What are they?
Designated beneficiary funds enable you to support one or more specific organizations of your choice.
These funds can be established to ensure that a particular charitable organization will receive your support over a long period of time, even in perpetuity. This also is an appealing way to support the groups from which you have benefited—such as a school or social service agency. 

Highlights

• If the group you choose to support ceases to exist, the fund you establish will support groups with similar missions and goals.
  
  
• Designated beneficiary funds may be named to recognize the donor(s), a family member, friend, or organization. Or, you can name the fund to ensure your anonymity.
  
  
• MCF can accept donations of almost any asset, including stock and real estate.
  
  
• You can choose your own investment strategy from among the investment pools offered by MCF.
  
  
• The fund may be established as an endowment (ensuring that grants are made in perpetuity) or as an expendable fund (which enables you to make grants of any size at any time). 

To learn more about establishing a fund at MCF, contact Elizabeth Marlowe, vice president for Philanthropic Services, at 415.464.2517 or by e-mail; or Aviva Shiff Boedecker, director of gift planning, at 415.464.2516 or by e-mail. Or, you can request a copy of “Giving Back, Looking Forward: How to Achieve Your Financial and Charitable Goals through the Marin Community Foundation.”