Our Funds

Charitable Funds of the Gainesville Community Foundation

The Gainesville Community Foundation is a family of funds, endowed and non-endowed, established by donors to fulfill their charitable and philanthropic interests. Each of these funds represents a gift of capital from individuals, families, corporations, trusts, private foundations or other nonprofit organizations. Today, the Foundation includes more than 20 funds that, collectively, provide great flexibility to address changing community needs.

Donor Advised Funds

These funds are established by individuals and families who wish to stay involved with their charitable gifts by recommending grants to benefit their favorite charitable organizations. The Foundation serves these donors by linking their interests with community projects, managing investments, maintaining fund records, researching grant requests and processing grant recommendations.

• Boone Family Fund
• Jill Darr Rowell Foundation
• Dwight’s Fight Against A.L.S.
• Cure Dales Duchennes Fund
• The Sport Fund
• Kincaid Loop Neighborhood Fund
• John and Peggy Kirkpatrick Fund
• Cade Family Fund
• Robinson L. and Carolyn G. Henderson Charitable Fund
• The Shey Foundation Fund
• The Anne Laird Spain Fund
• The Perry Charitable Fund
• Mike and Jane Ryals Family Fund
• Noel Mills McGriff and Perry C. McGriff, Jr. Gainesville High School Athletic Department Development Fund
• Thomas H. Maren, Peter and Eileen Maren Fund
• Mary B. Peck Educational Fund

Donor Advised Pass-Through Funds

These funds are usually more temporary in nature and enables the donor to make a single contribution to The Community Foundation, either annually or through planned giving, and then advise distributions from the fund to various charities or charitable initiatives.

• Gladys Cofrin Fund

Field Of Interest Funds

Field of Interest Funds support broad community initiatives such as the environment, arts, education, youth programs, or to support organizations in a specific geographic area.

• A Musical Offering
• H.A.I.L.E.
• Friends of the Elementary Arts Programs
• Buccholz Academy Fund
• Early Learning Enhancement – Download request for proposal
• Market Gainesville Partnership
• Women’s Giving Circle
• Youth Development Enhancement – Download request for proposal
• Girls on the Run

Agency Funds

These funds are established by and benefit the named agencies and their programs.

• Guardian Foundation
• Reichert House
• Meridian Haynie Trust
• Alachua County Public Schools Foundation
• Alachua Conservation Trust
• Friends of Tacachale

Operating

Gifts to an operating fund sustain the work of the Community Foundation and allow dollars contributed to the Foundation’s charitable funds to support grant-making initiatives.

• The Gainesville Community Foundation Endowment Fund

Scholarship Funds

These funds enable the donor to establish an endowment to fund annual scholarships. Based on parameters defined for the scholarship, The Community Foundation will manage as much or little of the process as the donor prefers.

• Phillip Paul Clark Scholarship Fund
• Children of Queen of Peace Scholarship Fund
• Thomas H. Maren Nursing Scholarship Program at Shands UF
• Michael P. Murphy Endowment for Mathematics at P.K. Yonge Fund