Donors & Advisors
The Mississauga Foundation harnesses generosity to inspire transformational change. Explore diverse donation options for individuals and access resources for professional advisors, ensuring meaningful support for the Mississauga community.
How to Give
Embark on a journey of impactful giving with the Mississauga Foundation, where your philanthropic aspirations come to life through various avenues tailored to your preferences and objectives.
Explore Your Options
Discover the ways you can contribute to your community through the Mississauga Foundation. Whether you're considering establishing a new fund or adding to an existing one, there are numerous avenues available to fulfill your charitable goals.
- Giving Today: Cash Contributions
- Gifts for Tomorrow: Leaving a Legacy
- Insurance
- Appreciated Securities
- Charitable Remainder Trust
Giving Today: Cash Contributions
Take the straightforward route to kickstart or enhance a fund. Every dollar you give goes to work, supporting local programs or bolstering endowment funds. Your direct donation lets you witness the impact firsthand, knowing that your generosity is making a difference in real time.
You can contribute via cash, cheque, credit card, or easily online.
Gifts for Tomorrow: Leaving a Legacy
Plan for the future with a gift facilitated through your will. Create a named endowed fund or add to an existing one to leave a lasting impact. Carefully planned bequests can also offer potential tax benefits — explore the various assets you can donate and the flexible ways to structure your gift. Your bequest ensures that your charitable legacy endures, providing ongoing support for causes close to your heart.
Turning Policies into Purpose; Insurance
Transform existing insurance policies into a significant contribution, regardless of your means. This method is a popular choice for making a deferred gift to the foundation.
Investing in Impact: Appreciated Securities
Put your stocks, bonds, or mutual funds to work for a good cause. By donating appreciated securities, you can potentially eliminate capital gains tax and maximize your charitable impact.
To donate securities, you’ll need to complete the Donate Appreciated Securities form.
Planning for Your Future and Ours: Charitable Remainder Trust
Set up a trust to provide income for you or a loved one while supporting charitable causes. This option offers both personal and charitable planning opportunities, with potential tax benefits and income security.
Forget what you thought giving looked like!
You don’t need a trust fund.
You don’t need a fancy title or decades of experience.
You just need the guts to care…and about $2 a day.
That’s enough to start your own fund through the Mississauga Foundation, supporting the causes you believe in, right here in your city.
Investment Growth
When invested with the Mississauga Foundation the value of a $10,000 gift, over 20 years, including granting and growth is: $25, 569 or 156% growth of the original gift.
9.0% annual return (actual average return for the past 9 years)
Our Funds
The Mississauga Foundation offers several ways to support our community’s well-being with funds tailored to suit your giving interests. Some of these funds are “open” funds meaning anyone can add a gift of any size to help grow the fund for maximum benefit to our community as a whole.
- Mississauga Fund
- Donor Designated Fund
- Field Of Interest Fund
- Donor Advised Fund
- Charity Endowed Fund
- Flow-Through Fund
- Emerging Fund
Mississauga Fund
Comprised of donations of all sizes, a gift to the Mississauga Fund provides the greatest flexibility in responding to community needs and priorities. Donors can establish a named fund within the Mississauga Fund with a minimum gift of $2,500.
Donor Designated Fund
You can specify one or more charitable organizations to be the perpetual beneficiaries of the grants from your fund. Donors can establish a Donor Designated Fund with a gift of $10,000.
Field Of Interest Fund
A Field of Interest Fund works much like the Mississauga Fund except that donors can identify an area of interest where they would like to target their support. Donors can establish a Field of Interest Fund with a gift of $25,000.
Donor Advised Fund
A Donor Advised Fund is an excellent option for donors who are considering establishing a private foundation but are concerned about the set up costs and the ongoing administrative burden. Donors can establish a Donor Advised Fund with a gift of $25,000.
Charity Endowed Fund
We can provide services and expertise to help charitable organizations establish their own Charity Endowed Fund. Registered charitable organizations can establish a Charity Endowed Fund with an initial investment of $10,000.
Flow-Through Fund
A Flow-Through Fund offers donors the granting services and community knowledge of the Foundation combined with the level of involvement in granting they would like. Flow Through Funds can also be fully granted out over a specified period of time. Please call us for more information.
Emerging Fund
An Emerging Fund enables donors to establish a fund in any of the above categories with an initial donation and a pledge to meet one of the minimum donation levels within five years of the initial gift. Please call us for more information.
Interested in starting a fund, want to learn more?
Our Donors
On our Donor Wall, we acknowledge and honour donors who made a gift to The Mississauga Foundation. Many of these donors have established endowed funds with The Foundation, but all of these donors have made a commitment to building community vitality for good… forever.
Help Us Build Tomorrow's Mississauga
For Professional Advisors
Access a comprehensive suite of resources meticulously crafted for professional advisors at the Mississauga Foundation. From in-depth guides to insightful webinars, equip yourself with the tools and knowledge necessary to facilitate impactful giving discussions with your clients. Our resources are tailored to support you in navigating the complexities of charitable planning effectively, ensuring you can unlock the full potential of giving back and create a lasting impact within the Mississauga community.
Professional Investment Advisor (PIA) Program
Allow your clients to establish a charitable fund with Mississauga Foundation while you continue to manage their assets.
Donor Advised Funds and Private Foundations
Learn about the difference between donor advised funds and private foundations.
Flexible Charitable Options
A Professional Advisor’s perspective on the value of working with a community foundation.
Listening For Charitable Opportunities
When clients might be thinking about philanthropy and how you can help.
Giving Advice on Charitable Giving
The Community Foundation can be your trusted resource when working with clients.
Top Ten Reasons to Discuss Philanthropy with your Clients
There are many important reasons why you as a professional advisor might discuss philanthropy with your clients.
Sample Bequest Language
Your clients may ask for a resource to help them with the language for planning a gift through their will.
Options for Donors – Comparing Three Approaches to Giving
A comparison of the benefits of working with a Community Foundation versus establishing a private foundation.
Professional Advisors eResource
A helpful resource offered by Community Foundations of Canada for Professional Advisors.