Trinidad Community Foundation

Trinidad Community Foundation can help you meet your philanthropic goals with a wide variety of fund choices. You can decide how involved you want to be in determining how funds are distributed, or you can rely on the knowledge and wide range of services TCF can provide.

You can identify specific charities to support, or you can identify general areas of interest, such as at-risk youth or the arts, and trust TCF to select worthy recipients. We look forward to working with you to make sure your charitable contributions accomplish your goals. Here are the types of funds currently available through TCF:

Donor Advised Fund. Donors who want an active role in grantmaking can establish a Donor Advised Fund. This allows you to recommend charitable organizations to receive grants from your fund. Donor Advised funds can be a more efficient and easy vehicle for family philanthropy than private foundations.

Donor Restricted Fund. Donors with strong ties to a particular organization or institution may want to establish a restricted fund. With a Restricted Fund, you designate a charitable organization that your fund will support during and beyond your lifetime.

Field of Interest Fund. Donors who feel strongly about a particular cause but do not wish to take an active role in grantmaking may want to establish a Field of Interest Fund. This type of fund allows you to identify and support a category of interest (i.e. the arts, the environment, kids at risk, etc.) that you feel passionate about supporting.

General Community/Unrestricted Fund. An unrestricted gift of any size to the Trinidad Community Foundation helps meet changing needs in our community, now and in the future. Grants are made to qualified organizations seeking funding through a competitive grants process. Trinidad Community Foundation funds support education, health and wellness, recreation, historic preservation and communication.

Special Project Fund. From time to time, the TCF or donors may establish pass-through or project funds to support the work of an organization without charitable status. These funds are generally not permanent, and are established for a defined purpose.