We know you consider your charitable gifts to be an investment – in your community, your place of worship, your alma mater or whatever causes you select. Satisfaction comes from knowing that your contributions have been effective and have created positive change in your community. That’s why there are several types of charitable funds available to support your giving. Select the fund that best matches your personal approach to giving and your charitable intent.

Unrestricted Funds

These funds allow the Foundation to allocate the donor’s gift to support the unmet or future charitable needs of the Pinellas community. In 2007, the Foundation funded 52 charitable organizations in Pinellas County. Services provided by these organizations included affordable housing, children and youth, elderly, health care, women, family services and animal welfare.

Designated Funds

These funds benefit charities specified by donors. In 2007, over 40 charities that were designated by donors received distributions from the Foundation.

Field of Interest Funds

Donors who create a field of interest fund name the cause or issue which they desire to support. The Foundation, through a competitive process, selects the organizations for grants from those funds. Currently, the Foundation has Field of Interest funds for the environment, public broadcasting, and social and human services.

Donor Advised Fund

The donor advises the Foundation about how distributions are to be made. The Foundation’s Donor Advised Funds are governed by an Agreement between the donor and the Foundation and by the Foundation’s Guidelines for Donor Advised Funds.

Scholarship Funds

In 2007, the Foundation administered eight scholarship programs. and distributed over $153,000 for scholarships.

Agency Endowment Funds

These funds permit non-profits to create permanent revenue streams. Incomes from endowments allow them to weather unforeseen circumstances that might otherwise necessitate the curtailment of services. By placing endowments at the Foundation, these organizations have access to a level of expertise not readily available to other nonprofits. By working with the Community Foundation, these agencies safeguard their endowments forever.

Following is an alphabetized listing of Foundation funds which include the types of funds described above. The Community Foundation holds over 100 funds and is committed to helping all of our donors become philanthropists by connecting them to the causes they care about most.

Irma L. Abberton Fund
Alpha House of Pinellas, Inc. Endowment Fund
Animal Services League, Inc. Endowment Fund
Glenn and Carol Arthur Field of Interest Fund
Phyllis E. Bailey Memorial Fund
Charles and Ollie Belt Fund
Ernest and Carolyn Benedict Fund
Thomasene Bennett Fund
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Pinellas, Inc. Endowment Fund
Bollenback Donor Advised Fund
Margaret Boudreau Fund
Warren J. Bowman Memorial Scholarship Fund
John A. Brady Fund
Tom Bruckman Operating Expense Fund
Ruth Burgett Fund
William P. Bushnell Fund
Child Development Center, Inc. Endowment Fund
Joseph A. Clapp Fund
Helen S. Clark Fund
Clearwater Audubon Society Endowment Fund
Clearwater Free Clinic Endowment Fund
College Fund of Pinellas County Endowment Fund
Community Pride Child Care, Inc. Endowment Fund
Janet L. Cooper Fund
Scott and Verna V. Crain Fund
Clara K. Dalzell Fund
K. Whitney Dalzell Fund
Edith J. Diehl Fund
Marguerite Emanuelsen Fund
Carl L. and Ruth A. Engelhardt Fund
Faith in Action of Upper Pinellas Endowment Fund
Faith Mission Donor Advised Fund
Michael Fields Memorial Fund
Earl and Dorothy Frazell Fund
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Fund
Mario E. Granata Fund
Cathleen W. Grant Field of Interest Fund
Edith B. Green Fund
John B. and Lillian Green Fund
Carmela Habert Fund
Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas Endowment Fund
Marjorie E. Hamilton Fund
Happy Workers Children’s Center Endowment Fund
Joy Anne Harris Scholarship Fund
Mary K. Haworth Fund
Aaron F. Head Fund
Dorothy B. Howard Fund
Willis E. Hutchinson Fund
William R. Kane Fund
Harriett Kelso Fund
Madge M. Kempe Fund
Betty P. Kessler Fund
Edna A. Klauser Fund
James F. Lambright Memorial Scholarship Fund
Walter Leahy Memorial Fund ( Clearwater Breakfast Sertoma Club)
Costas G. Lemonopoulos Scholarship Fund
Catherine M. Lerenman Fund
George W. Linker Fund
Shirley J. Magie Fund
Harold C. and Isabel Martens Endowment Fund
Willie Lee McAdams Endowment Fundfor Happy Workers Children’s Center
Howard McGlasson Fund
Muriel McNevins Fund
W. Wallace Meissner Fund
H. Robert Merrill Scholarship Fund
Barbara Rose Miller Fund
Wahnetah Moffatt Fund
Ellen M. Mullin Fund
Chester Ochs Fund
David and Naomi Perkins Scholarship Fund
Pinellas Animal Foundation Endowment Fund
Pinellas Association for Retarded Children (PARC) Endowment Fund
Donald and Leila Pouttu Fund
Angela Probst Fund
Madona and Will Ptak Food Bank Fund
Madonna and Will Ptak Scholarship Fund
Lucile H. Reno Fund
Agnes M. Reuter Fund
Ralph Rishards Scholorship Fund
Joy Gilmore Roebling Fund
Frank and Helen Rugg Memorial Fund
Dennison Rusinow Memorial Scholarship Fund
Chester M. Schlicklin Fund
F. Kiernan Schoonmaker Memorial Fund
F. Kiernan Schoonmaker “Teacher of the Year” Award Fund
Helen S. Scott Fund
SPCA of Tampa Bay Endowment Fund
Florence Stanberry Endowment for Happy Workers Children’s Center
Paul Stegelmaier Fund
Florence Stilwell Fund
Mildred A. Stribling Fund
Tampa Bay Research Institute Endowment Fund
Maud Ward Tate Fund
Aneta I. Thomas Fund
Margaret Craig Thompson Memorial Fund
Marjorie E. Thompson Fund
Bernice S. Tilton Memorial Fund
Theodore and Marian Tonne Fund
Wilbur O. and Doris Mildred Townsend Fund
Upper Pinellas Association for Retarded Citizens (UPARC) Endowment Fund
Marjorie B. Vary Fund
Violet Wakefield Fund
Ferne M. Waldman Fund
Cecile L. Warner Fund
Robert G. Wilson Fund
Josephine L. Zamoyski Fund
Walter Zimmerman Fund