Reasons to Give

The community foundation is the single most flexible institution for charitable giving. We offer a broad array of charitable giving opportunities for the causes you support. The assets you give and the form your giving takes can be customized to meet your own individual needs and interests. We offer an easy way for our donors to accomplish their charitable goals.
Donors' reasons for giving are as diverse as the individuals themselves. Many donors simply want the professional services and philanthropic expertise offered by a community foundation. Others want tax or estate-planning advantages. Some just want to know their charitable contribution is being used wisely.
Regardless of why you give, the Taos Community Foundation offers

• Flexibility. Through the Taos Community Foundation an individual, family, company foundation or charitable organization can create a fund tailored to its specific interest.
• Simplicity. Donors can create their own unique philanthropic fund but avoid the complexity and costs of a private foundation. A  fund can be established with a simple governing document that requires less than 10 minutes to prepare. We will guide you carefully through the process. Giving should warm your heart, not burden you with tax complications and ongoing administrative details.
• ax Benefits. As a public charity, the Taos Community Foundation offers the highest level of tax benefits for charitable giving.
• Community Impact. With more than 20 years of experience in maximizing grantmaking effectiveness, the Taos Community Foundation helps donors target dollars toward promising opportunities that will solve difficult problems.
• Permanence. Endowment funds at the Taos Community Foundation last into perpetuity. Should the original purpose become obsolete, the fund is redirected to the most closely related use. This variance power is a distinguishing characteristic of a community foundation and it gives donors assurance that their original intent will be fulfilled regardless of changing circumstances.
• Recognition or Anonymity. Most donors create a permanent legacy by establishing a fund in their individual or family name. A named fund also is a caring way to memorialize or honor a loved one. If the donor desires anonymity, the Foundation will carefully protect the donor's identity.
• Cost Effectiveness. The Taos Community Foundation professionally manages more than 150 component funds. Our investment managers invest individual gifts as a family of funds, achieving significant economies of scale in both investment and administration.
• Responsible Stewardship. The Taos Community Foundation is managed by an active Board of Directors of community leaders. They are directly responsible to donors and the community.