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Browse through the list below to get answers to your questions about Triangle Community Foundation. If you can't find the information you are looking for, email us, and the appropriate staff member will respond as quickly as they are able.

General Questions Creating a Fund Fundholders Professional Advisors Grantseekers

How does Triangle Community Foundation differ from a private foundation?

What is a community foundation?

Who is Triangle Community Foundation?

How is Triangle Community Foundation governed?

How is creating a fund at Triangle Community Foundation the same or different from creating a private foundation?

What are the different types of charitable funds?

What kind of assets can I gift?

What is the minimum contribution required to create a fund?

What are the fees?

How is creating a fund at Triangle Community Foundation the same or different from creating a private foundation?

What are the differences between a charitable fund created at a big financial services firm, such as Fidelity or Vanguard, and a fund at a community foundation?

Can I include Triangle Community Foundation in my estate planning?

Who manages and invests the funds that are given to the Foundation?

Can I change my recommendation about how the funds are invested?

How do I make grants from my fund?

Can I only recommend grants to organizations in the Triangle?

How can I add to my fund?

How can I make a gift of stock?

How does the grant process work?

What services can you offer that will make my job easier?

What kind of assets will the Foundation accept?

What are the tax advantages?

What is GiftLaw?

What happens after the fund is established?

How can my organization receive a grant from Triangle Community Foundation?

How can my organization increase its visibility to those having donor-advised funds at the Foundation?

What if my organization has not yet received its exempt status? What if we are a small group with no plans to apply for tax-exemption?

Can the Foundation make grants for salaries? Capital campaigns? Conferences?

What are the reporting requirements for grants received from the Foundation?

Can individuals apply for grants?

Should I meet with Foundation staff?

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