St. Johns Community Fund

SJACF

St. Johns Area Community Fund

ST. JOHNS

IMAGINE

TOMORROW A Case for Supporting our Community Endowment Campaign

DREAMS DON’T WORK

WITHOUT

YOU !!

OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE $500,000 FOR THE COMMUNITY FUND BY 2020.

JUST IMAGINE WHAT ANNUAL DISTRIBUTIONS FROM $500,000 WILL DO IN OUR COMMUNITY!

WE’VE COMPLETED SOME

AWESOME PROJECTS Since 2010, approximately

$36,000 has been granted for many exciting

projects such as support & grant requests for the St. Johns Community Spray Park, life vests for Cub Scouts, Maple River Watershed quality support, new youth soccer ďŹ elds on Townsend Road, Wilson Center Auditorium renovations and most recently, support for the new Festival of Lights, a place making event direct from local citizen initiative. The funding comes from our endowment earnings and fundraising activities.

SAFE, SECURE AND PROTECTED Donations to the endowment are invested to provide a permanent stream of distributions for our community while having the potential to increase in value over the years.

In 2010, we chose Capital Region Community Foundation to be the custodian of our endowment. CRCF is the Community Foundation for

Clinton, Eaton and Ingham counties. Our community’s Endowment is part of more than $87 million entrusted to CRFC by Tri-County donors and agencies as a home for their endowment funds.

We are especially proud our endowment is rigidly protected by contract and professionally managed by our premier community foundation with broad goals matching our own.

It is most important to feel our endowment is safe and properly managed.

WE DO!

OUR VISION

Together, we must grow and use our endowment fund to become a voice for positive change in our community, working with the individuals, groups and government agencies on projects that will make our community vibrant.

Could empty buildings become inviting housing overlooking rails to trails?

Could we design a food truck park?

Can we ensure all kids are reading ready for school?

What are the innovative projects we can bring to St. Johns to enrich and enhance our community?

WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS?

Imagine what your gift will look like as our fund grows‌

OUR CAMPAIGN GOAL

Why an Endowment? For our Future!

An example of a $50,000 gift: Initial Gift

Year 1 Thru Year 22

Annual Distribution

Remaining Investment

$2484

$59,605

$50,000 $2100

Sum of 22 years

$50,401

$50,307

This is the goal of endowments. In just 22 years, your $50,000 gift has been completely distributed into the community for annual projects. Yet, there your entire gift remains (plus some annual investment returns), ready to support the unknown needs of our future, forever.

Today, the St. Johns Area Community Fund has over

YR.

Initial Gift

Ave Net Return

Annual Dist. 4%

Remaining Investment

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

50,000 50,401 50,805 51,213 51,624 52,038 52,455 52,876 53,300 53,727 54,158 54,592 55,030 55,471 55,916 56,365 56,817 57,272 57,731 58,194 58,661 59,131

5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00%

2,100 2,117 2,134 2,151 2,168 2,186 2,203 2,221 2,239 2,257 2,275 2,293 2,311 2,330 2,348 2,367 2,386 2,405 2,425 2,444 2,464 2,484 50,307

50,401 50,805 51,213 51,624 52,038 52,455 52,876 53,300 53,727 54,158 54,592 55,030 55,471 55,916 56,365 56,817 57,272 57,731 58,194 58,661 59,131 59,605

we receive 4% of our endowment fund’s average balance to use in our community (currently about $2000 annually).

Our goal is to raise $500,000 for the community fund by 2020. Fund directors have already pledged more than $50,000 in personal donations over the next four years and challenge others in the community to join them.

Projected Endowment Annual Distribution

$79,000 in permanently endowed assets. Each year,

$20,000

$15,000

$10,000

$5,000

$- 0

79000

200000

300000

400000

Endowment Fund Balance

500000

WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN US?

We know you care about our community and want to see it thrive! Our community fund is growing and maturing, allowing us to make real those big and small things that will make St. Johns a better place. Growing our endowment will allow us to do more together, every year.

We accept current gifts and pledges, including gifts of appreciated stock. We also welcome legacy (deferred) gifts such as beneficiary designations in your will, estate plan, life insurance or retirement plan. Donations to the St. Johns Area Community Fund are tax deductible to the extent of the law.

YOUR PERSONAL LEGACY

Being a donor is a way to return to your community the benefits of your life here, maybe even the lives of your family’s past generations. You may even want to consider the opportunity to create your own fund with your family name to permanently recognize your leadership in support of our community’s future.

The time is now to pay it forward by supporting our growing endowment fund. Feel good knowing you will leave behind a better community for future generations.

Together we can create a vibrant community in which we want to live, work and play - today and for generations to come.

The St. Johns Area Community Fund is a 501(c)(3) Michigan Non ProďŹ t Corporation managed by an eclectic group of local volunteer directors. Join us!

P O Box 33, St. Johns MI 48879-0033 email: stjohnsareacommunityfund@gmail.com

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SJACF DIRECTORS: John Wieber John Sirrine Ken Perrin Erin Koenigsknecht Craig Bishop Cheryl Grueneberg Tom Irrer Heather Hanover Molly Rustad Warren Faloon Jason Denovich