Create a Fund for your Family Legacy…
Creating a fund with the Roscommon County Community Foundation (RCCF) is one of the most meaningful ways to leave a legacy of generosity. It’s simple, flexible, and designed to ensure that your values live on—making an impact today, tomorrow, and for generations to come.
You don’t have to be wealthy to create lasting change. Together, we’ll guide you through every step so your fund reflects your heart, your story, and your vision for the future.
Stewardship You Can Trust
When you give through RCCF, your generosity is carefully managed and put to work in the community.
- Your principal remains intact while earnings provide grants year after year.
- All grant allocations are reviewed and verified through receipts and follow-up evaluations, including site visits to ensure funds are used as intended.
- Dollars not used for their stated purpose are returned to the fund for future distribution.
- Every fund is managed with oversight, transparency, and accountability.
- Tax Relief for income, gift, capital gains, and estate taxes.
- Professional Management with our Board of Trustees overseeing all investments with best practices, ensuring growth and stability.
- Annual audits, state licensing, and transparent reporting keep your fund safe and trusted.
Your generosity will always be stewarded with care, compassion, and transparency.
Types of Funds You Can Create
Every donor’s vision is unique. That’s why RCCF offers a variety of fund options to meet your charitable goals:
- Field of Interest Funds – Support a specific area of interest, such as education, health, the arts, or the environment.
- Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) – Recommend grants to nonprofits over time, while involving your family in giving.
- Designated Funds – Support a specific nonprofit or cause you care about.
- Scholarship Funds – Help local students achieve their educational dreams.
- Unrestricted Funds – Allow RCCF to respond to the community’s most pressing needs, even as they change over time.
Getting Started
- Contact Us – We’ll meet with you (and your advisor, if you’d like) to talk through your vision.
- Choose Your Fund Type – Select the fund that best reflects your goals.
- Establish Your Fund – With a simple agreement, your fund can be set up immediately.
- Make an Impact – Start seeing your generosity at work in the community.
Call us at (989) 275-3112 or email us a info@myrccf.org to explore how you can create a fund today.
Explore Additional Giving Options
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When you give through RCCF, your generosity is carefully managed and put to worEvery donor’s vision is unique. That’s why RCCF offers a variety of fund options to meet your charitable goals:
- Outright Gift Give cash, stocks, bonds, real estate, or other assets and enjoy potential tax advantages.
- Employer Gift Matching Double or triple your gift through a matching program from your employer or spouse’s employer.
- Bequest by Will Include RCCF in your will to leave a personal legacy of generosity that lasts forever.
- Charitable Gift Annuity Receive steady income for life while creating a gift that benefits your community long-term.
- Charitable Remainder Trust Provide income for yourself or others, then leave the remainder to support community causes.
- Charitable Lead Trust Benefit RCCF during the trust’s term, then pass the remaining assets to heirs with tax advantages.
