Resource Central
The staff at the Saginaw Community Foundation are here to support you support your clients. Below are a list of resources that we hope you will find helpful in educating yourself on the Saginaw Community Foundation as well as your clients.
"Building on Tradition" - 25th Anniversary Video
Use this video to familiarize yourself and your clients with SCF's contribution to Saginaw
County over the last 25 years.

Transfer of Wealth
Use this PowerPoint presentation to educate yourself and your clients about the importance of securing wealth in Saginaw County.
Michigan Community Foundation Tax Credit
Giving through the Saginaw Community Foundation qualifies donors for big savings through the Michigan Community Foundation Tax Credit. To calculate Michigan Community Foundation Tax Credit, click here.
Married donors, who file jointly, can receive a 50 percent tax credit of up to $200 on a gift of $400 to a permanent endowment fund. A single person can receive a $100 tax credit on a gift of $200.
Michigan businesses have the potential to receive up to a $5,000 tax credit (not to exceed 5 percent of total Single Business Tax) on a gift of $10,000.
Roth IRA Conversion
If you have clients who have been thinking about making a major gift, making a real difference in an area of community close to their heart, and establishing their charitable legacy in 2010, use these materials to help explain the benefits of the Roth IRA Conversion.

Legacy of Giving Community Over Taxes
Advisor Tools
Giving advice on charitable giving
Listening for charitable opportunities
Comparing four approaches to giving
Optimizing charitable giving
Deciding to give
Ways to Give
You can use these handouts to describe charitable funds and instruments available through the Saginaw Community Foundation.
Funds Instruments Assets
Ideas for Giving
These donor scenarios illustrate how individuals, families and businesses can use a community foundation to accomplish their charitable goals.
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Giving Back and Staying Involved
Creating a Family Tradition
Helping Companies Do Good Things for People
Connecting to Community
Your IRA: Taxes or Charity
Making the Gift of a Lifetime
Sample Legal Language
Legal language templates regarding donor gifts and the creation of funds are provided to assist you in establishing these legal documents. For more information or assistance, please contact us at (989) 755-0545.
The model documents were developed by Duane L. Tarnacki, Esq., counsel for the Council of Michigan Foundations and attorney with Clark Hill P.L.C. in Detroit, Michigan.
The documents were made possible through the community foundation project of the Council of Michigan Foundations supported by grants from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and the Council of Michigan Foundations' community foundation members.
Will Language
Creation of a General Purpose Fund
Creation of a Field of Interest Fund
Creation of a Donor Advised Fund
Creation of a Designated (Agency) Fund