POWERFUL GIVING

Learn about the different types of funds ECCF offers donors.

Unrestricted

• Allows ECCF to fund grants that meet the community’s most pressing needs.

• Honors a person, family, or business by making grants in their name.

• Flexibility leaves a valuable legacy of community impact.

• Allows donors to support a specific area of interest such as education, health, or the arts.

• ECCF Grants Committee matches the fund’s focus with relevant grant applications.

Other Funds:

• Allows donors to support their favorite nonprofit organization, church or school forever.

• Can support one or more charities, even specific programs.

• If the chosen organization ceases to exist, ECCF will redirect the fund’s grants to an organization with a similar mission.

• Allows donors to recommend grants to their favorite nonprofits.

• Offers benefits similar to those of a private foundation without the burden and cost.

• Can involve family members in generational philanthropy.

Agency, Designated Scholarship, Fiscal Sponsorship, Pass-Through

$19 Over Funds Opened Since Inception

335 Over Million $36 Total Assets

Includes ECPSF

• Strengthens financial support for local nonprofits that focus on the chosen area. Over Million in Grants Awarded Since Inception

Excludes Agency Funds