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Corporate Advised Fund

Establishing a Corporate Advised Fund for your business with the Douglas County Community Foundation poises you to match your philanthropic goals with a growth and giving plan tailored to your needs and culture. Corporate Advised Funds provide a cost-effective, convenient and flexible way for your business to give back to the community and build awareness about needs. Regardless of your starting point, DCCF simplifies the process and enables your fund to begin making impact. 

• Your company makes a gift to the Douglas County Community Foundation and receives a tax deduction in the same year the gift is made. 
• DCCF can accept a wide variety of assets, including but not limited to: cash, restricted and appreciated stock and real estate. 
• You select the type of fund; permanent, quasi-permanent, and temporary (upon special request/circumstance).
• Earnings are deposited back into your fund.
• You can access your fund account statements at any time through our online fund portal at dccf.org/donors.
• Working with our expert staff, your grantmaking committee members will be given support and guidance to meet specific philanthropic goals

Social responsibility isn’t a catch phrase

• Your company’s fund advisors can make grant recommendations to support causes that reflect your values
• Once your grant recommendations from your Corporate Advised Fund are submitted and approved, the Douglas County Community Foundation handles all the administrative details and issues grants to nonprofits in the name of your fund. 
• Gifts can be accompanied by a personalized letter, highlighting your company, including logo or made anonymously through the Foundation.
• Douglas County Community Foundation are able to train your giving team members on grantmaking best practices. Our staff have extensive knowledge on community nonprofits and their programs and services, as well as best practices country-wide. 

Benefits to working with DCCF

• Your company’s initial gift - and all future earnings - is a permanent source of community capital, helping to do good work around key issues. 
• Your Social Responsibility program is immediately associated with DCCF, a leader in the Colorado philanthropic sector. 
• DCCF offers all our company partners increased visibility in the community and specifically through our Corporate Partners web page and all other forms of marketing to the Douglas County community and beyond. 
• Non-co-located and co-located team members can build a better state of culture through shared philanthropic goals* 

*for more examples on how philanthropy goals strengthen a business culture, we suggest reading “Delivering Happiness” by Tony Hsieh as well as, “It’s How We Play The Game,” by Ed Stack

Our promise to our partners

We are committed to ensuring that a partnership with Douglas County Community Foundation is of the highest value to your bottom line and community standing. We offer two levels of service.