Laguna Beach Community Foundation

The Laguna Beach Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees is comprised of individuals who are committed to the advancement of local philanthropy. The primary goal of the foundation is to encourage a greater level of charitable giving for the benefit of our entire community.

The foundation’s aim is to ally with and help enhance the resources of:

                           • Local charitable organizations
                           • Local donors
                           • Professional advisors

The Board of Trustees of LBCF has considerable expertise in charitable giving and will make itself available to both educate and assist others in areas of charitable giving such as estate planning, gifts in wills, living trusts, retirement plans, charitable remainder annuity trusts, charitable remainder unitrusts, charitable gift annuities, charitable lead trusts, retained life estates, bargain sales, life insurance, etc.

LBCF can provide asset/investment management and oversight for reserve and endowment funds such as:

Donor Advised Funds: A fund which allows donors to contribute at any time and recommend grants to support qualified nonprofit organizations of their choice.

Field of Interest Funds: A fund where donors can support organizations that address the specific issues the donor cares about most.

Specific Charity Funds: A fund that allows the donor to restrict contributions to one or more specific charitable organizations.

Unrestricted Endowment Funds: A fund that allows donors to support identified highest priority areas such as Arts and Culture, Environment, Education, Health and Social Services, Community Improvement and Development, Animal Welfare, Youth Development.

Donor Restricted Endowment Funds: A fund which has an investment goal of producing income, a portion of which might be spent to support other charitable organizations. The principal amount would remain intact (in perpetuity).

Nonprofit Agency Funds: A fund that was created by another local charity that is managed by LBCF yet restricted to the exclusive use and benefit of that charity.

Non Cash Gifts: This includes the handling of publicly traded stocks, bonds, mutual funds, privately held stocks, and all forms of non-liquid real estate type assets.

Please feel free to contact us for more information on any of these gift strategies.

LBCF will also assist other charitable groups with information on important tax and compliance matters with respect to the governance of their own organization and structure.

LBCF maintains a website with direct links to other charitable organizations in the area. This website is updated frequently and includes descriptions of these other local charities including a calendar containing announcements about their coming events and functions.