Donor-Advised Funds
With a Donor-Advised Fund you have an opportunity to maximize the positive impact you make through United Way Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington. Giving through a Donor-Advised Fund is a convenient, tax-efficient way to give back. When you create a Donor-Advised Fund directly with United Way KFL&A, you can:
Name the fund: Set up a fund that may be named. Or you can choose to stay anonymous if that’s what you prefer
Choose how you donate: Make donations through cheque, cash, securities
Receive Tax Benefits: Pay no capital gains on donations of qualified securities and receive a tax receipt for the full fair market value of the securities.
Your impact: You can make decisions about how you want to impact local needs, or give grants to eligible charities for your lifetime and beyond. You will have access to the United Way’s extensive research into the critical needs of the community, in areas that interest you.
Schedule Donations: You can decide how much you want to grant and when.
Simplify your giving: make charitable giving easier by consolidating giving into one fund
Choose how you disburse your funds: you can decide whether to use the investment income or the capital to fund areas of interest to you.
Why United Way:
United Ways were created to address local issues. As a trusted organization United Way KFL&A understands local needs, addresses root causes, supports prevention programs and funds agencies that meet immediate needs.
United Way KFL&A help thousands of people through agencies that deliver programs locally. Funding stays local and directly impacts people in KFL&A.
A minimum of $50,000 is required to set up a Donor-Advised Fund. United Way KFL&A will provide information about ever-changing local issues, initiatives, and the work of local charities to help in evaluating and determining your investments. Other benefits are listed below
Philanthropy advisor: Senior Management is available to work closely with you to discuss your interests and connect you to community issues close to your heart.
Reports: We will provide reports to you at least once a year to report on the impact of your donation. We will keep you informed by sending you our Annual Report and Impact Report.
Honour Roll Recognition: We would love to include your name in honour rolls recognizing your tremendous support and generosity.
Volunteer opportunities & family engagement: Keeping safety in mind, United Way can coordinate activities for you and your family to volunteer and see the impact of your donation.
Special events: Invitations to events to understand your impact in the community, including leadership panels.
Seeing is Believing tours: We offer custom Seeing is Believing tours to help you meet the agencies supported by you and learn firsthand about the programs in which you have impact.
“It is a privilege to have the opportunity to work with the United Way in the form of a donor-advised grant. This donation is in honour of my parents, Nan and Jack Pearson, who worked tirelessly to provide resources for us as children, so that we had what we needed to succeed in school. It is truly gratifying to have the chance to pass this on to children in our community and it has been a pleasure working with the United Way who enabled a seamless setup of this fund and was responsive to my directions for donation. The compassion and dedication of the United Way staff is apparent and I believe the fund will be administered in an efficient and accountable manner.”
