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What’s Your Giving Goal? Our Team Can Help You Achieve It.

We are here to help you: 

  • Clarify Your Charitable Intent  
  • Identify Your Giving Strategy  
  • Establish a Fund  

How to Get Started

Explore Donor-Advised Funds – A Flexible and Efficient Way to Organize Your Giving

With a donor-advised fund, you can make a gift today and decide which organizations to support when you’re ready. In the meantime, your gift can grow, increasing your impact. 

Fund Options

The Community Foundation offers a variety of fund options, each with its own unique characteristics. No matter what your philanthropic goals are, we have the giving vehicle that can help you accomplish them.  

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Ready to Open a Fund? We’re Here For You.

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Michelle Beisker
21/64 Certified
Senior Vice President of Development


  319.774.2362
  michelle.beisker@gcrcf.org

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Josie Velles
Senior Director of Development Services

  319.774.2363
  josie.velles@gcrcf.org

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Laura Booth, CFRE
21/64 Certified
Director of Family Philanthropy


  319.774.2367
  laura.booth@gcrcf.org

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Arthur Kim, MA, CAP®
Development Officer


  319.200.4409
  arthur.kim@gcrcf.org

Visit the Nonprofit Giving Center and the Nonprofit Calendar to search for a nonprofit fund, organization, cause, or event to support.
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