Private Foundation or Community Foundation

The Lehigh Valley Community Foundation offers an alternative to the expense and administrative burden of creating or maintaining a private foundation. Established foundations can even maintain "foundation" in their names upon transfer to LVCF, thus providing for seamlessness in the recognition of their grantmaking.

A chart of comparisons offers an overview of the similarities and differences between a private foundation and a fund at the Community Foundation.

The transfer of a private fund or foundation to the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation is usually a straightforward matter, involving the formal dissolution of the private foundation and the creation of a fund at the Community Foundation. The resulting fund may be any type, which meets the donor’s charitable goals.