Ways
to Give
There are many different ways that you can provide critical support for the causes most important to you and your family -- now and in the future!
The Community Foundation staff is happy to work you and/or your financial advisor to facilitate your charitable gift planning.
The Community Foundation’s Federal Tax ID: 23-7343119
For assistance, please contact Rachel Crawford, Controller, at rcrawford@thecommunityfoundation.org.
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Gifts can be made online at:
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Greater Washington Community Foundation
P.O. Box 49010
Baltimore, MD 21297-4910
(include 4-digit code 4910, or processing may be delayed)Please include donor’s name/receiving fund name in memo section of the check.
* ALL OTHER MAIL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE SENT TO:
Greater Washington Community Foundation
1750 H Street NW, Suite 800
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ACH information available upon request. Please include donor’s name/fund name in reference section of the transfer.
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Wire transfer information available upon request. Please include donor’s name/fund name in reference section of the transfer.
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Our custodian for the facilitation of stock gifts is SEI Private Trust Company. Please contact donorservices@thecommunityfoundation.org to request wire transfer information.
Please include donor’s name/fund name in reference section of the transfer.
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We accept gifts of cryptocurrency via The Giving Block. Click here to make a gift, learn more about how a donation can lower your taxes, or connect to a crypto-savvy tax professional.
In the notes section, be sure to include your name and the fund name where the gift should be deposited. Please contact us to let us know that you have made the gift.
Types of Gifts We Can Accept
The Community Foundation can accept many forms of simple, complex, or deferred gifts, such as:
Liquid Assets
Cash, credit card (online gift), cryptocurrency, and publicly traded securities held long term can easily be used to add philanthropic resources to a fund. A gift of appreciated securities provides you an immediate charitable deduction for the full market while avoiding capital gains taxes typically due upon sale.
IRA Charitable Rollover
If you are age 70½ and older, you can direct up to $100,000 from a traditional IRA to charity and have it count toward your Required Minimum Distribution. Traditional IRA funds are not subject to income tax when given directly to a charity. However, IRA Charitable Rollover gifts may NOT be given to a donor-advised fund. You may give to other types of funds at The Community Foundation or to our unrestricted funds.
Check with us about how to direct a rollover gift to a fund at The Community Foundation, then consult your retirement fund manager to complete the gift.
Private Foundation Assets
Your existing private foundation may be converted into a fund within The Community Foundation. You can retain the name and purpose of the private foundation while alleviating the administrative and compliance burdens.
Complex Assets
Contributing closely held stocks, bonds, mutual funds, partnership interests, real estate or other real assets to your fund may provide you with an income tax deduction based on the fair market value of the gift and eliminate capital gains taxes.
Legacy Gifts
Planned gifts allow you to make provisions for future philanthropy, often while providing tax advantages now or in the future. We strongly encourage you to meet with your professional advisor(s) prior to executing a planned gift. Planned gift options at The Community Foundation include:
Bequest in a will or living trust
Beneficiary designation on a retirement account: IRA, 401K, 403B
Beneficiary designation on a brokerage or other financial account
Gift of life insurance: either a current gift or a future beneficiary designation
Charitable remainder trust charitable beneficiary designation
Impact Investing
An investment in the Enterprise Community Impact Note supports the Partnership to End Homelessness and its efforts to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring in DC.
While earning a fixed return, your investment dollars are used to help create and preserve affordable housing. Your investment can help more DC residents obtain stable and affordable housing.
Funds that Fundraise
Fundraising for your fund is permitted, but subject to 90-day prior approval by The Community Foundation. Please contact your philanthropic advisor to discuss your plan for fundraising and refer to the complete Funds That Fundraise Policy.