Open a Nonprofit Charitable Fund
Your local partner in sustaining your mission
Your nonprofit strengthens our region, and we are committed to helping you thrive. Foundation For The Carolinas offers expert guidance and a variety of resources to help you build capacity, knowledge and financial stability.
As your trusted partner, we manage endowments and agency funds. We also offer complimentary meeting space, grantmaking programs, and seminars and networking opportunities to nonprofits in our region. Learn how the Center for Nonprofit Sustainability can help you help others.
Our commitment to nonprofits
At Foundation For The Carolinas, we know that nonprofit organizations are vital to a healthy, thriving community. And in times of economic change and shifting federal priorities, they often carry the greatest burdens. That’s why we are committed — now and always — to standing with nonprofits through collaboration, partnership and action.
The Benefits of Partnership
When you open a fund with FFTC, you gain access to a range of philanthropic solutions, as well as our endowment management expertise and cost-effective, diversified investment options. You’ll also benefit from our ability to facilitate planned gifts, as well as gifts of business interests and real property.
Helping You Thrive
FFTC Agency Funds are cost-effective, long-term vehicles that give nonprofits a way to sustain their good work while leveraging FFTC’s endowment management, investment and financial services.
FFTC Scholarship Funds support students from preschool to postgraduate by providing grants for educational purposes, and give organizations the ability to focus on a specific academic discipline, institution or eligibility criteria.
FFTC Custom Philanthropy Services support the management, governance and strategic needs of large funds, private foundations and subsidiary foundations.
FFTC Supporting Organizations are governed by their own boards and strengthened by FFTC endowment management services. They have access to a broad custom investment platform with the same tax benefits of a public charity.
FFTC Charitable Trusts are carefully planned, efficient ways for income and assets to be distributed over time to donors, their beneficiaries and designated charitable organizations.
- Distinct accounting for multiple funds
- Spendable income calculations
- Monthly fund statements and online access to fund information
- Advanced reporting capabilities
- Relationship support
- Cost-effective, diversified investment solutions
- Access to top quality investment managers and sophisticated investment options
- Portfolio oversight from FFTC Investment Committee and investment consultant
- Access to desirable asset strategies and share classes through FFTC’s portfolio
- Investment pools provide diversification and reduce investment cost
- We can facilitate planned gifts, allowing donors to give to your organization through their will, trust or other estate planning tools.
- We offer the infrastructure to accept gifts of real property - such as real estate, land or mineral/timber rights - with your organization receiving the proceeds of the sale.
- We also accept gifts of business interests such as LLCs, limited partnerships or closely held corporations.
- Learn more about all the assets we accept.
- Is your organization looking to create a planned giving program? Our planned giving toolkit can guide nonprofit leaders through the process. Learn more.
Nonprofits that empower
Nonprofits are essential to the health and vitality of our region. As a community foundation, we are committed to leading with transparency, collaboration and purpose — amplifying the voices of those doing the work and aligning support where it’s needed most.
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Contact
Deviré Robinson, J.D.
Senior Vice President, Philanthropic Advancement and Centers for Giving
704.998.6412