For Non-Profits
The Benefits of Using a Community Foundation for Non-Profits
Legacy Endowment works with non-profit organizations/agencies to ensure they are compliant with UPMIFAOne of the most heartening benefits of deepening relationships with donors can be the unexpected accumulation of unrestricted planned gifts and bequests. This can happen over time or in a singular event, and a nonprofit organization/agency builds up assets beyond the scope of their annual operating budget needs, capital campaign expenditures, or strategic plan initiatives. With such largess comes a sense of security and often a reduction in annual fundraising goals.
However, holding onto significant assets with few or no planned expenditures can easily become a breach of guidelines set forth in the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA), specifically, that UPMIFA requires charities to invest these assets using a modern portfolio standard, taking into account:
General Economic Conditions
The possible effects of inflation or deflation
Expected tax consequences of investment decisions
The role of each investment in the whole portolio
The expected total return from income and appreciation of investments
Other resources of the organization
How Legacy Endowment Helps Your Non-Profit:
Serves as a UPMIFA-compliant home for reserve funds
Manages reserve funds, eliminating some or most of the tasks required if you do this yourself
Prevents you from having to turn away donors because you cannot accept their funds
Enables you to be thoughtful about how to spend funds since you don't have to rush to disperse them right away
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