Ways to give
Pair your giving with your goals
At the Omaha Community Foundation, we’re a single entity that provides you with virtually limitless possibilities for your charitable giving. And even as your situation, preferences or even the needs of the community change, you’re able to respond.
Ways to Give
Giving Options
Charitable Checkbook® Account
Open an account with as little as $1,000. Then, make donations to as many or as few organizations as you wish, when you wish. All with the ability to track the account online.
Charitable Checkbook® Corporate Charitable Checkbook®Donor Advised Fund
Whether you’re an individual, family or corporate donor, you can participate in the grant-making process, while pursuing long-term charitable goals under the guidance of our Board of Directors.
Donor Advised Fund Corporate Donor Advised FundDesignated Funds
Support a particular cause or organization over time with annual donations to the charity you choose. Even if that charity radically changes or ceases to exist, our Board of Directors will redirect funds to another charity that matches your original intent.
Designated Fund Pass Through Designated FundField of Interest Funds
Support a specific area, program, cause or geographic area by establishing a fund that lets you target giving to a specific need in our community. Plus, retain the flexibility to modify efforts to meet changing situations.
Field of Interest Fund Pass Through Field of Interest FundPlanned Giving
Provide ongoing gifts and support to specific charities you choose, even beyond your lifetime.
Giving Circles
Create greater impact by joining other like-minded donors in researching needs and organizations. Then deciding together where to donate your collective contributions.
Giving CirclesOmaha Venture Group
Based on the venture capitalist model of investing, young professionals make small personal or employee-assisted donations – then research smaller, grassroots non-profit agencies to determine the nine nonprofit organizations that will receive grant funding each year.
Omaha Venture GroupSupporting Organization
Form a family foundation as an independent, legal entity, while you help to further the mission of the Omaha Community Foundation.
Supporting OrganizationWhat works best for you?
With the Omaha Community Foundation, each account offers additional options and services, so you’re able to give with confidence – and convenience. What’s more, you always have the benefit of our full complement of resources, ready to respond to questions you might have, provide information you request and assist you with anything you need.