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Resource Central
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.
"An unstoppable force" - The Saginaw Community Foundation
Use this 15-minute video to familiarize yourself and your clients with what SCF is and what we can do.
Transfer of Wealth
Use this PowerPoint presentation to educate yourself and your clients about the importance of securing wealth in Saginaw County.
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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 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.
2008 Charitable IRA Rollover
2008 Charitable IRA Is the IRA Rollover
Rollover right for you? (worksheet)
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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
Overview
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Overview Bequest by Will
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IRA Assets:
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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
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