Establish A Fund
Create a legacy of impact
ESTABLISH A FUND
Support Michigan’s kids today, tomorrow, and always
Creating a fund is about more than giving—it’s about shaping the future. When you establish a fund with the Children’s Foundation of Michigan, you join a community of donors committed to lasting change for Michigan’s kids. Our expertise and trusted partnerships ensure your generosity reaches where it’s needed most, today
YOUR LEGACY BEGINS
How a fund works
Establish a named endowed fund with a gift of $10,000 of more.
Your fund is invested with our hundreds of other funds to ensure financial growth over time.
Earnings from your fund, along with hundreds of others, allow us to award grants to community organizations making a difference for kids.
You recieve regular reports of fund performance and impact it is making in the community.
Continue to give to your fund, growing it over time.
Key benefits of starting a fund.
Immediate Impact
Your gift starts working right away - and keeps giving year after year.
Real Support for Kids
Dollars directly support organizations serving Michigan’s kids.
A Growing Legacy
Your gift is invested to grow, creating lasting, expanding impact.
A FUND THAT GROWS. A FUTURE THAT THRIVES.
Your enduring legacy
This fund becomes an asset to you and to our community—reflecting your values, strengthening your legacy, and providing lasting support for children and families across Michigan.
Use your fund as a way to make gifts of cash, stocks, bonds, mutual, funds, real estate, life insurance, and 401K/IRA accounts.
Grow your fund over time and invite others to join you in giving if you choose.
Make a planned gift through your will, trust, or beneficiary designation.
GENEROSITY THAT GROWS
The power of endowment
It takes a special person to plant a tree, fully knowing they may never benefit from its fruit or shade. That’s endowment—a gift that keeps growing and helping 100 years from now.
With the Foundation, your gift becomes the roots that help young Michiganders thrive, now and for the future. The stronger the roots, the farther the impact.
All it takes is one gift to help good grow, year after year.
How endowment works
Donor generosity serves as the seed to establish the endowment principal,which remains invested, forever.
Over time, the principal earns returns. As we receive gifts toward the endowment, the principal grows—and so do the returns.
Using the returns,we grant funds into the community where they make the greatest impact.
Giving Paths
Three giving paths. Endless ways to make a difference.
ENDOWMENT FOR KIDS
ENDOWMENT FOR KIDS
YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS
YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS
TAILORED GIVING OPTIONS
TAILORED GIVING OPTIONS
