We Make Charitable Giving Easy, Impactful, and Local
The Community Foundation is proud to work with professional advisors—attorneys, accountants, financial planners, and others—in the Lehigh Valley and beyond as they assist their clients in establishing and growing a charitable legacy. Whatever cause your client wishes to support, the Community Foundation can serve as the long-term steward of their charitable giving and the legacy they envision.
Professional Advisors Recognition Society
The Foundation has established a Professional Advisor Recognition Society to acknowledge those play an essential role in helping clients achieve their charitable goals. Together, LVCF and the advisory community provide clients with trusted guidance, flexible giving options, and lasting community impact.
You know your clients. We know philanthropy.
As a professional advisor, you know your clients and their needs. By integrating philanthropy with financial and estate planning, you can help ensure that your clients are receiving the maximum benefits for their contributions while also creating the charitable gift programs that best match their short-term and long-term goals.
- You know your clients; we bring expertise in philanthropy and deep community knowledge.
- You seek effective giving channels; we create and sustain numerous customized, charitable investment vehicles. Click here to see an overview of the Foundation’s many types of charitable funds.
- We have a special commitment to family philanthropy and enjoy involving multiple generations—and you—in the satisfaction of charitable giving and grantmaking. Learn about our EverGreen Fund and Impact Services.
- We are a public charity and can offer the maximum federal and state tax benefits to your clients.
- LVCF accepts a number of different types of assets, including stocks and securities, real estate, retirement assets and life insurance.
- Our online portal makes it convenient for you and your clients to set up a Fund, make grants, and monitor fund and giving activity.
We can help you help your clients…
Our staff will work with you to help your clients achieve their charitable and estate planning goals, ensuring your clients make the best decisions for making a difference in the community. We are available by phone, email, or in person to discuss any aspect of charitable giving. We are experienced in customizing charitable giving opportunities, and we stand ready to assist you in communicating the benefits of a particular strategy. We understand that your clients might prefer to remain anonymous, and we are happy to work directly with you on their behalf. We want to help your clients make well-informed decisions they feel good about.
Our staff is skilled in working with donors who have multi-faceted objectives and complex gift situations. As your partner in charitable giving, the Community Foundation can help you achieve success for you, your clients, and the community.
Financial Stewardship and Permanence
Our strong record of financial stewardship assures your clients that their charitable agenda will be met now and for generations to come. The Community Foundation’s Board of Governors represents a cross-section of our community and works hard to maintain high donor confidence with the proper management of charitable gifts.
Added-Value for You
The Community Foundation is pleased to provide seminars and other educational opportunities for professional advisors.
LVCF issues the Advisor Connection eNewsletter that provides timely news and resources for professional advisors. Click to see the latest issues
In this July 2026 issue of Advisor Connection, we celebrate Edward J. Lentz, Esq., recipient of LVCF’s 2026 Service to Philanthropy Award, and the trusted role professional advisors play in turning clients’ charitable goals into lasting community impact. We also examine an important planning question: when might a fund at the Community Foundation offer clients greater flexibility and less administrative burden than a private foundation? Explore practical insights to help clients align their assets, values, and legacy plans.
We know professional advisors play a critical role in helping clients align their financial goals with meaningful charitable impact. In this issue we’re highlighting new ways LVCF is recognizing and partnering with advisors to strengthen philanthropy across the Lehigh Valley. Also in this issue spotlights how Cornerstone Advisors has built a collaborative, employee-driven approach to philanthropy through LVCF—an approach that may resonate with families and businesses you advise.
Advisor Connection February 2026
This February 2026 Advisor Connection focuses on how charitable giving can help clients find clarity and purpose during times of change. Inside, we share practical examples for supporting clients through loss, retirement, and other major tax events, along with a “worth a look” feature on charitable gifts of real estate—an increasingly important planning tool as more wealth is held in property rather than cash. We’re also pleased to welcome Angela Connell to LVCF’s Board of Governors and highlight the perspective she brings to our work. A brief technical update on year-end charitable giving is included as well.
ASK Maureen| Ask me how the Community Foundation can help you and your clients create a lasting legacy and make a difference in the community….
Maureen Connolley Wendling, CAP®
Director of Donor Initiatives
Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
810 W. Hamilton Street, 310, Allentown, PA 18108
610 351-5353 Ext. #116
Direct Line 484 860-3154 | maureen@lvcfoundation.org