Professionals Advisors in the legal, accounting, and financial communities are often in a position to advise their clients about charitable giving -- though few specialize in this area.

The Minneapolis Foundation is a one-stop vehicle for meeting your client's charitable and financial objectives. We add our expertise to yours to ensure that your client makes educated decisions while selecting from a full spectrum of options. To find out more about how we can work together, please contact one of our professionals.

Why Partner with The Minneapolis Foundation?

- Our charitable giving experts guide you through the thicket of rules and regulations, insuring that your client achieves the maximum possible tax savings.

- Our ongoing research and extensive contacts in the community let us keep our donors informed of charities that match their charitable goals.

- A variety of tools for giving allow you and your client to choose the option that fits their financial and philanthropic objectives.

- Our newsletters and publications keep you current on trends in philanthropy, including relevant tax and legal regulations, and research about issues facing our community.

- Our website offers charitable planning assistance through GiftCalc and Planned Giving Answers Online. In addition, it offers cash and stock donations online.

The Minneapolis Foundation Advantage for Your Clients

At The Minneapolis Foundation, donors join a community of philanthropists, benefiting from our more than 90-year history of grantmaking in the community and beyond. A full complement of tools for giving insures that donors' contributions have maximum impact in the areas that mean most to them. Together with professional advisors, we create highly effective approaches to charitable giving.

- Gifts to a Fund at The Minneapolis Foundation generate the maximum tax advantages under state and federal law.

- Our personalized service is tailored to each individual's philanthropic and financial objectives.

- We accept a wide variety of assets, from cash and securities to closely held stock and appreciated real estate.

- As one of the country's largest community foundations, we are a catalyst in the community, helping set the agenda for positive change.

- With deep roots in the community, our staff of professionals know area nonprofit organizations and their needs.

For more information on these services, please contact our development professionals.

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