Types of Funds
Unrestricted Funds
By establishing an unrestricted fund at Connecticut Community Foundation, you trust us to flexibly and responsively direct your money towards the community’s most pressing needs, which often change over time.
Designated Funds
Establishing a designated fund enables you to identify and support one or more organizations whose work is meaningful to you, so you can sustain their efforts over time.
Donor-Advised Funds
With a donor-advised fund, you can actively participate in recommending grants to charitable organizations anywhere in the United States; you determine when and how much to grant. To view the Foundation’s Donor-Advised Fund Guidelines and Policies, click.
Field of Interest Funds
With a field of interest fund, you tell us an issue or geographic area you want to support, and we carefully select excellent nonprofit grantees whose work matches your aims.
Scholarship Funds
By establishing a scholarship fund, you can help a local student realize his or her dream of a college education. You can trust us to select the most deserving students from across our region, or you can specify criteria, such as field of study, geographic residence, or connections to employers or other institutions.
Nonprofit Agency Funds
Nonprofit organizations may establish either endowed or non-endowed funds to help meet current and future needs. We provide investment and administrative management, while the nonprofits focus on doing good work in the community.
Charitable funds may be established with gifts of $10,000 or more. If you choose, you may build your fund to reach that minimum over as long as five years. You may also create a fund today with no gift now but a pledge to contribute assets through your estate plan.
Take a look at the funds other donors have created over the years or read stories about our donors for inspiration.
