Arkansas Community Foundation has the tools and resources to make the philanthropic process simple, flexible and efficient. Arkansas Community Foundation has more than 30 years of experience collaborating with families, individuals and corporations to build our state’s communities through philanthropy.
When you partner with ARCF, you stay in control of your client relationships, and we provide the resources and expertise to help you give your clients charitable giving options tailored to their needs. Your clients can receive the maximum tax benefits for their charitable gifts and include their families in a permanent philanthropic legacy.
If they want to provide ongoing support, forever, to causes they care about, advantages of making those gifts through the Foundation include our permanence, our professional investment management and our oversight role in making sure their wishes are met by the recipient organizations.
There is no cost for starting a fund at the Foundation. Our
annual fees depend on the type of fund. These fees contribute to the total operation of the Foundation, all in support of the community.
No. Gifts to the Foundation are irrevocable. The decision to partner with the Foundation is a serious one, and we encourage you to discuss it at length with your client.
Yes, we offer several opportunities to make
life income gifts. We are happy to work with you and your clients to determine which type of gift is right for them.
Yes, if they choose an
advised fund. they may name co-advisors and successor advisors to continue to guide the fund both while you are involved and far into the future. Many donors have annual family meetings to determine the causes that will receive grants from their funds.