Plan today to give forever. Your generosity can continue to improve Santa Cruz County for generations to come.
Giving through your will or living trust can create lasting impact. Contributions can be made with a wide variety of assets, including cash, securities, real estate, retirement accounts, and more. Including Community Foundation Santa Cruz County in your estate plan is an easy way for you to address community needs by creating a legacy that will support the causes you care about—forever.
We offer flexible and strategic giving methods tailored to your own charitable interests and financial goals. From a simple beneficiary form to a charitable trust, we have years of experience to help you give back to your favorite charity or community need, free of charge. You’ll benefit from our expertise in successfully designing and implementing effective giving plans.
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County can accept a variety of assets through your will or living trust to support the charitable causes you care about. We will ensure that your charitable intentions, whether immediate or over time, are faithfully fulfilled according to your wishes.
Now is the right time to plan for the future. We can help you create a personal legacy that will continue to support your charitable interests forever. You can use a variety of assets to create a fund or funds that benefit the causes you care about—in perpetuity.
A MOCI is an easy way to document and manage your charitable bequests over time. A MOCI on file at Community Foundation Santa Cruz County can include all your gifts to the charitable organizations and causes you care about into a single document. And it can be updated at any time, without cost.
You may give now - in any amount to one of our existing funds - or leave a gift for the future. Your gifts can go to your favorite charitable organizations directly, or to establish new endowed funds to support those organizations or a cause you care about, or add to existing endowed funds, or using a combination of all of these methods, in order to best fulfill your specific charitable intent.
Choosing who you wish to benefit from your estate plan is a big decision. Equally important is determining how each should benefit, in what form, and from what assets. We can work with you, at no cost, to evaluate your ideas and plans, and may be able to suggest, if appropriate, alternatives that can provide the best possible outcomes for both your individual and your charitable beneficiaries.
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Voices in our Community
“We began volunteering at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music as ushers in the 1990s. We are passionate about the Festival and we want it to thrive for decades to come—and the Community Foundation understands our wishes."
Our Philanthropic Services Director, Sam Leask, can walk you through the process of creating your ongoing legacy at Community Foundation Santa Cruz County. His services are available free of charge.
