Make a Difference

A gift of cash is the most popular way to donate because of its simplicity. A cash gift of any size is always welcome.
Please deliver cash gifts to our office: The Spartanburg County Foundation, 424 E. Kennedy Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302.

Please do not mail cash gifts.

Gifts by check may also be mailed to the address above. Checks should be made payable to Spartanburg County Foundation. You may include a note, or place in the memo line, any reference to a particular fund to which you would like your donation directed. Any gifts received that do not have a fund specific direction, support the Community Impact Fund.

Even if mailing a check, please include your email address (if you have one) to which you would like to receive your donation receipt. If no email address is provided, a gift receipt will be mailed to the person and address indicated on your check.

You may give stock and receive a tax deduction for its full market value, thus reducing capital gains tax on appreciated stock. This is often the most effective way to make a philanthropic gift. Click here to download a sample letter which can be used to facilitate your stock gift.

For more information, read our online booklet about Gifts of Stock.

Please make sure to notify the Foundation when you have requested that your broker send a gift of stock to the Foundation’s account.  This will ensure that you receive your tax receipt letter in a timely manner.

The Foundation will accept most gifts of real estate. Such a gift allows you to avoid taxes on capital gains, thus enabling you to provide a greater benefit to the designated nonprofit.

For more information, read our online booklet about Gifts of Real Estate.

You can name the Foundation, or other qualified nonprofits, as owner of a paid-up life insurance policy. You receive a tax deduction and gift credit based on the current value of the policy.

For more information, read our online booklet about donating a Gift of Life Insurance.

Donors designating the Foundation as the owner or beneficiary of a life insurance policy become members of our Planned Giving Legacy Society. Please be sure to let us know that your are planning this gift.

You may transfer any asset you own through a written will to benefit a specified nonprofit. Such transfers will yield no tax benefit to you during your lifetime but may offer some deductions on your estate taxes.

For more information, read our online booklet about Bequesting By Will.

If you have named the Spartanburg County Foundation, or a component fund of the Foundation in your will, please let us know so that we may recognize you as a member of our Planned Giving Legacy Society.

You may use many different assets to establish trusts that will benefit you and your heirs for life or for a specified period of time. The remaining interest in the trust is earmarked for designated nonprofits. These trusts provide significant tax benefits for you.

For more information, read our online booklet about a Charitable Remainder Trust.

A charitable lead trust is the reverse of a charitable remainder trust, enabling you to transfer assets to heirs with a lower tax burden. Once such a trust is established, you may then designate nonprofits to receive benefits for a specified period of time before the assets go to designated heirs.

For more information, read our online booklet about a Charitable Lead Trust.

Upon death, an investor’s unused IRA assets will be heavily taxed, consuming anywhere from 60 percent to 80 percent of the monetary value between estate and income taxes. You can avoid this by naming a tax-exempt charity such as The Spartanburg County Foundation or a fund managed by the Foundation with your unspent retirement assets.

For more information, read our online booklet about your IRA Opportunity.

Join the Foundation’s planned giving legacy society by committing yourself to making a gift, large or small, in the future. We currently handle more than 140 planned giving funds for various charitable interests.

The Spartanburg County Foundation also gives you the opportunity to start your own fund.