Create a lasting impact on the

community you love

At Cobb Community Foundation, we believe in the power of giving back to our community and creating a lasting impact for future generations.

One of the most meaningful ways to achieve this is through an estate gift. By including charitable gifts to CCF in your will or trust, you can leave a legacy that helps support community needs and causes you care about long into the future.

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CCF simplifies the Giving Process

Establishing a fund at CCF as part of your estate allows you to:

Support your favorite nonprofits or choose community grantmaking funds that align with your interests

Manage future gifts to multiple entities, which you can change at any time cost-free

Give almost any kind of asset, from real estate and stock to retirement plans and life insurance proceeds

Avoid setup costs and ongoing management of a private foundation

Ways to Give

A Charitable Fund that will Live on

Establishing a charitable fund at Cobb Community Foundation during your lifetime allows you to actively participate in your philanthropic efforts while securing a lasting legacy. You can designate successors to continue your charitable work, or CCF can manage the fund according to your established wishes, ensuring your impact endures. This flexibility ensures your generosity benefits the community now and for future generations.

A Gift in Your Will or Trust

A general form of planned giving is a charitable bequest in your will or trust, which can create or add to existing funds, such as Designated Funds to benefit specific charitable organizations, Field of Interest Funds to address particular causes or Unrestricted Funds to Cobb Community Foundation to deploy based on the most critical current needs that exist. Your bequest may be a specific amount, a percentage of your estate or even the residual balance of your estate after all of the other bequests have been made. Please contact us for the appropriate language for your estate planning documents.

CCF can accept many kinds of gifts, including cash, appreciated stock, real estate, business interests, and more.

A Gift of Retirement Funds

Perhaps the simplest and most tax advantageous bequest is to name Cobb Community Foundation as the beneficiary of your IRA, 401(k) or 403(b). Retirement benefits are usually taxed as ordinary income upon distribution to a beneficiary. As a public charity, however, Cobb Community Foundation does not generally pay income tax. Gifts of retirement assets are worth 100% of their value for public charities, while individual beneficiaries may only enjoy 60-80% of the value on an after-tax basis.

A Gift of Life Insurance

Charitable Remainder Trust

Charitable Remainder Trusts can be ideal for the individual or couple who have a need for current income, or want to provide someone else with current income, but want the balance remaining upon their passing or after a designated time period to be paid to a charitable organization. These trusts also provide you with an immediate tax deduction as well as allow you to avoid capital gains taxes on the assets contributed to the trust. You or the trust’s current beneficiary can receive a fixed dollar amount every year or a certain percentage of the trust’s assets each year.

Meet Donor Steve Imler

Steve Imler retired more than two decades ago after co-founding a CPA/consulting firm that later became part of a Fortune 500 company. After getting involved with the Humane Society of Cobb County and Friends of the Strand Theatre in early retirement, Steve learned about Cobb Community Foundation and has served as a board member since 2012.

Steve incorporated his Donor Advised Fund at CCF into his estate plan, so that it will continue to benefit the community after he is gone while minimizing taxes for his heirs. He’s worked closely with his attorney to direct his IRA to charities, including CCF as holder of his DAF. By leaving the IRA to charitable organizations, his gift is entirely tax-free.

“Incorporating my fund at CCF into my estate plan gives me maximum flexibility to adjust future gifts to charities without having to change my will”

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By creating a fund—or contributing to an existing one—you can create more impact locally. Let’s discuss how we can help you get started.