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As 2020 marches on with little relief in sight from the crises affecting our region, more and more attorneys, accountants and financial advisors are fielding questions from well-intentioned clients who are exploring starting their own nonprofits to help...

GCEF presents 2020 scholarships

The Gay Community Endowment Fund recently awarded scholarships to four students who have positively impacted the LGBTQ+ community. In total, the GCEF Scholarship Fund awarded $8,000 this year to help local students achieve their higher education...

CLATs offer rare wealth transfer opportunity

The current environment of historically low interest rates has some experts heralding a "golden age of CLATs." More formally known as Charitable Lead Annuity Trusts, these planned giving vehicles pay a fixed amount to charity each year for a specific period...

Community foundations mobilize more than $1 billion for COVID-19 relief

In what the Community Foundation Public Awareness Initiative is calling an "unprecedented response," community foundations across the United States have mobilized more than $1 billion to support nonprofits on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. A study...

Clock is ticking on IRS relief for required minimum distributions

In the CARES Act, passed on March 27, 2020, Congress eliminated this year’s required minimum distributions from IRAs, 401(k)s, and 457(b) and 403(b) plans. The end of March, however, was too late for people who had already taken their distributions for...

Two charitable gift ideas made better by the SECURE Act

By Don Laubacher, CFP®, CPA, AEP®Senior Vice President, Family Wealth, Sequoia Financial Group The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act was signed into law on Dec. 20, 2019 (that seems like a long time ago!). One significant...

A letter from our co-chairs: Adjusting to the new normal

We all are experiencing and coping with the new normal related to living with COVID-19 in our lives and communities. COVID-19 continues to impact the work of the Medina County Community Fund and those service providers we fund annually. Earlier this...

MCWEF welcomes new board members

The Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund gained two new advisory board members. Join us in welcoming Sonja P. Pagniano and Victoria A. Wickley to our fund. Sonja P. Pagniano is the assistant director of annual giving for The College of Wooster. Before her...

From our president: MCWEF prevails amid difficult year

Over the past few months, it has been hard to find joy when so much of our world has been turned upside down. Many of us are grieving loss of life and also grieving the loss of jobs, routines, social connections, and financial security. How will we remember...

MCWEF fights growing domestic violence with impact funding

By Elizabeth KereszturiPR & Education Chair, Medina County Women's Endowment Fund Each year, more than 1,000 people reach out to the Battered Women's Shelter of Summit and Medina Counties looking for a chance at a new life. Unfortunately, the problem of...

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