With support from the C3F Beaver Island Endowment for Student Success and the Caitlin Boyle Endowment for Student Success, a grant helped purchase new preschool playground equipment for the Beaver Island Community School.
Organizational Funds
What is an Organizational Fund?
An organizational fund is established by a nonprofit organization, school or municipality to provide unrestricted operational support for their mission. Depending on your organization’s goals and support from your board members, you may choose an endowed or non-endowed fund to best suit your needs.
How to start an Organizational Fund
Request a presentation right here on our website through our online form. We’ll walk you through the different types of organizational funds that we offer and will help you design a fund that works best to meet your specific goals.
You can also check out this fund flyer for more information.
How to grow your existing Organizational Fund
We developed the Grow Your Organizational Endowment resources to provide ready-made materials that explain endowment, how supporting the endowment supports your organization for the long-term, and why donors might consider an estate gift to the Community Foundation to benefit your organizational endowment. We hope you’ll be able to customize this basic language to share with your organization’s friends and donors.
Grow Your Endowment
Here are a few ways you can encourage gifts to this permanent source of support for you organization's mission.
Remind donors in your next newsletter.
Feature an endowment donor on your website.
Include a Facebook post about the endowment every other month.
Add a "P.S." to your thank you letters reminding donors of the endowment.
Share when the endowment sends a check!
Leave a Legacy
Tell donors about giving that won't impact their finances now, but will make a difference in the future.
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Make it simple for your donors.
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Recognize and thank these very special donors.
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Partner with the Community Foundation like the Charlevoix Historical Society.
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Offer your organization's closest friends the oportunity to arrange a future gift to the endowment that supports the mission they care about most.
Ask donors if they would like to learn more by checking a box on the contribution envelope.
Mention future giving when you meet with your donors.
Ask board members to consider a future gift.
Invest in the endowment - make a contribution each year for the future of your organization.
Direct donors to c3f.org to support the endowment.
Contact one of our team members for more information
Impact Stories | Grants In Action | Student Success
Beaver Island COmmunity School Playground
Apr 25, 2025