat
You’re no doubt familiar with donor-advised funds, especially if some of your donors use their donor-advised funds at the Community Foundation of Dunn County to support your organization. What you might not know is that the national average annual “pay-out rate” for...
Jumpstart endowment growth with donors’ gifts of stock
Most of your donors have been made aware, often repeatedly, that giving highly-appreciated stock to favorite charities is a very tax-effective strategy. Indeed, gifts of shares held for more than a year are typically deductible by the donor at fair market value. When...
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Professional Advisors
Donor-advised funds: Recommended reading
On an ongoing basis, the team at the Community Foundation tracks legislation, legal developments, trends, news, and innovative strategies for all types of charitable giving so that we can keep fund holders and their advisors up to date! Recently, donor-advised funds...
Fund types tailored to your client’s charitable goals
Just as each of your clients has a unique estate plan and financial plan to meet the client’s particular situation and goals, each of your philanthropic clients needs a unique charitable giving plan. For example, for some clients, giving shares of highly-appreciated...
Tax return reviews help clients level up charitable giving
Tax time has its silver linings! Going over a tax return with a client helps start a productive conversation about ways to plan gifts to charity more effectively. As you scan 2023’s charitable contributions, talk with your client about whether those charitable gifts...