Gifts from Donor-Advised Funds
A donor-advised fund allows you to combine favorable tax benefits with the greatest flexibility to easily support the causes you care about.
During your lifetime, you can recommend a grant from your donor-advised fund to support high-quality social work and community building through ECS. You may choose to make a one-time gift, or to create a recurring monthly or quarterly gift for even more impact.
If you would like to make a gift now through your DAF, simply click the link below to find your fund:
Create Your Legacy of Philanthropy
The final distribution of contributions remaining in your DAF after your lifetime can be designated when you create or update your fund.
If you decide to change your beneficiary designation, let us know! We would like to recognize you for your generosity, as the newest member of our City Mission Legacy Society, and ensure that your gift is used as you intend.
Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about setting up your legacy gift or if you need more information.
I invite you to contact me, so we can chat about easy ways to make an impact using your donor-advised fund.
6 ways you can make an impact with your donor-advised fund
Memorialize, honor, or commemorate a loved one or an event.
Avoid capital gains by first transferring appreciated stock to your DAF and then gifting it in minutes.
Teach your loved ones about charity and why you believe in giving back.
Build a sense of community (and make a bigger impact) by forming “giving circles” with other donor-advised fund owners including friends and family members.
Bundle your charitable gifts (doing so could result in an opportunity to itemize your deductions in the same year).
Leave all or a portion of your account to ECS simply by changing your beneficiary designation.
We hope you will consider naming Episcopal Community Services as a beneficiary of your account. You may even designate ECS to receive a portion of the account value, leaving the remaining portion for your children or grandchildren to continue your legacy of philanthropy.
Your Giving Toolkit
Gifts from Donor-Advised Funds
Sample Language for Your Will or Trust
Sample Beneficiary Designation
For Trustees and Advisors
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Jessica Lynch
Director of Donor Relations
Episcopal Community Services
JessicaL@ecsphilly.org
215-351-1462