PUT YOUR PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS TO WORK
Through our Donor Advised Funds, our proprietary Trusted Advisors Program or our Advisory-Administered Scholarship Funds.
DONOR ADVISED FUNDS
OPEN A DONOR ADVISED FUND WITH US.
Donor Advised Funds are efficient, cost-effective alternatives to private or family foundations
Donor Advised Funds
A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is a giving vehicle that provides you with immediate tax benefits and allows you to support the charities of choice through grant recommendations on your own timetable.
Trusted Advisors PROGRAM
If you'd prefer to use your own Investment Advisor to manage your funds, then look no further than our Trusted Advisors Program
Who Uses the Trusted Advisors Program?
Those with at least $500,000 to start a charitable fund or foundation and wish to use their own trusted financial advisor to manage the charitable dollars.
How it Works
- Recommend Your Financial Advisor to Desert Community Foundation
- Establish your fund by making an initial irrevocable contribution of $500,000+
- Begin recommending grants from your fund to 501(c)(3) organizations in the U.S., as frequently as you wish
Scholarship Funds
OPEN A SCHOLARSHIP FUND WITH US
With over 20 years of managing scholarship programs for the finest private country clubs in the Coachella Valley, we're happy to share what we know.
(Bonus: Our Scholarship Funds come with our exclusive Advisory Committee formed with local educators, administrators and college specialists).
Country Club Scholarship Funds
Invaluable insights into the best practices of setting up your club's scholarship fund.
Private or Corporate Scholarship Funds
You set the scholarship criteria together with the invaluable input of our Advisory Committee & Director.
GET IN TOUCH
Mary Panesar, Executive Director
mpanesar@desertfoundation.org
760-674-9080
75-105 Merle Drive, Suite 300, Palm Desert, CA 92211
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Desert Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization EIN 95-4725924
since 1999, serving the local communities of: palm springs, desert hot springs, thousand palms, cathedral city, rancho mirage, palm desert, bermuda dunes, indian wells, la quinta, indio, coachella, thermal, mecca & oasis
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