How You Can Help

You can help by making a donation online or sending a check to our office, payable to the Springfield Foundation. When you specify for general use, we can direct your donation to the most critical needs facing our community. You can also specify a certain cause that resonates with you, such as housing, food insecurity, etc.

You can also help by reaching out to these organizations for ways to support our community:

• Catholic Charities of Southwestern Ohio 
• Clark County Literacy Coalition 
• Haitian Community Help and Support Center 
• Rocking Horse Community Health Center  
• Second Harvest Food Bank  
• Sheltered, Inc. 
• Springfield District Council's St. Vincent de Paul Society 
• United Way of Clark, Champaign, and Madison Counties  

Giving

You can use a wide variety of assets to donate to an existing fund or to create a fund that achieves your personal charitable goals. In fact, one of the primary benefits of the community foundation is our ability to accept non-cash gifts and to facilitate complicated legal transactions.

Ways to give now:

• Cash
• Appreciated Stock and Mutual Funds
• Real Estate
• Life Insurance
• Other tangible assets
• 401k and IRA RMDs

Ways to give later:

• Bequest by will
• Trusts
• Retirement Plan Assets