Our team is closely tracking the IRS’s proposed regulations concerning donor-advised funds, issued in November 2023. Note that these regulations are just “proposed”; it is unclear whether and to what extent they will become final. The public comment period was recently extended, and the community foundation field...
Many donors and fund holders at the McPherson County Community Foundation (MCCF) have updated their estate plans to leave a bequest to their donor-advised or other type of fund. Some bequests take the form of a “specific bequest,” which means that the fund at MCCF receives...
CASA's Annual Shirt fundraiser will help CASA, provide more training for our volunteers and retain their current volunteers. The opportunity will help them recruit more volunteers to help children in the community. Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) is a trained adult who is appointed by a...
Simplicity, efficiency, and effectiveness have long been cornerstones of working with the community foundation to carry out charitable goals. Time and time again at the community foundation, we see how easily donors who’ve established a donor-advised or other type of fund are able to not...
Members of the Lindsborg community, this is your opportunity to get involved in the decision-making process of grant allocation. The David J. Nutt Fund is hosting a survey to gather public opinion on what applications would best suit the mission of the fund. David J....
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 designations forces...
If you’ve supported a particular charitable organization for many years, and perhaps even served on its board of directors, you are likely familiar with some basic concepts of “trust-based philanthropy,” even if you didn’t know that’s what it is called. As a devoted supporter of the...
One of our Mastermind McPherson County Grants is in progress! The McPherson Chamber of Commerce is currently collecting the contacts of McPherson County Nonprofits that seek volunteers. These contacts will be put into a database hosted on the McPherson Chamber of Commerce’s website. This database will serve...
[caption id="attachment_5414" align="alignright" width="496"] The database will be a constantly updated resource for searching for specific needs.[/caption] The McPherson County Community Coalition, established in the hopes of bringing community leaders together to identify community issues, is nearing completion of a project that can simplify how those...
Something to keep in mind with Match Week approaching is the utilization of your Qualified Charitable Deductions (QCD) from your IRAs Required Minimum Distribution (RMD). What is an RMD? An RMD is your required minimum distribution that you must begin withdrawing from your individual retirement account (IRA)...