The Cottage Grove Community Foundation is excited and very interested in speaking with you about a potential gift to our community. We invite you to contact us at your convenience to discuss this possibility.

Here our a few FAQs about our giving programs:

WHAT PROGRESS HAS THE FOUNDATION MADE TOWARDS ITS MISSION?

Since 2002 the CGCF has:

• Awarded over $1,093,710 in small community grants to nonprofits supporting our community
• Awarded over $1,688,810 to 1,331 graduating seniors from the South Lane School District
•  Awarded an average of $30,000 a year for mentoring programs to assist at-risk students in the South Lane School District from a large endowment established in 2009

WHAT ARE OUR CURRENT ENDOWMENTS?

• Believe in Angels
• Board of Realtors Opportunity Scholarship
• Brunaugh/Nelson Music Scholarship Fund
• Coast Fork Kiwanis Club/Charlie Stoval Scholarship Fund
• Carlton Woodard Advised Fund
• CGCF Endowment
• CGHS Class of 1970 Endowment
• Cottage Grove Old Schoolmates Scholarship Fund
• Community Chest
• Community Sharing Endowment
• Contance J Keith
• Darrel and Mary Lou Williams Scholarship Fund
• Dian Missar Endowment
• Edward Prunkl Scholarship Fund
• Elizabeth Stewart Memorial Scholarship Fund
• Ethel Krauss Scholarship Fund
• Family Relief Nursery Endowment
• Frank and Pam Simpson Endowment
• Frank and Pamela Simpson Family Scholarship Fund
• Friends of Cottage Grove Athletics
• Friends of the Cottage Grove Library
• Glenn Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund
• Gloria Discerni Endowment
• Green Earth Advisory Fund
• Heather Cunningham Bridgens  Endowment
• Hemenway-Duran Family Scholarship Fund
• Henry and Donna Yoss Family Fund
• Howard and Bobette Peterson Scholarship Fund
• Janice Neely Scholarship Fund
• Jeannie Morton/Jacquie Johnson 
• Jim and Betty Wright Memorial Scholarship
• John and Inge Gorny Endowment
• Joseph T Abbott MD Scholarship Fund
• Kinkade Family Scholarship Fund
• Kris & Paige Woodard Advised Fund
• Krista Parent Scholarship Fund
• M. “Bud” & Sandy Stewart Scholarship Fund
• Latham Elementary School Scholarship Fund
• Leslie S Godard
• Lion’s Club
• Sabrina Dake CNA Fund
• Margaret Mae Anibal Mentoring 
• Margaret Mae Anibal Scholarship Fund
• Mary Clark Memorial Scholarship Fund
• Michele Portmann Scholarship Fund
• Mildred Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund
• PeaceHealth CG Medical Center Health Needs Fund
• Porter/Allen/West Endowment 
• Roger and Eileen Russell Scholarship Fund
• Rotary Scholarship Fund
• Ruth Ackley Nursing Scholarship Fund
• South Lane Education Scholarship Fund
• Sumer Solesbee Nursing Scholarship Fund
• Territorial Seed/Marlece Arthur Fund
• Tom Wheeler Compassion Fund 
• Veatch Fund
• Weyerhaeuser NR Cottage Grove Sawmill Endowment
• Women & Children’s Fund

WHO CAN AND SHOULD LEAVE A LEGACY?

• Anyone who benefited financially from or values living here and wants to help now and in the future
• Anyone seeking a permanent way to continue philanthropic giving after their death
• Anyone wanting to support a nonprofit organization serving people in our area

HOW IS MY LEGACY SUPPORTED BY THE FOUNDATION?

• All donations are administered in compliance with the donor’s interests
• All fund distributions support causes in the Cottage Grove area unless designated otherwise by the donor.
• Funds are professionally managed, endowments are held by the Oregon Community Foundation https://oregoncf.org/.
• Gifts or bequests may be named for the donor or to honor others.
• Grants or scholarships are administered by the Foundation for purposes indicated by the donor.
• All funds are distributed free from partisan, sectarian or commercial control

DO I COMMIT NOW OR IN THE FUTURE?

• As you think about estate planning, consider a gift or bequest to the Foundation designated to your favorite program, service or community need.
•  Consider designating the Foundation to receive the remainder interest from a charitable trust. For more information about charitable trusts, please contact us.
•  If you have inherited money or other sources of funds that you want to use to support your passion, please talk to us about your options.

HOW MUCH DO WE ACCEPT FOR DONATIONS AND WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES THAT MAKE?

• Any amount may be donated and designated for a specific purpose, e.g. grants, scholarships, operations or a specific organization.
• To establish an Endowment Fund which will provide annual funds in perpetuity, at least $10,000 must be donated. The donor specifies a specific nonprofit agency or other area of interest for annual income distribution from the fund.
• Donations of any amount can be made either with unrestricted use or with designation of a specific agency or area of interest.
• Donations of marketable securities like stock may be made on a pass-through basis with distribution of the funds to nonprofit organizations of the donor’s choice

ARE DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS TAX DEDUCTIBLE?

• • The Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 organization and all donations are tax deductible.
  • In most cases, donors do not incur tax on capital gains for gifts of appreciated property.