Women’s spending power has been in the news over the last several weeks as Taylor Swift’s and Beyonce’s tours continue to break records and the Barbie movie still looms large. As you’ve worked with female clients over the years, you’ve …
Spotting opportunity: Moving from a commercial fund to Cobb Community Foundation
Although a donor-advised fund, which is becoming a more and more popular charitable planning tool, can be established through a national financial institution, Cobb Community Foundation (CCF) offers its donor-advised fund holders much broader services, more personal attention, and deeper …
BREAKING IT DOWN – Certified Nonprofit Practitioner (CNP) Grant, ONE OF THREE GRANT CATEGORIES IN THE THRIVE PROGRAM
The 2023 CCF Thrive Grant Program has been developed this year from feedback received over the past year from our leadership and from nonprofits. There are 3 components to the program. In this article, we will look at the Cobb …
Rethinking inherited IRAs
As you build your estate plan and consider how to provide for your adult children, keep in mind that naming children as the beneficiary of an IRA or other qualified plan probably is not something that should be automatic.
For …
WELCOME DEVEREUX GEORGIA FUND
“Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Georgia was established in Cobb County in 1973 at the invitation of Gov. Jimmy Carter. Celebrating their 50th year, Devereux provides hope and healing for children, adolescents and young adults living with emotional, behavioral, and cognitive …
Breaking it Down – Cobb Thrives Gift Guide, One of Three Grant Categories in the Thrive Program
The 2023 CCF Thrive Grant Program has been developed this year from feedback received over the past year from our leadership and from nonprofits. There are 3 components to the program. In this article, we will look at the Cobb …
2023 Thrive Grant Seeker Info Session – New Grant Opportunities Announced
The Cobb Community Foundation held a Grant Seeker Info Session yesterday in the Community Room at the Cobb Chamber of Commerce. Eighty plus local nonprofit leaders attended the session in person to hear new funding opportunities.
Consistent with our vision, …
Over 70,000 day-care programs at risk of closure, threatening U.S. women’s workforce gains
Federal funding allocated during the pandemic for childcare providers is soon coming to an end. CCF is working to facilitate the efforts of our Corporate Community Champion Roundtable participants who are focusing on finding solutions to the childcare dilemma. This …
For clients who may sell a business, the time to think charitably is right now
Business owners who’ve enjoyed summertime’s more relaxed energy can deservedly daydream about the “extended vacation” that comes with selling the business!
While it all sounds good, business brokers will tell you that many business owners fail to optimize—and they sometimes …
Keep your eye on clients’ appreciated stock–always
Such a difference a year makes–maybe!?
By August 2022, markets were down 12% for the year and inflation was up 8.3% year-over-year. Perhaps consequently, but then unknown, annual charitable giving was on its way to a rare (fourth time in …
