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Individuals & Families

Generosity that lasts for generations.

At the Mankato Area Foundation, we help individuals and families make a meaningful impact—now and for the future. Whether you’re looking to establish a charitable legacy, support causes close to your heart, or involve your children in philanthropy, we offer flexible giving options to align with your values and financial goals.

Personalized Giving, Made Simple

With MAF, you don’t need to navigate the complexities of private foundations to make a difference. We offer donor advised, designated, and unrestricted funds, allowing you to give in a way that fits your vision. Our team works closely with you to develop a strategy that supports the organizations and causes you care about most.

The Benefits of Giving Through MAF

  • Ease & Simplicity
    We handle the administrative details so you can focus on what matters—giving back. Whether you want to support nonprofits or create a family legacy, we make philanthropy effortless.
  • Tax Advantages
    Maximize the impact of your generosity with significant tax benefits—gifts to MAF receive the highest allowable deductions for income, gift, and estate tax purposes.
  • Flexible Giving Options
    Your gift can take many forms—cash, stock, land, grain, or other assets. We’ll work with you and your financial advisor to design a giving plan that meets your needs today and leaves a lasting legacy for future generations.

Start your giving journey today.

Your generosity has the power to shape lives and strengthen communities. Contact us to explore how MAF can help you create a legacy of giving that reflects your values and goals.

DONOR ADVISED FUNDS

Generosity. For Good.

A Donor Advised Fund is an effective tool for charitable giving that provides benefits similar to a private or family foundation without the hassles. Donor Advised Funds minimize the worries and administrative burdens of grantmaking, so you can put your time and energy into what really matters: making a meaningful impact on the community, organizations and causes you value.

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Fund Types

MAF offers flexible and creative ways for you to give back to the community. Whether you're passionate about a specific cause or want to support broad regional needs, we’ll help you structure your gift so it reflects your goals and creates lasting impact—for you and for the community.

Unrestricted Fund
By giving to MAF’s Unrestricted Fund, you help ensure there are resources available for the needs of tomorrow—even those we can’t yet imagine. Your gift supports the ongoing work of the Mankato Area Foundation, addresses current community priorities, and invests in local nonprofits making a difference.
Designated Fund
Through a Designated Fund, you create an enduring source of support for specific organizations and programs you care about, specified at the time of the gift.You choose the projects or purposes to benefit from your generosity, and we invest and distribute funds in the form of grants.
Donor Advised Fund
Through a Donor Advised Fund, you can have a voice in your philanthropy and receive benefits similar to a personal or family foundation without the administrative responsibilities. Donor Advised Funds are convenient, flexible tools for individuals, families or businesses that want to be personally involved in recommending grants made possible by their gifts. If you have a range of community interests, you may find that donor advised funds are an ideal way to fulfill your charitable wishes.

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Download Donor Advised Funds Brochure
Scholarship Fund
Through a Scholarship Fund, you create a legacy of helping individuals achieve their potential by supporting their educational goals. You have the ability to establish a scholarship fund to benefit students of a particular school, geographic region, educational discipline, or other designation.
Agency Fund
Through an Agency Fund, your nonprofit organization has the opportunity to create a fund that generates investment income, year after year, which can be granted back to the agency, or reinvested in the fund to grow over time at the discretion of your governing board. Learn More

Planned Giving

The Mankato Area Foundation offers a wide range of planned giving/deferred gift options such as bequests, charitable remainder trusts, charitable gift annuities and charitable lead trusts. We will work with financial advisors to garner the best tax advantages and financial security while carrying on the donors legacy of giving. Learn more about Planned Giving.

What to Give

MAF offers many ways for you to give back. Whether you're donating cash, stock, real estate, or other assets, we’ll help you create a giving plan that aligns with your goals and benefits the community.

There are many ways to give to the Foundation. You can contribute a variety of assets such as:

  • Assets of other Trusts or of a Private Foundation
  • Cash Gifts
  • Grain and other Cash Crops
  • Farmland
  • Life Insurance
  • Mutual Funds
  • Real Estate
  • Stocks and Securities

Move your Donor Advised Fund to MAF

Sometimes we meet with individuals and families who have already begun their charitable giving journey by establishing a donor advised fund at a national charitable sponsor or commercial provider. But over time, many donors discover that they want something more. We can help!

For those who are looking to learn more about local needs, connect with nonprofits in their community, or involve family members in their giving, transferring a donor advised fund from a national charitable sponsor or a commercial provider to the Mankato Area Foundation can be a natural next step.

The good news? Transferring a donor advised fund is often easier than people expect. In many cases, the process can be completed with just a few simple steps.

Work with our knowledgeable team to find the right fit for you.

Learn how you can start to make an impact today.

 

For more information, please contact Ashley.

Who We Are


Since 1974, the Mankato Area Foundation has been dedicated to building a community of individuals that believe in the strength of giving. We continue today to shape Greater Mankato through connecting acts of giving with our community’s needs.

Location

Shared Spaces Philanthropy Center
212 E Walnut Street, Suite 1
Mankato, MN 56001
507-389-4583
Info@MankatoAreaFoundation.com

EIN: 41-0011094

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