Legacies
Millions of people help causes that are important to them during their lifetime. The legacy allows you to continue to help and, as charitable gifts left in your will are exempt from inheritance tax, your money will go further.
For most people, writing their will offers the greatest opportunity to make a really substantial gift to charity.
- At present almost 7 out of 10 people in the UK population support charities, but fewer than 1 in 20 remember a charity in their will. *Yet it's a very easy way to give and show commitment to a cause.
- Leaving money in a will offers you an opportunity to put something back into the community and by selecting the Birmingham Community Foundation's endowment for all or part of your gift, the interest/dividend can go on making a difference, year after year. You might also like to consider your legacy becoming a "Named Fund" within the Foundation.
- For more information please email us at team@bhamfoundation.co.uk
*Source: CAF & NCVO 2002 research publication 'A Lot of Give: Trends in Charitable Giving for the 21st Century'
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What We Do
Our two broad purposes are:
To work with the community supporting local voluntary and community activity through a programme of constructive grant making; and
To work with local donors by pooling the donations of philanthropically minded individuals and community-minded companies into an Endowment Fund...read more -
How to Give
You can decide how much to give and make a secure on-line donation.
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The Birmingham Community Foundation is an independent charity that offers direct support to grassroots organisations within the Greater Birmingham Area.
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