Charitable giving expertise
How We Can Help
The Arizona Community Foundation’s expertise in charitable gift planning augments your client relationships by delivering expert charitable advice and customized giving solutions, while benefiting our communities for generations to come. ACF is the charitable arm of your professional team, supporting you and your clients through every step of the giving process while you remain the expert on financial or wealth management.
ACF makes it easy to navigate charitable giving with your clients. Our team is ready to build a lasting professional partnership with you.
ACF makes it easy to navigate charitable giving with your clients. Our team is ready to build a lasting professional partnership with you.
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- Email us info@azfoundation.org
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Types of Funds
We offer a variety of fund types to help you achieve maximum impact in the areas that matter to your clients.
Donor Advised Fund
Support multiple organizations throughout the years by recommending grants that align with personal passions.
Scholarship Fund
Invest in students pursuing college or vocational postsecondary education. Donors can choose different levels of involvement depending on their interests and goals.
Field of Interest Fund
Donors select a focus area and let ACF manage competitive grant cycles and award funding to high-performing organizations and programs that align with the selected field of interest.
Designated Fund
Donors select one or more nonprofit organizations that will receive a reliable annual income stream.
Collaborative Fund
A group contributes to a single fund and grants are recommended by a committee, often supporting a common cause or jointly-funded program.
Supporting Organization
Provides separate entity status and the potential to involve infinite generations alongside public charity tax benefits and outsourced back-office administration.
Creating a Legacy
ACF’s planned giving professionals work with you and your clients to customize the type of planned gift and fund type that are best suited for the charitable interests of donors and their heirs.
manage your clients' assets
A third of our assets are managed by external investment advisors who have been recommended by donors.
It has been an honor to serve on the Professional Advisory Board, helping to educate advisors about the benefits of working with ACF.
Russell Goldstein, CFP®, CAP®, CSRIC™
Bank of America Private Bank
When I contact ACF to refer a client, I am confident they will offer innovative solutions that support my client's customized philanthropic goals.
Hope Liebsohn, Esq.
Attorney, Sherman Howard
ACF's regional offices allow smaller communities to deeply understand the needs of our neighbors while leveraging support of the central office in Phoenix to bring us together in a powerful way.
Marj McClanahan
Nordstrom & Associates, ACF of Flagstaff Board of Advisors member
Expertise in Complex Assets
The tax advantages of donating non-cash assets can result in your client giving more to their charitable fund than if they were to sell the assets and donate the cash proceeds.
Upcoming Events for Advisors
We offer a wide range of continuing education and networking opportunities for advisors to keep up-to-date on trends in charitable giving and estate planning.
Tax & Legal
The Scottsdale Resort & Spa
The Center for Jewish Philanthropy of Greater Phoenix and the Arizona Community Foundation present the 2023 Tax & Legal Seminar featuring Samuel A. Donaldson. The event will take place in-person and a recording of the seminar will be available to view beginning on or around November 10.
Faith, Legacy, and Wealth: Navigating Religious Considerations in Estate Planning
Mesa Country Club
ACF and the East Valley Estate Planning Council invite you to join Yaser Ali, Esq. to explore a critical yet often overlooked aspect of estate planning: the profound influence of religion. Mr. Ali will analyze how a client's religious beliefs can inform their inheritance decisions, charitable intentions, and end-of-life preferences, with a goal of being able to provide more holistic, thoughtful planning solutions for our clients.
ACF Connects Forum
Arizona Biltmore
Save the date! Join us and support ACF’s network of donors, advisors, nonprofit leaders, and community influencers for a day of learning at our inaugural forum. This forum was designed based on feedback from our partners to build connections that strengthen Arizona communities. Registration coming soon! Email us to learn more about event details and sponsorship opportunities.