About the Foundation

Created in 1991, Legacy Fund ensures that the quality of life in Hamilton County continuously improves and provides charitable donors a vehicle for using their gifts in the best possible way, now and in the future, as conditions in our community change. Legacy Fund is an affiliate of Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF), a collaborative effort between the community foundations serving Marion and Hamilton Counties. CICF and its affiliates inspire, support, and practice philanthropy, leadership, and service in our community. As a community foundation, Legacy Fund is supported by gifts and bequests from a variety of donors. With up to 30 total members, Legacy Fund’s Board of Directors votes on nominees presented by the Nominating Committee. Members serve three-year terms.

Why a Gift to Legacy Fund Community Endowment may be Right for You

Thousands of people passionate about the future of Hamilton County have given to Legacy Fund Community Endowment – our community’s investment and savings plan. Donations ranging from one dollar to bequests of millions have built a permanent, flexible source of working capital to meet the community’s changing needs and opportunities.

We all benefit from their generosity today. Grants from the Foundation Endowment have founded and sustained services ranging from delivering meals to the homebound to great arts education programs for schools, and from restoration of prized community assets to involving our youth in philanthropic activities. Through a competitive proposal review process, Legacy Fund’s local leadership and expert grantmaking staff ensures that the investments those donors made are put to wise use.

Your donation to Legacy Fund Community Endowment protects your lifetime investment of time and resources in our community, and gives you a lasting legacy to inspire current and future generations of community leaders.

How We Serve You

• Assure you that your gift has a positive and lasting impact in the community
• Act as a community problem solver and convener in areas ranging from children's issues, the arts, to basic human needs
• Ensure that funds are appropriately managed and distributed
• Offer the advantage of being invested in a larger pool of assets to leverage maximum growth
• Provide documentation necessary for you to receive all tax deductions and benefits for your gift

Your Role as a Donor

• Identify or confirm your commitment to this community and its needs and opportunities today, as well as tomorrow
• Act on that commitment and leave a legacy by making a gift of any size, on your own behalf or in honor or memory of a loved one. Contributions of cash, securities, or other assets to Legacy Fund Community Endowment are gratefully accepted.

Next Steps

Ask your legal or tax advisor if a gift to Legacy Fund Community Endowment is right for you. For more information about how to make a gift, please call Jan Edmondson, Senior Gift Planning Advisor, at 317.634.2423.