Giving Now

A Donor Advised Fund allows donors and their families to actively participate in grantmaking. Children and grandchildren can be introduced to a legacy of giving through a Donor Advised Fund that can be invested for growth to maximize granting power. Families enjoy an unmatched level of personal service and community expertise by opening a Donor Advised Fund at the Foundation.

With a gift to the Fund for Louisville, you can entrust the Foundation to respond to the ever-evolving needs and opportunities in our community today and forever. You can make an impact today and know that decades from now the Foundation staff will have its finger on the pulse of the community and ensure the most pressing needs are being met to maintain a vibrant community.

A Designated Fund is an endowed fund that supports one or more charities. Specific nonprofit organizations that support the causes that you are most passionate about can receive a gift in your name forever through a Designated Fund.

The Community Foundation makes grants to the most appropriate and effective organizations within an area of interest such as the arts, education, human services, or a particular geographic area.

The Charitable Checking Fund gives you the greatest flexibility to support the causes and organizations you care about most. With no minimum to open, no minimum balance to maintain, and no fee associated with this type of fund, it is a great way to organize your philanthropy.

Scholarship Funds can be customize to support an area of study, particular school, recipient profiles and a host of other criteria to meet the donor’s intent. A Scholarship Fund is a wonderful way to honor a loved one. We handle the administration of the fund, including application and selection processes, with as much or as little donor involvement as desired.

The African American Legacy Fund is a collection of endowment and charitable checking funds established to encourage other African Americans in their philanthropic giving.