Confirmed in Compliance

with National Standards for

U.S. Community Foundations

Michigan Community Foundation Tax Credit

A taxpayer who provides a contribution to a Berrien Community Foundation endowment fund will find that the gift can be worth almost three times its actual out-of-pocket cost!  This astonishing benefit comes to the citizens of Michigan by virtue of Michigan's Tax Credit for Community Foundations. Click on the Tax Credit Brochure for additional information on how to give. For a list of funds, click on Eligible Funds. Please note that you can best support the general grantmaking of the Foundation via the Berrien Community Endowment.

► Tax Credit Brochure (pdf)                                                                                                                                              ► Eligible Funds (pdf)

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            Dr. Gladys Peeples-Burks (l), Board Trustee,  

          Sharon Vargo (c), Board Treasurer, &

             Carol Oehlhaffen (r), TEAM Advisor/Foundation

             Member, participate in the Jimmy Carter Work

             Project  via the Rotary Centennial

               Project House that BCF helped to sponsor

The mission of the Berrien Community Foundation is to promote philanthropy, to build a spirit of community, and to enhance the quality of life in Berrien County through its stewardship of permanently endowed and other funds.

We shall accomplish our mission by:

*  Building permanent endowments and other funds and providing a broad range of flexible and cost-effective donor services

 

*  Investing and managing funds prudently and professionally

 

*  Making grants to support a broad range of projects and programs that address community needs, with a focus on building a spirit of community/arts & culture, nurturing our children, and youth development and leadership

 

*  Serving as a facilitative leader, catalyst, and resource for our communities

 

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Giving through the Berrien Community Foundation provides donors with the true joy of being philanthropists. That joy is the essence of the Berrien Community Foundation. Anyone can be a philanthropist through the Foundation. Please contact us so that we may assist you with your philanthropic wishes.

Community Report:  Celebrating 55 Years!

We are very pleased to present our latest report to our communities, which we produce periodically. We believe our founders, including William Vawter, would be very pleased with all that we've accomplished together to build a spirit of community throughout Berrien County. This report covers the Foundation's activities through June 2007.  For additional information, please contact Nanette Keiser, Ed.D., President, 269-983-3486 or NanetteKeiser@BerrienCommunity.org.

To view, print, and/or download a copy, click on the link below.

2007 Community Report (pdf)