Donor Advised Funds
The Jefferson Foundation was founded to create fundraising flexibility for private dollars to be invested into public education. The Foundation’s largest activities in terms of assets, donor-advised funds and scholarships, still support that founding vision.
Donor-advised funds and scholarships of The Jefferson Foundation are funds held for the benefit of specific schools, geographic areas, activities or issue areas. The funds and scholarships are founded and funded by individuals, businesses and civic organizations who want to offer the benefits of a 501c3 nonprofit status to their donors but who do not want the hassle of obtaining and maintaining their own nonprofit organization.
Donors make a donation to The Jefferson Foundation and indicate into which fund they want their gift to go. The Foundation provides all fund accounting services for the fund, including acknowledging and receipting the donation for the donor, conducting actual banking, and using funds, when directed by the fund creator, to make grants, pay for program activities, or cover other expenses consistent with the fund’s established purpose.
Donor-advised funds and scholarships held by the Foundation are governed by an agreement entered into by the fund creator and the Foundation; the agreement usually stipulates a management fee to be transferred to the Foundation from the fund of less than 2% of the fund value annually to cover part of the cost the Foundation incurs by providing this service.
Alameda High School Renaissance Fund
Art Brunig Memorial Fund
Arvada Bulldog Commons Fund
Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth (AWRSAY) Fund
Count Me In Fund
Dakota Ridge Senior High School Fund
Devinny Elementary School Adventures in Reading Fund
DG Book Fund
Diversity Fund
DLEA Resource Center Fund
Foster Elementary School Enrichment Fund
Green Mountain Area Partnership Fund
Homeless Services Fund
Jeffco Student Art Shows
Jeffco Costume Shop
Jefferson County Retired School Employees Association (JCRSEA) Books for Kids Fund
Betty and Joe Wetherbee Art and Music Fund
Karen Richardson Fund
Lakewood High School Renaissance Fund
Lakewood High School SLIC Fund
Marshdale Elementary Enrichment Fund
Larry Weiland Memorial Fund
Lights On After School
Math Kits Fund
Read to Me Fund-- Wheat Ridge
Salazar Literacy Fund
Save Outdoor Lab Schools Fund
Second Wind Fund
Serving Kids Fund
Standley Lake High School Renaissance Fund
Sue Anne Berger Math and Science Fund
Warren Tech Auto Program Fund
Warren Tech Foundation Fund
Wayne Carle Diversity Fund
Weber Rebuilding Fund