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For clients who may sell a business, the time to think charitably is right now
Business owners who’ve enjoyed summertime’s more relaxed energy can deservedly daydream about the “extended vacation” that comes with selling the business!
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Join Us for Competitive Grant Information Sessions
Please join the Community Foundation Tampa Bay and members of our Regional Councils as we share the details of our annual competitive grants process and ways in which we work with your organizations.
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Help in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia
Now that the devastating storm has passed, our communities in Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas and Hillsborough counties and our neighbors to the north face the long task of recovery.
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Legacy giving: A conversation that’s full of opportunity
August is National Make-A-Will Month. This means your clients may be reading articles and hearing about estate planning more this month than usual, which makes the next few weeks an especially good time to prompt your clients to review their estate plans–or get their wills and trusts in order if they haven’t done so yet.
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Helping your clients get organized: Structure is a critical step in multi-generational philanthropy
Instilling the idea of charitable giving in children and grandchildren at first blush may appear to be easy, but where to begin, and how to make it ongoing?
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Walter C. Jaap Scholarship Award
On Thursday, July 27, University of South Florida College of Marine Science student Sarah Sullivan became the second recipient of the annual Walter C. Jaap Memorial Scholarship, during a presentation at the Marine Sciences Laboratory.
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Community Foundation Tampa Bay awards ten grants designed to empower women and girls
The Community Foundation Tampa Bay has awarded $204,720 in funding to ten nonprofits for projects designed to empower women and girls. In addition, two of the organizations received multi-year opportunities totaling $140,000 in additional investments.
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Needa Spells
Your legacy gift through the Community Foundation Tampa Bay ensures that your values and passions live on.
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Harold Corrigan
Your legacy gift through the Community Foundation Tampa Bay ensures that your values and passions live on.
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David Baldwin
Your legacy gift through the Community Foundation Tampa Bay ensures that your values and passions live on.
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Barbara Ann Cole
Your legacy gift through the Community Foundation Tampa Bay ensures that your values and passions live on.
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Three suggestions for client conversations about AI and charitable giving
News about the capabilities of artificial intelligence has skyrocketed over the last few months. As attorneys, accountants, and financial advisors, no doubt you are watching these developments closely, both because of the potential legal issues involved and also because of the ways AI can enhance your work.
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Gifts of cash or stock: Is it a toss up?
As your philanthropic clients can likely attest, the going has been rough for many of the nonprofit organizations they support.
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Charitable giving topics worth watching this summer
Please contact a member of our philanthropy team to discuss these summer topics to watch.
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The Douglas Family
Your legacy gift through the Community Foundation Tampa Bay ensures that your values and passions live on. Your gift—no matter its form or size, helps build a community where every person has the opportunity to thrive and prosper.
Read MoreArt Exhibit Features Allen Leepa
Each quarter, we feature a local artist in our St. Petersburg office.
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Diana Santangelo, Ph.D. joins Community Foundation Tampa Bay as Director, Thrive by Five
The Community Foundation Tampa Bay is pleased to welcome Dr. Diana Santangelo as the new Director, Thrive by Five, a cross-sector network focused on supporting families with young children.
Read MoreCommunity Foundation Tampa Bay awards funding to 13 local nonprofits during Mental Health Awareness Month
The Community Foundation Tampa Bay has provided more than $320K in funding to 13 local nonprofits to increase mental well-being among residents.
Read MoreSmith & Associates Real Estate Foundation Announces 2023 Grant Awards for Local Non-Profits
Smith & Associates Real Estate Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded over $143,000 in grant funding to 18 non-profit organizations in the Tampa Bay area.
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Retirement plans to charity: Understanding the “trifecta” of tax benefits
Over the last few months, many advisors have noticed an uptick in client inquiries about leaving their IRAs and other retirement plans to charity at death.
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Food for Thought: Tax-Related and Planning Ideas for Your Charitably Inclined Clients
A major portion of the $80 billion scheduled to be invested in Internal Revenue Service upgrades is earmarked to “increase tax compliance among wealthy taxpayers and businesses,” according to the IRS’s plan.
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Community Foundation Tampa Bay awards $1.7M in grants to local nonprofits
The Community Foundation Tampa Bay has selected 58 projects from local nonprofits to receive a total of $1,706,006 through its competitive grant process including $1,313,182 for the FY23 competitive grant process and 9 organizations being awarded multi-year opportunities totaling $392,824 in additional investments.
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Marlene Spalten Selected as Chair of FCAN’S Board of Advisors
Florida College Access Network’s Board of Advisors recently selected Marlene Spalten, President and CEO of Community Foundation Tampa Bay, as its new Chair.
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Philanthropic partnership meets Sun City Center residents’ needs
The face of food insecurity wears many masks. It may be your neighbor across the street, the little kid in the crosswalk that waves to you each morning on your commute, or the elderly lady so readily eager to give you smile as you pass her walking her dog.
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Proposed legislation: Is better deductibility back on the table?
Charitable deduction legislation ebbs and flows. Proposed reform efforts come and go, resulting in the occasional change to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code governing charitable giving.
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