An easy way to think about a donor-advised fund is like a charitable savings account: a donor contributes to the fund as frequently as they like and then recommends grants to their favorite charity when they are ready. HCF handles the rest!

“WOW! What a ‘hand up’ and not a ‘hand out’ Hastings Area Habitat for Humanity received from the Hastings Community Foundation Donor Advised Fund. In 2017 Hastings Area Habitat for Humanity received a substantial donation from a Hastings area family through their Donor Advised Fund administered by the Hastings Community Foundation. Using this donation, Hastings Area Habitat for Humanity will fund a additional house to be built in 2018.

“Through 2017 we have constructed 22 houses in Hastings and Kenesaw. Each house gives a family a “hand up” and not a “hand out.” The house is built using volunteer labor wherever possible and we require the family to work 200 hours to put in their sweat equity. We loan the family the cost of the home with a 30 year no interest mortgage. Thanks goes to the Donor Advised Fund.”

– Neal Hoff, Volunteer Coordinator Hastings Area Habitat for Humanity