1. OPEN A FUND. 

Considering starting a family or corporate foundation? Find out why a donor-advised fund is a cost-effective and convenient alternative for your family or business. Donor-advised funds, or other types of funds at BCF, may be established for as little as $10,000. Or join a giving circle – members pool their contributions and decide collectively on grant distributions.

2. GIVE TO A PATH.

Support BCF’s strategic grantmaking in any of nine paths: human services, youth, education, transportation, neighborhoods, diversity, environment, arts and culture, promoting Baltimore. The nine paths are BCF’s civic agenda, Invest in Baltimore, and all lead to a single vision: Baltimore boasts a growing economy where all have the opportunity to thrive.

3. SUPPORT BCF.

The Civic Leadership Fund gives BCF the resources to incubate and host endeavors like Healthy Neighborhoods, Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, Middle Grades Partnership and the Neighborhood Grants Program, and to invest significant staff resources in important civic ventures like the City’s Initiative for a Cleaner Greener Baltimore and the Sustainability Commission.

4. LEAVE A LEGACY.

How do you want to be remembered? We can show you how to plan your legacy to support the causes you care about for generations to come, while providing you with tax savings and, in some cases, income for life.

At BCF, we have lots of options for your giving, and we can tailor strategies to your situation. Contact us for a confidential consultation.

Read the stories of some of the donors memorialized by funds at BCF:

	Margaret O. Cromwell Family Fund Four adult siblings living thousands of miles apart meet annually to carry on their mother’s tradition of giving – and expand on it.
	Ensign C. Markland Kelly, Jr. People’s Emergency Fund A fund honoring a young Baltimorean lost at the Battle of Midway provides small cash grants for people in need. Give Now to this fund
	Francis N. “Ike” and Harriet S. Iglehart Fund A charitable remainder trust allowed Ike Iglehart to carry out his dream of giving back to Baltimore in a broad and lasting way.
	The Maggie Feiss Fund and Endowment for Baltimore An unrestricted endowment for Invest in Baltimore, created by the Feiss family to honor the life of their daughter and sister, Maggie Feiss, by continuing Maggie’s legacy of service to Baltimore. Give Now to this fund