Funds

CREATING LASTING LEGACIES FOR THE COMMUNITY YOU CALL HOME.

When you establish a fund within ESCF, your contribution is invested in an endowment that lasts forever. Your initial gift remains intact, while the interest and investment returns generated each year are available for you and your family to donate to charitable organizations, or initiatives of your choice.

Establishing a Fund

  • Our online portal makes giving easy. Just choose the Fund you want to support and "Click and Go".

  • Donate with cash or cheque at our office on the main floor of the CASO Station, Suite 103

  • E-Transfer us at info@escf.ca

  • Cheques made out to Elgin-St. Thomas Community Foundation or ESCF. Mail to 103-750 Talbot St., St. Thomas, ON, N5P 1E2

  • Your gift is your life's legacy and provides ongoing support for your community, your favourite charity or charities, and your Community Foundation.

  • We have a quick and straight forward process to transfer stock, bonds or shares to an existing fund or to set up a new Fund in support of your favourite charity. There are special tax advantages we would be happy to explain.
    Reduce capital gains tax and receive a tax receipt for full market value!

  • Did you know you can transfer an existing insurance policy to the Foundation or a new policy can name the Foundation as a beneficiary? Let us explain how it works.

  • Donations can be made in the name of your loved one.  Ask your funeral director, or call our office.

  • Some people who work hard all of their lives are perhaps surprised to find they have more income than they require, or they become concerned with their level of taxation. A charitable gift to ESCF can be the answer.

Ways to Give

Types of Funds

To create a fund a minimum of $15,000 is required.  You can start building your fund by making smaller installments until $15,000 is reached.  You can create a named fund within a fund for only $1,000.  However, if you don't want to start a fund you can still contribute to creating a lasting impact by donating to an existing fund or by setting up a monthly donation.

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Donor Advised Fund

Donors advise annually granting recommendations.​

Printable Information Sheet

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Community Fund

Supporting charitable activities in a particular geographic region ie. Dutton Dunwich.  Local community members raise the funds and provide direction as to how the granting should be distributed.

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Donor Designated Fund

Long term sustainable support to a designated charity/charities.  Each year the interest income earned will be directed to the charity of your choosing.​

Printable Information Sheet

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Scholarship Fund

Create a fund in your name or in a loved ones that will provide a student with financial assistance in continuing their education.  You may define field(s) of interest and high schools within Elgin County to grant to annually.

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Great-EST Needs Fund

Flexibility to direct grants where they will have the greatest potential to contribute to the community's well-being and vital life signs.  
Granting is guided by local data

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Agency Funds

Charitable organizations can establish an endowment to provide a permanent source of funding for their essential programming.