Memorial Funds

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Memorial Funds

Your loved one impacted many lives. Continue their legacy with a memorial fund.

Honor their memory with a charitable gift to causes that were important to them. Foundation for the Carolinas offers three giving options to streamline the process.
 

 

Benefits of managing memorial gifts through FFTC:

FFTC is your local community foundation. We help people throughout our region give back to the causes that are important to them.

  • All donations are tax-deductible.
  • Online giving is convenient with credit card donations.
  • Fund assets are invested and can grow, so donations today have the chance to be even more impactful in the future.
  • The Foundation has more than six decades of expertise in grantmaking and knowledge of local charities.

Options for Memorial Gifts

Giving to the FFTC Memorial Fund

The FFTC Memorial Fund provides an opportunity to give in your loved one’s name to addresses critical needs in our region. This charitable fund supports important community causes, such as children’s literacy, affordable housing, disaster response and more. Your loved one will be recognized on the FFTC website as a tribute.

Opening a Memorial Donor Advised Fund

Memorial Donor Advised Funds allow you, your friends and family to give to a central place, from which you can then support charities that are meaningful to you or your loved one. Your fund will have a dedicated online donation page through which anyone can give. You can contribute assets such as cash, life insurance proceeds or real estate to create and grow the fund.

Giving to a specific cause or community

Donations can also be made in your loved one’s honor to support important needs for specific causes or communities in our region.

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Which option is right for you?
 

Giving to FFTC Memorial Fund

  • You’d like to make a charitable donation in memory of a loved one, but you’re not sure which nonprofits to support.
  • Your loved one was passionate about their community, and you believe they would prefer gifts be used to address a range of local needs.
  • You’d prefer to leverage FFTC’s grantmaking expertise and insight into local needs and opportunities.
  • You’d like to provide family and friends with an easy, financially accessible option to donate at any level in your loved one’s honor.
  • You’d like your loved one’s name to be recognized on the FFTC website as a tribute to their memory.


Opening a Memorial Donor Advised Fund

  • You have the resources to meet the minimum requirement for opening a fund (Minimum opening contribution: $10,000 plus a $500 set-up fee for the donation web page).
  • You’d like to provide a lasting opportunity for family and friends to donate in your loved one’s honor.
  • You seek to create an enduring giving method that memorializes your loved one, with the potential to grow and amplify its impact over time.
  • You want to make decisions about which nonprofits are ultimately supported by the fund.


Giving to a specific cause or regional endowment 

  • You’d like to make a charitable donation in memory of a loved one, but you’re not sure which nonprofits to support.
  • You believe your loved one would prefer gifts be given to support a specific county or cause.
  • You prefer for grantmaking decisions to be made by local experts.
  • You’d like to provide family and friends with an easy, inexpensive option to donate in your loved one’s honor.

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