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

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 recognized nonprofit organizations anywhere in the country.

To Create a Fund:

1. Pick the type of fund that meets your needs.
PCF offers donor advised funds, scholarship 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, life insurance 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.

Those who make provisions for deferred gifts or endowment funds will become members of our Legacy Society.

5. Call PCF for our simple fund agreement.
Our fund agreements are 2-3 pages and take about 15 minutes to complete.