Funds » Donor Advised Funds

A Donor Advised Fund can be used to establish a charitable legacy in your name, your family's name, for your organization or business, or to honor a colleague or loved one. People with a wide range of community interests have discovered that the Donor Advised Fund is an ideal vehicle for fulfilling their charitable wishes. In establishing a Donor Advised Fund, the donor retains the right to serve as an advisor, making grant recommendations for consideration by the Foundation's Board of Directors. It is a simple, powerful, and highly personal approach to giving and a great way to always be involved with, and remembered for, your community investment.

How to start a Donor Advised Fund

Opening a Donor Advised Fund allows you to make a gift to your Community Foundation, then remain actively involved in suggesting uses for your gift.

How it works

  • You make a gift to your Community Foundation – you can give cash, appreciated stocks, real estate, or other assets.
  • We set up a special fund in your name, in the name of your family or business, or in honor of any person or organization you choose.
  • You receive tax benefits in the year your gift is made.
  • You recommend uses for the fund – working with our professional program staff to support the causes and organizations you care about most.
  • Your recommendations are presented to our board for approval.
  • We handle all the administrative details and issue grants to charities in the name of the fund you establish (if you prefer, grants can be made anonymously).
  • Your gift can be placed into an endowment that is invested over time. Earnings from your fund are used to make grants addressing community needs. Your gift – and all future earnings from your gift – is a permanent source of community capital, helping to do good work forever.

Donor Advised Funds Administered Within the Community Foundation

  • 400 Block Matching Grant Fund
  • Alden Family Fund
  • Judd S. Alexander Foundation Fund
  • Walter Alexander Foundation Fund
  • Victor & Christine Anthony Fund
  • Gordon & Arlene Backer Fund
  • Nancy & Greg Barber Fund
  • Stanley F. & Lydia D. Bauman Family Fund
  • Gerald & Kay Bizjak Family Fund
  • Dennis & Verda Bliese Family Fund
  • Mark & Ann Bradley Fund
  • Braun Woodlands Foundation Fund
  • The Christ Fund
  • Edward P. & Darlene I. Coldwell Fund
  • Jack K. & Davis H. Collison Fund
  • Dakamama Fund
  • Thomas Allen David Memorial Fund
  • Dwight & Linda Davis Fund
  • Davis Family Fund
  • Jim & Mary Draeger Family Fund
  • Ronald & Lynn Drecktrah Fund
  • John D. Dudley Fund
  • Nancy Frawley Fund
  • D.J. & Mary Clare Freeman Fund
  • B.A. & Esther Greenheck Foundation Fund
  • Greenheck Fan Foundation Fund
  • Robert C. & Ruth D. Greenheck Fund
  • Habush Habush & Rottier Charitable Fund
  • John & Mary Hartwig Foundation Fund
  • Jerald Halversen & Marilyn Miller Charitable Fund
  • Hostvedt Family Fund
  • Ervin & Arlean Jagodzinski Fund
  • Emery O. & LaVerne Johnson Fund
  • Mary Jo Johnson Fund
  • Bart & Patricia Kellnhauser Fund
  • Kiwanis Club of Wausau Fund
  • Kocourek Family Fund
  • William H. Koptis Fund
  • Ed & Micki Koth Fund
  • John & Bonnie Kraft Fund
  • Bill & Kathy LaBrake Fund
  • Lake Enterprise Natural Resources Fund
  • James & Susan Lundberg Fund
  • Robbie Maahs Memorial Fund
  • Mack Family Fund
  • Mallery Family Fund
  • Marathon Box Corporation Fund
  • James H. & Lorraine G. Mathwick Charitable Fund
  • John E. & Elsa M. McKenna Fund
  • Patricia A. McKeough Fund
  • Jack & Joel Metcalf-Horak Fund
  • H.L. Miedaner, M.S. & M.E. Block Fund
  • Murco Foundation Fund
  • Thomas & Mary Murphy Fund
  • Ted C. Nick Memorial Fund
  • Sue Olson Memorial Fund
  • The Omernick Fund
  • Elizabeth S. & Mollie A. Peters Fund
  • Peth Family Fund
  • Henry & Gladys Phillips Foundation Fund
  • William M. & Mary Nell Reif Family Fund
  • Evan Rieck 'Oh, the Places You'll Go!' Fund
  • Rhinelander Rotary Club Chaitable Fund
  • River Valley Bank Fund
  • Clyde F. Schlueter Foundation Fund
  • Daniel & Jody Seybold Family Fund
  • Shepherd/Howells Fund
  • Sislo Family Fund
  • John & Nancy Skoug Fund
  • Duane M. & Patricia E. Smith Fund
  • Mary D. & Stanley F. Staples, Jr. Fund
  • William & Jean Tehan Family Fund
  • Herbert & Catharine Terwilliger Memorial Fund
  • Twenty Friends Memorial Fund
  • Unity Bank Fund
  • vanKerkhoven Family Fund
  • The Vermillion Fund
  • Gerald & Marion Viste Fund
  • G. Lane & Linda Ware Fund
  • Weiland Family Fund
  • Brian B. & Patricia A. Wellmon Fund
  • Wipfli LLP Wausau Partners Fund
  • WoodTrust - Bell Foundation Fund
  • Bao & Neng Xiong Volvo Hmong Women's Fund