
Your Partner in Philanthropy
Strategic Charitable Giving for Your Clients
Charitable giving is highly personal, reflecting the unique values, interests, and capacity of each donor. When working with the Community Foundation, you build trust with your clients by delivering individualized giving plans to meet their unique charitable goals while maximizing their tax advantages.
With a wealth of knowledge of local nonprofits and programs and more than 90 years of experience with strategic charitable giving, The Community Foundation is your partner in philanthropy.
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Fund Options For Your Clients
Help your clients choose the best solution to match their financial needs and charitable intentions.
Continue Managing Your Clients' Assets
The Community Foundation’s Advisor Managed Funds Program allows your clients to pursue their philanthropy while you keep their assets under management.

Planned Giving Services For Your Clients
Your clients receive payments for life and support their preferred causes through charitable trusts, annuities, and other vehicles.
Planned giving options for your clients
Maximize Giving With Non-Cash Assets
Giving non-cash assets has many tax benefits and is a powerful way for your clients' to maximize their charitable giving. The Community Foundation has experience converting even the most complex assets into charitable resources.

Education and Events
The Foundation hosts professional education and networking opportunities throughout the year. Advisors also have access to The Foundation's extensive knowledge of local issues, nonprofit organizations and the region's needs and priorities.
Professional Advisors Council
Leaders in estate planning, wealth advising, accounting, financial planning, insurance and others in the allied advisory fields work with The Community Foundation to advocate for the value of philanthropy and examine innovative mechanisms for high impact charitable planning.
Get in touch for more information

Sharon Cappetta, CAP®
Director of Development
203-777-7071
For more information, review The Foundation's Giving Guidelines.
Advisor Spotlight: Doing Good for Clients and the Community
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven partners with legal, financial, accounting and insurance professionals to help clients meet their charitable goals. For many of these professionals, this work aligns with their personal values. In the following profiles, we spotlight our partners in Connecticut who are doing good for their clients and the community.

Advisor Spotlight: Ruth Fortune
When working with clients who are also interested in giving back to their communities, Ruth helps them learn about the charitable options for channeling their interests.
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Advisor Spotlight: Timothy Peabody
Peabody helps his clients navigate complex tax planning and has the chance to work with them as their vision for charitable giving takes shape.
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Advisor Spotlight: Ingi-Mai Loorand
Attorney Loorand enjoys talking with her clients about the people they care deeply about, their financial goals, and the legacies they want to create.
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