When you establish an endowment or flow-through fund with York Region Community Foundation / Vital York, it benefits everyone.

Donors, charities and our communities benefit

Donors:

1.    Gain the flexibility and expertise to make a tangible difference;
2.    Through the charities they support, help people live better and take better care of their communities;
3.    Establish a gift in perpetuity to support multiple or changing community priorities with a single investment;
4.    Have the choice of leveraging their private foundation assets within a larger, pooled fund; and
5.    Experience the means to realize our community vision.

Charities:

1.    Connect to new donors and volunteers;
2.    Nurture a spirit of giving among non-traditional communities like new Canadians who have yet to participate in philanthropy in an organized way;
3.    Have the capacity to plan beyond immediate needs and to manage complex, long-term donations in support of their mission;
4.    Gain new opportunities for grant support from the Foundation’s undesignated and general funds;
5.    Forge unique partnerships with charitable groups with common goals; and
6.    Benefit from greater returns on their investments by pooling their endowment funds with the YRCF.

Our communities:

1.    Experience the widespread benefits of increased philanthropy;
2.    Be well poised for sustainable growth;
3.    Have the means to address important community priorities in every sector — from health, education and social services, to youth, the arts and environment; and
4.    Celebrate our diverse strengths and take critical steps toward overcoming our challenges.