Oct 7, 2025 | blog, donor knowledge hub
With only a few months left in 2025, it is important to evaluate your philanthropy sooner rather than later. Recently passed tax laws may throw a curveball into the financial planning strategies you’ve set in motion with your advisors. Here are six tips to help you...
Oct 7, 2025 | blog, donor knowledge hub
At IECF, we’re committed to working with individuals, families, and businesses to help make a difference in the causes you care about. Indeed, many people have at least a general idea of the community impact they’d like to achieve when they first establish a fund. If...
Oct 3, 2025 | advisor knowledge hub, blog
We’ve rounded the corner into the fourth quarter! As the calendar year draws to a close, you’re likely well aware that charitable giving is not only important to your clients first and foremost as an act of generosity, but also as a powerful tool in tax planning. ...
Oct 3, 2025 | advisor knowledge hub, blog
Remember the good old days when your clients could withdraw the money they inherited in their parents’ IRAs over the course of their lifetimes, thereby deferring the income tax for as long as possible? This so-called “stretch IRA” was largely eliminated by the SECURE...
Oct 3, 2025 | advisor knowledge hub, blog
There’s a lot to celebrate about charitable giving in October! National Estate Planning Week For many attorneys, financial advisors, and CPAs, estate planning and charitable giving is part of your client conversations every single month, week, and day of the year....
Oct 2, 2025 | blog, grantee spotlights
A recent Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF) grant will greatly support one nonprofit’s long-term residential program for survivors of human trafficking. Rebirth Homes recently received a grant via the Seraphim Fund, which aids women and children, to assist...
