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Establishing Your Fund
Funds can be created with an outright gift or over a period of time and can be in several
forms including cash, securities, real estate or life insurance. Several types of funds are available for you:

Any Time, Any Size Gift
You want to honour a special person, commemorate an event or celebrate a special day in your family or community. You make a contribution of any size to The Greater Saint John Community Foundation unrestricted Community Fund. Your contribution will be added to the principal balance of this fund as endowment.

Community Fund
You want your charitable gift to accomplish the most and be responsive to changing times and needs. You establish "Your Fund" within the Community Fund and year after year the Board of Directors is responsible for selecting the most important grantees to receive the earnings. This fund is the most flexible and thus has the greatest possible impact. For example, the Jane Armstrong Earl Fund.

Field-of-Interest Fund
You want to do some good in a particular field (health, youth, environment, culture, for example), but you do not want to commit your money to just one organization. You set up "your fund" as a field-of-interest fund. Each year the Board of Directors identifies deserving grantees within this field. For example, the Children's Aid Fund.

Designated Fund
You have a strong allegiance to one or more specific charities and you want to ensure these groups receive support as long as they continue to provide needed services to the community. You set up "your fund" as a fund designated to benefit specific organization(s). The Greater Saint John Community Foundation will disburse the income from "your fund" to the beneficiaries each year. For example, the Jervis Bay-Ross Memorial Fund.

Donor-advised Fund
You would like the advantages of a charitable fund with The Greater Saint John Community Foundation but you want to be able to make suggestions as to which non-profit organizations should be supported, or you would like to set up a fund in your will and name certain people as advisors. You set up "your fund" as a donor-advised fund and make recommendations on distributions from time to time. The Greater Saint John Community Foundation ensures that grantees meet our legal charitable requirements.

Scholarship Fund
You would like your money to be used to set up a scholarship(s) in your name or in the name of a special person or organization. You set up "your fund" for scholarships. You may allow flexibility to meet the greatest need, or you can specify certain schools from which recipients graduate or which they attend. You may also choose a field of study. For example, the Margaret Willis Awards Fund.

Agency Endowment Fund
You sit on the board of directors of a non-profit agency, which you feel needs a permanent endowment. Your organization can realize its long-term objectives by creating a fund with The Greater Saint John Community Foundation. "Your fund", when combined with our total assets, increases the opportunities for maximizing total return, the investment charges against the agency's funds are reduced, internal accounting and reporting requirements are reduced, and we prepare and field tax returns on the endowment and schedule on annual audit. For example, the Saint John Human Development Council's Fund.

Pass-through Fund
You want to make a contribution to a worthwhile project or service in your community, either alone or with others and you want the full amount of your gift to be available now. You create or add to a non-permanent pass-through fund, the principal amount and any earnings of which are disbursed for the specified purpose. For example, the McKean Family Foundation.

Significant tax benefits for the donor of equities can be realized, particularly when they have appreciated substantially and capital gains taxes are owing, if they were sold. A donor may hold securities with their former employer (e.g. NBTel/Aliant) or in an insurance company which has de-mutualized (e.g. Manulife). Gifting these equities to you community foundation would result in substantial savings on capital gains tax and produce a tax receipt, not to mention, helping your community.