The vitality of the Bowling Green area is dependent upon the commitment of those who invest in its future. Please consider such a commitment. We invite you to learn more about the Bowling Green Community Foundation by contacting us at the address or telephone listed below, or you can email us. Together we can improve the quality of life in our community. Become a member of our community of donors.

All donors are recognized in the Foundation's annual report and at an annual reception for donors and grant recipients. We encourage you to contact a financial advisor as you consider a gift.

Bowling Green Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 1175
BowlIng Green, OH 43402-1175
(419) 354-5521

WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE FOUNDATION

Based on personal interests, a donor may contribute in a number of ways. There are several options to consider:

Lifetime Gifts - Cash or Securities

A gift of cash or securities to the Bowling Green Community Foundation enables the donor to benefit from the most advantageous charitable income tax deduction available under current laws. Special consideration should be given to appreciated securities as a tax-favored charitable deduction.

Simple Bequests

The act of naming the Bowling Green Community Foundation in your Will is one of the simplest ways of making a gift to the Foundation. In this way, you provide a means of support for your favorite charity and reduce your estate taxes.

Life Insurance

A life insurance policy may be donated outright to the Foundation or the donor may retain ownership of the policy and name the Foundation as beneficiary. In the first case, there is a reduction in the donor's income tax; in the second there is a reduction in the donor's estate taxes.

Charitable Remainder Trusts

A Charitable Remainder Trust provides life income payments to the donor from invested assets. Upon the donor's death (or death of other income beneficiaries), the remaining principal of the trust is used to create a fund within the Foundation.

Pooled Income Fund

A Pooled Income Fund allows irrevocable gifts from separate donors to be commingled for investment purposes. Similar to the Charitable Remainder Trust, this fund provides payment for life to the donor or other named beneficiaries from the annual net income earned by the Pooled Income Fund. The remaining principal transfers to the Bowling Green Community Fund upon the death of the income beneficiaries.

Transfer of a Private Foundation

An effective way to maintain local giving, have access to a professional staff, and alleviate the administrative burden of administering a private foundation is to transfer all or part of it to the Bowling Green Community Foundation. Such a transfer not only releases the private foundation from reporting requirements imposed by the Internal Revenue Code, but also terminates the payment of the federal excise tax.