For Professional Advisors



We are partners in serving your clients.


By partnering with the Marin Community Foundation, professional advisors of many kinds—estate planners, attorneys, accountants, and others—can help their clients fulfill their financial and charitable goals.

Here are just a few of the ways MCF does this:

  • We work as your partner. You stay in control of your client relationships—we’re here to help you provide a full range of services to your clients.

  • We are experts on charitable giving. Whether it’s setting up an alternative to a private foundation or putting together a complicated estate plan, we can tailor giving plans to meet your clients’ particular needs.

  • We are experts about our community, so we can help your clients be as effective as possible in their giving.

  • We help you connect across generations. When you help families establish an advised fund with us, you and they can stay involved for generations.

  • We help your clients donate a variety of assets, including cash, appreciated securities, and real estate. These can be assets they give now or later, as part of their estate plans.

  • You can help make a difference in the lives of your clients. By partnering with us, you may be able to help your clients increase their current income, increase their heirs’ inheritance, leave a legacy in the community, and teach their children about philanthropy.

  • As a public charity, we offer maximum federal and state tax benefits. And starting a fund at a community foundation is significantly less expensive—and easier—than starting a private foundation.

For more information about how MCF can partner with you to serve your clients, contact Aviva Shiff Boedecker, director of gift planning, at 415.464.2516 or by email. Or request a copy of You Have a Partner: An Introduction to the Marin Community Foundation for Professional Advisors. This guide provides an overview of the many ways we work with advisors to help them meet their clients' charitable needs.

More Information for Advisors


Do you have a client who is questioning the benefits of a private foundation?

Read past articles from mcfADVISORconnect.


Read the answers to questions about partnering with MCF
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Sign up for MCF Advisor Connect, our e-newsletter for professional advisors.

See a list of colleagues who have partnered with MCF to help their clients.

The Planned Giving Design Center provides detailed information on planned giving strategies and legal updates.

At MCF’s Philanthropy Resource Center, your clients can learn more about giving.

You can view and download PDFs on various giving options from our Professional Advisor Download Center.

These articles discuss how a community foundation can help your clients.


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