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Starting a fund









Annette Bidart
Bidart & Ross Inc.
Reno NV


Annette is a guiding member of the Community Foundation Investment Committee.








It is easy to help your client establish a named charitable fund and the task can be completed in less than a day.
  1. First, decide what type of contribution the client would like to use to establish the fund. A donor can contribute cash, securities, or other property.
  2. Select a name for the fund. Clients can use their own name, the name of a family member or one they invent.
  3. Designate current fund advisors such as the client and spouse, and successor advisors such as children.
  4. Complete and sign a simple governing document that we will provide and help customize for the donor.  To download a sample donor advised fund or endowment agreement click here.
Once a fund is established, donors may:
  • Add to the fund at any time in any dollar amount.
  • Specify how grant disbursements are to be acknowledged: in the name of the fund or anonymously.
  • If a donor advised fund has been established, the donor may recommend distributions from their fund to charities, locally or throughout the United States
To get started, explore a donation option or discuss a situation, call Chris Askin, CSPG, CFRE 775-333-5499 or by email: info@cfwnv.org.