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Who The DuPage Community Foundation Serves

 

Donors

We offer several vehicles for giving.

  • Named or anonyous
  • Permanent or pass-through
  • General or specific interest
  • Active participation or less-direct involvement

We offer resources for estate planning.

  • Various options for making deferred gifts
  • Potential to involve family members
  • Contacts for discussing philantropic objectives

 

Charities

We offer immediate program support.

  • Discretionary grants from the Foundation Board
  • Partners in community-wide initiatives seeded by the Community Foundation
  • Recipients of designated funds established by donors

We are partners in building charitable capital.

  • Able to establish agency endowments in the Community Foundation
  • Able to collaborate in assessing needs

 

Communities

The community is the beneficiary of charitable capital.

  • Can obtain local support for initiatives sponsored by local groups
  • Can meet emergency needs and manage them locally
  • Can be a neutral convenor to address local issues
  • We maintain a community endowment to assure future service support