With so many ways for donors to give today, we are frequently asked:  Why choose to work with the Catholic Community Foundation (CCF)? 

There are many reasons donors choose to work with a community foundation, such as to take advantage of the tax benefits of planned giving, to simplify their giving, or to leave a legacy for generations to come.

Any community foundation can do those things. What makes CCF unique is we uphold your faith values by applying them to our philanthropic services.

We do three unique things:

• We screen our investments.  That is, we do not invest in companies whose business activities conflict with Church teaching (e.g. pornography, abortifacients, land mines, etc.)
• We screen our grantees.  We do not make grants to charities whose activities are contrary to Church teaching – and we verify they are legitimate charities.
• We ensure that endowed funds held at CCF will permanently support the mission of the Catholic Church, in solidarity with the Archbishop.

At CCF, our Catholic identity is very important to us. We are proud to help Catholics pass along the faith to future generations through endowment funds and planned gifts.