When you establish an unrestricted fund, your gift addresses a broad range of local needs – including future needs that often cannot be anticipated at the time your gift is made. 

Because you set no restrictions on the use of your gift, it enables our experienced program staff and board to do what they do best – assess community needs and respond by awarding grants to the nonprofit organizations that undertake our community’s most critical work. 

We evaluate all aspects of community well-being: arts and culture, economic development, education, environment, health and human services, neighborhood revitalization and more. 

Unrestricted funds help SCF support long-term solutions; respond quickly to emergencies; and meet changing social, cultural, educational, or environmental needs in Saginaw County.

To start your fund, you can make a bequest or give cash, appreciated stocks, real estate or other assets. The field of interest fund can be set up in your name, in the name of your family, or in honor of any person or organization you choose.

You’ll receive tax benefits in the year your gift is made and you can add to the field of interest fund you establish at any time – and so can others who share your interests in community. 

Your fund will be endowed at SCF, serving as a source of community capital. Earnings gained through investments will be used to make grants that address needs in Saginaw County.

The flexibility of your unrestricted gift enables your community foundation’s program experts to respond to the community’s most pressing needs, today and tomorrow. 

For more information and ideas on ways to integrate your financial planning with charitable giving, ask your financial advisor or contact Saginaw Community Foundation at (989) 755-0545.