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With the start of the new year, BCCF would like to re-introduce ourselves and the important role we play in creating lasting change.

If you’ve not yet involved your children or grandchildren in your charitable giving, this may be the year to consider it! Children of all...

Update on the 2025 funding opportunities starting January 1!

Life insurance can be a very effective charitable giving tool under certain circumstances.

Three tips how to take advantage of year-end giving.

Blog on how community members can give back LOCALLY on Giving Tuesday 2024

Announcing the 2024 Community Good Grant Recipients.

Branch County Community Foundation at the September Coffee Hour

The team at the community foundation can help you evaluate the various options for giving the family home to charity.

The community foundation can help you evaluate various giving vehicles based on your own “charitable giving personality type.”

Election years make it impossible to predict what might happen with tax laws. The Community Foundation can help you navigate!

Welcome to summer! We've put together six tips to help plan your charitable giving for the coming months, years, and even decades.

The Branch County Community Foundation is excited to announce the 2024 Scholarship Recipients! This year, 40 scholarships were awarded with

The community foundation can help you make a difference in the lives of young people by funding education.

We’d be happy to join you and your advisors at a meeting to discuss your charitable plans.

If you’re a business owner, odds are you already give back to your community. Like many charitably minded people, your business likely ...

Wherever you are in the stages of your philanthropic planning, the team at the community foundation is here for you and considers our...

When you leave a residuary bequest to your fund at the community foundation, our team will be involved at various steps during the administr

At every level of giving, philanthropy is a catalyst for improving quality of life. Indeed, anyone with a willingness to give can be a phila

Donors over the age of 70 1/2 are eligible to make what’s known as a “Qualified Charitable Distribution,” or “QCD,” to qualifying funds at t