Legacy Partnership

Last Updated (Thursday, 26 August 2010 20:09) Written by Administrator Sunday, 14 December 2008 06:52

The Legacy Partnership is an active, ongoing program that works with charities to build a foundation of knowledge and experience around endowment support. Together, we structure and implement a plan to invite key individuals to support the endowment fund, making a gift today or through their will and estate plans.

When your organization participates in the Legacy Partnership, we will help you:

  • develop the skills needed to successfully build an endowment fund,
  • know more about why your donors support you,
  • engage your donors and volunteers more fully,
  • share your long-term vision with your supporters, and
  • share specific skills and methods to gather your donors close.

Our Partners in the Legacy Partnership Program

Through a formalized partnership, we have actively engaged in an ongoing program to grow endowment funds at ECF with the following organizations.

ABC Head Start
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Bissell Centre
Camp He Ho Ha (Camp Health Hope & Happiness)
Centre for Family Literacy
E4C (Edmonton City Centre Church Corporation)
Edmonton Folk Music Festival Society
Edmonton Opera Association
Edmonton Public Library
Edmonton Symphony Society
Fringe Theatre Adventures
Pilgrims Hospice
St. Albert Community Foundation
Terra Association
Wings of Providence
Youth Emergency Shelter Society
YMCA

Benefits of Partnering with the Foundation

Edmonton Community Foundation helps charities build endowment funds by:

  • simplifying the donation process - we accept most types of assets,
  • providing gift receipts and financial reports for your fund,
  • reducing the administrative costs and management of endowment funds,
  • engaging cost-effective and prudent professional investment management,
  • enhancing the financial credibility of your organization through a partnership with ECF, which has long been trusted by donors as the first choice to create endowments,
  • supporting the vision and dreams of donors,
  • providing donors with flexible fund and gifting options that meet their specific needs and support the causes important to them,
  • providing endowment education and support to donors, staff and volunteers, and
  • allowing your staff time to focus on organizational objectives, rather than the administrative complexities of establishing, maintaining and monitoring investment policies and procedures.

For More Information

Contact:

Karen Good
Donor Services
Edmonton Community Foundation
Phone: (780) 426-0015
E-mail: kgood@ecfoundation.org