Set up a Named Fund with CFFC
What is a Named Fund?
A Named Fund is a simple and meaningful way for individuals, families, businesses, or groups to support the local community without the need to set up and manage a charitable trust.
At the Community Foundation for Calderdale, we take care of everything from investment and administration to compliance and governance. With our experience, we ensure your fund supports the causes and projects that you care about.
Many people choose to name their fund after their family or business. It’s a powerful way to build a legacy and give back to the community, with the aim of making a visible difference where it’s needed most.
We manage a wide range of Named Funds on behalf of local supporters, as well as national funders like The Henry Smith Charity. A Named Fund allows you to have a real impact on grassroots organisations in Calderdale, without the burden of managing it all yourself.
Why set up a Named Fund?
Named Funds enable you to consolidate all your giving in one place, with many additional benefits:
- Tax Benefits – for individuals as well as families.
- Positive Returns – grow your charitable giving over time through trusted financial and wealth managers.
- Legacy – pass your fund onto your family, building a charitable legacy for future generations.
- Efficient – consolidate all of your giving into one fund, ensuring the most cost and time effective way of giving without administration or being bombarded by requests.
- Connectivity – the Community Foundation for Calderdale have almost 35 years of grant making experience, and extensive knowledge of local grassroots projects you may not be aware of. Our expertise ensures your fund has the greatest positive impact on local people.
Watch the videos below for a further look into Named Funds
The Pliny Barrett Fund
Stuart Harris and Chris Harris DL discuss their family-named fund. Their fund supports music-related opportunities for young people in Calderdale.
The Oliver Smithies Fund
The Oliver Smithies Fund was set up by the widow of the late Halifax-born Nobel Prize winner. The aim of the fund is to support the advancement of science education for young people in Calderdale.
The impact your Fund can make
We can help your Fund make a huge positive difference to the lives of people in our local community. Click below to read about the impact we’re already making with the help of our generous donors through Named Funds and Gifts In Wills:
Get in touch
If you would like to have a chat about setting up a Named Fund with CFFC, and discuss how you can make a difference to the lives of people in Calderdale, contact our CEO, Steve, on 01422 349700 or email Steve@cffc.co.uk.
Header image credit: David Crossley