BCF Services

Anonymity or Recognition: 
  • BCF can provide the level of anonymity or recognition most comfortable for your client. BCF will never share your client’s contact information; strict confidentiality is observed at all times.
Online Access for Donors:
  • Donors have online access to their charitable funds 24/7 through DonorXpress. Take a tour. 
Investment of Funds: 
  • All funds established at BCF are managed as provided by the Investment Policy Statement approved by the Board of Trustees. The Investment Committee oversees the process and selects and monitors investment managers.
  • Our investment brochure provides a full explanation of investment options and lists members of our Investment Committee. Investment results are updated quarterly.
Private Foundations: 
  • BCF offers services for your clients with private foundations, whether they are looking for help with effective grantmaking or ways to preserve the founder’s legacy after several generations. Download our brochure for private foundations.
  • For clients considering a foundation, compare options for philanthropy before the decision is made.
  • Learn more about the process to terminate a private foundation into a charitable fund at BCF.
Charitable Giving for Businesses: 
BCF can help you help your business clients by:
  • Establishing a corporate giving program that reflects the company’s values and desire for community presence
  • Making the most of the philanthropic opportunities inherent in the sale of a business
  • Advising on use of privately-held stock for philanthropic purposes
  • Incorporating charitable giving in succession planning for a family business

To learn more about charitable giving for businesses, contact Ralph Serpe by email or by phone: 410-332-4172, ext. 130.

Organizational Endowments: 
  • BCF holds and manages endowments for dozens of nonprofit organizations. Benefits to these organizations include convenience, investment oversight, permanence and access to planned giving tools. Find out more.
Memorial Funds: 
  • Because it is a permanent institution, BCF is the ideal home for a philanthropic memorial. A fund named to honor the memory of a beloved family member, associate or friend may be designed to support a charitable purpose reflecting the life and values of the deceased. 
  • BCF is equipped to handle the large influx of gifts a memorial fund may generate, and to carry out the fund’s charitable purpose in perpetuity. Family members and other founders receive comfort and satisfaction through regular reports on fund activity. 

To learn more about memorial funds at BCF, contact Ralph Serpe by email or by phone: 410-332-4172, ext. 130.

Scholarships:
  • Scholarships are a popular option for donors concerned about young people and their futures. Home to numerous scholarships funds, BCF offers three levels of giving for your clients who are interested in scholarships. Explore options for supporting scholarships through BCF.
Life Income Gifts: 
  • Charitable gift annuities and other life income gifts are a powerful way for your client to put assets to work for them, making a significant charitable gift and receiving significant lifetime income. Explore our interactive legacy planning tools, and introduce your clients to the many options. 
Life Insurance: 
  •  Life insurance is an affordable way for your clients to gain tax benefits and meet charitable objectives, either by naming the charity as a beneficiary or by donating an existing policy. Gifts of life insurance can be used to establish or add to any of the types of funds available at BCF. To learn more about charitable giving using life insurance, contact Ralph Serpe by email or by phone: 410-332-4172, ext. 130
Retirement Plan Assets:
  • Your clients may not realize that income tax can eat up as much as 80% of retirement plan assets left to heirs. That’s why these assets should be at the top of the list for charitable giving, creating the greatest benefit for heirs and charitable beneficiaries. Find out more.
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Rebecca Rothey, CFRE
Director of Major and Planned Giving
410-332-4172, x132
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Youngsters in Patterson Park get a workout in the neighborhood’s youth soccer league.
One Step Up scholars Sherrone Ricks and Jeane’ Baker celebrate with donors Jonnie-Kay McLean and Norman Morrison.
A Baltimore City student soaks up the sun at North Bay Adventure Camp.
Enjoying the lake at Druid Hill Park. Photo by Middleton Evans.
Dreams do come true: Our Playground at Stadium Place, rebuilt by determined volunteers and generous donors after the original was destroyed by arson. The work was supported by a fund at BCF. 

BCF’s efforts through the Diversity Path will work to rebuild Baltimore’s black middle class.

Baltimore’s vibrant arts and cultural scene boasts innovative projects like the Contemporary Museum’s Mobtown Modern Music Series, which combines classical instruments, jarring visual components and DJ-style electronics into informal performances of works by modern composers. Photo by Robert McIver Photography.
Cyclists atop Federal Hill take in views of the city skyline and bustling Inner Harbor. Photo by Middleton Evans.
Collecting butterflies in the field for a nature study.
In the spring of 2009, an army of dedicated volunteers worked to rebuild Our Playground at Stadium Place, which had been destroyed by arson in September 2008. Photo by Kristine Buls.
Enjoying one of the simple pleasures of summer at a neighborhood camp.
BCF’s Human Services Path emphasizes health, aging, and family economic security.
Neighbors team up to beautify and reclaim a vacant lot.
Most Middle Grades Partnership scholars qualify for the city’s competitive high schools.
Rapid and reliable public transportation for our region is a central goal of the Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, a fund of BCF. Photo by P.A. Greene.
Children beat the heat in the waters of the Walter Sondheim Fountain at the Inner Harbor. Contributions to construct the memorial were collected through a special project fund at BCF. Photo by Will Kirk, courtesy of Homewood Photography.
Students at Great Kids Farm learn about local food production, from “seed to fork.”
Baltimore’s successful One Plus One recycling program has engaged residents in making the city cleaner and greener.
Baltimore City students and farm manager Greg Strella (far right) with the summer harvest at Great Kids Farm.
Students at Baltimore’s Friendship Academy of Engineering and Technology, one of many public charter schools helping to transform public education in our city. Photo by Stephen Jones, courtesy of Baltimore City Public Schools.
BCF’s Promoting Baltimore Path works to ensure that Baltimore continues to retain and attract citizens and businesses.
Experience-Corps Baltimore places older adult volunteers in struggling city elementary schools to serve as classroom aides, mentors, and tutors. Photograph by Michael Ciesielski, courtesy of Greater Homewood Community Corporation, Inc.

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