Community Philanthropy
Our donor-advised and designated funds give you a meaningful way to support the causes you care about while investing directly in your local community. Giving through LAMVCF means tapping into deep community knowledge and creating a lasting legacy in the place you call home.
Donor Advised Funds
A donor-advised fund with LAMVCF gives you a flexible, tax-smart way to support the causes you care about on your timeline. Get an immediate tax deduction, then grant to local nonprofits over time.
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Designated Funds
You choose a specific charity(ies) that meets LAMVCF’s grant eligibility requirements. When a grant is made, we monitor how the funds are used to ensure that it fulfills your charitable goals.
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Field of Interest Funds
Care deeply about youth opportunity? Environmental sustainability? The arts? Field of Interest Funds give you the flexibility to support a broad area without being tied to one nonprofit. Choose your passion and we will guide strategic giving within that cause area, ensuring your generosity makes the greatest impact.
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Memorial Funds
Honor a life by championing the causes they believed in. A memorial fund keeps your loved one's values alive while supporting local nonprofits addressing the issues they cared about most. It's a tribute that creates lasting change in our community.
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Helping Neighbors Turn
Compassion into Action
Support for initiatives that foster local impact.
The Local Impact Collective provides changemakers with the tools to turn their community-driven ideas into action.
Fiscal sponsorship through LAMVCF’s Local Impact Collective provides a trusted home to nurture bold social impact ideas and long-term initiatives that make our communities safer, more creative, equitable, and joyful.
Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Federal Tax ID 77-0273721