As a donor of the Omaha Community Foundation, you have the benefit of personal service and over 50 years of combined professional charitable giving and grantmaking expertise.

The Omaha Community Foundation can support you at every step in the charitable giving process.  For all of our donors, we are happy to help:

Consolidate your charitable record keeping

• by maintaining a historical record of your charitable contributions and grants, and
• by providing you with quarterly statements detailing your fund or foundation’s activity.

 Preserve the integrity of your charitable contributions

• by researching the status of charitable organizations with the IRS,
• by working with your advisors to ensure your charitable gifts suit your personal circumstances, and
• by ensuring no goods or services were received as a result of your charitable grants.

 Identify what causes most interest you or your family

• by working with you to help your family identify your charitable values and mission statement, and
• by mentoring successive generations in your family as they develop their own charitable interests.

 Update you on the local, regional, and national charitable news and events

• through Donor Connect e-mail briefings,
• by providing you with access to a library of comprehensive resources on diverse philanthropic issues,
• by providing you access to several networks conducting local, regional, and national grantmaking training,
• by assisting you in procuring national select training opportunities, if desired,
• by connecting you with national experts, and
• by hosting timely educational seminars on community needs, local charitable organizations and resources, and giving trends and strategies.

 Connect with other donors and charitable organizations with similar interests

• by inviting your participating in Donor Connect events,
• through OmahaConnect internet subscriptions (view-only),
• by analyzing local charitable programs addressing causes that matter to you, and
• by assisting you and donors of similar interests in collaborative giving.

 Facilitate complex forms of giving and execute technical giving instruments

(such as charitable remainder trusts)

• by facilitating gifts of alternative assets that are most tax efficient for you,
• by helping place your in kind gifts with appropriate organizations,
• by providing you and your advisors with charitable gift estate planning expertise, and
• by realizing the importance of integrating of your personal, financial, and charitable objectives.

 Access information on community needs

• by inviting your participation in the Fund for Omaha,
• by convening a group of local experts to address a specific cause of special interest to you,
• by inviting you to participate in site visits to local charitable organizations,
• by providing you with information on specific, timely grantmaking opportunities.

 Help the organizations you care about

• by consulting to organizations that matter to you on board development, capacity building, grantwriting, & more.

Expanded Donor Services

Additional fees apply.

Create and implement charitable plans

• by analyzing the impact of various charitable strategies at addressing specific social issues you care about,
• by hosting family charitable retreats,
• and by developing and implementing a custom grantmaking program for you and your family.

 Focus on the impact of your charity

• by delivering grantmaking expertise and a range of administrative services related to charitable giving.

 For more information about these services or other requests for giving assistance, contact Patrick McNamara at 402.342.3458 or patrick@omahafoundation.org.