ICF at a glance
Volunteers at the Centro Comunitario in Tijuana, BC, Mexico. Photo credit: Centro Comunitario, A.C.

Services for Donors

International Community Foundation offers a variety of options for you to make a difference. Gifts may be made during your lifetime or through a bequest or trust. Donor benefits include tax advantages, flexibility, fiscal stewardship and management, programmatic accountability, and immediate impact in the communities abroad that you care about.

Why Give Through ICF:

Due Dilligence
Financial Accountability
Tax Deductibility
Programmatic Expertise
Cost Effectiveness
Leveraged Funding
Community Knowledge
Transparency
Accountability
Communication

Ways to Give:

Current Gifts

Charitable gifts and cash
Gifts of appreciated property (publicly traded or closely held stock, real estate, etc.)
Life Insurance
Private foundations (can be converted into a donor-advised fund)
In-kind, volunteer, and pro bono services

Deferred or Planned Gifts

Bequests in a will or living trust
Pooled Income Fund (equivalent to a mutual fund)
Life income arrangements, such as a Charitable Remainder Trust or a Charitable Lead Trust
Life Estate or Real Property
Other gifts (trusts, interests in business entities, stock options)

How to Give:

Non-endowment fund
Endowment fund
Agency “Friends Of” fund
Field of Interest fund
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