Charity Begins at Home!

CPA, Carl Cooper and his wife Lynn saw the opportunity of “trading IRS tax dollars for contributions to the arts using the Foundation as a vehicle.”
Pasadena Community Foundation

Setting Up Your Fund at the Pasadena Community Foundation

Our donors are as diverse as the community they serve. They are composed of individuals, families, businesses and even groups of friends who want to strengthen the community, preserve cultural resources and help those in need. All have found a solution for their charitable goals through the Pasadena Community Foundation. A charitable fund can be established in your name, as a memorial to a family member, or to honor someone’s service to the community. You may choose to remain actively involved in grant making, or give discretion to the Foundation.  

Our professional staff monitors community needs and can help you learn more about local agencies and programs that make a difference. While our primary philanthropic objective is to aid and support nonprofit organizations in the greater Pasadena community, donors are able to contribute to eligible nonprofit organizations anywhere in the country.

The size of your fund can be increased at any time through additional tax-deductible gifts by you or by others who share your charitable vision.

To Create a Fund:

  1. Pick the type of fund that meets your needs.
    PCF offers unrestricted funds, donor advised funds, scholarship funds, memorial and tribute funds, field of interest or designated funds and agency partner funds.
  2. Name your fund.
    Use your family name or remain anonymous if you prefer.
  3. Decide what to give.
    PCF accepts cash, stock, real estate, and a variety of other assets.
  4. Decide when to give.
    You can set up a fund now or work with your professional advisor to make a provision for a planned gift through your will or trust or name a fund as a future beneficiary of a retirement plan or life insurance policy. Those who make provisions to benefit or create a permanent fund through deferred gifts or through the establishment of a current endowment fund are recognized as members of our Legacy Society.
  5. Please contact Jane Laudeman, Director of Development, at (626)796-2097 ext. 5 to request our simple fund agreement and answer your questions.
    Our fund agreements are 2-3 pages and take about 15 minutes to complete.