Invest in Your Own Future

Organization Endowment
Endowing your nonprofit organization

Just as an individual donor can create a Designated Fund to support your nonprofit work, so can you.

As a nonprofit organization, you can create your own Organizational Endowment at CCF to support your work.

Many local nonprofits have done so (see full list below). Donors who give to them have found it a very rewarding way to build a permanent source of funding for their favorite organization(s). Your organization’s regular donors can also leave a bequest to your fund in their will. CCF can facilitate even the most complex planned gifts or gifts of appreciated stock or real estate.

Each year, you receive grants from the earnings on your fund, while CCF staff handles the investment management. The bigger your fund, the larger that annual grant will be. The assets of your fund are combined with CCF’s total assets to provide your organization the benefits of a diverse investment portfolio and low investment fees that typically come only with very large funds.

CCF also handles the administrative responsibilities related to the endowment so that your organization’s staff and volunteer hours are concentrated on fulfilling your mission.

Per the management agreement, your fund will not be invaded to meet short-term operating costs. You may add to your fund at any time, receiving the maximum tax benefit allowable with each new gift.

Listed below are the nonprofit groups with Organization Endowments at CCF.


Avery Institute Fund for Afro-American History and Culture Endowment (1983)
Cannon Street Y Endowment (1997)
Charitable Society of Charleston's Special Gifts Endowment (1998)
Charleston Area Therapeutic Riding Endowment (1998)
Charleston Collegiate School Endowment (2002)
Charleston Concert Association Endowment (1999)
Charleston County Library Fund (1983)
Charleston Natural History Society Endowment Fund (1994)
Charleston Stage Company Endowment (1999)
Charleston Symphony Orchestra Endowment (1995)

Christian Family Y Endowment (2006)

Citizens Opposed to Domestic Abuse (2007)
Dorchester Board of Disabilities & Special Needs Endowment (1999)
East Cooper Community Outreach Endowment (2001)
East Cooper Meals On Wheels, Inc. Endowment (1999)
Florence Crittenton Programs Endowment (1984)
Frances R. Willis SPCA Endowment (1999)
Jimmy Fenn Fund for AGAPE'S Education Ministry (1999)
John Ancrum SPCA Endowment (1998)

Junior Achievement of Greater Charleston Endowment Fund (1986)

Lowcountry Senior Center Endowment (2004)

Palmetto Alzheimers Chapter Endowment (2003)
The Colleton County Historical and Preservation Society Endowment (1999)
The Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center Endowment (2002)
Trident Academy Endowment (1993)
United Methodist Relief Center Endowment (2003)
United Way of Beaufort County Endowment (2002)
U.S.S. Yorktown CV-10 Association, Inc. Endowment (2003)
Wannamaker Preserve Endowment (2000)
Wings for kids Endowment (2003)

YEA Endowment (Youth Endowment for the Arts) (2003)

YWCA Endowment (1990)

Call CCF to talk about “investing in your own future” at: 843-723-3635.

Meet the SUPER "Y" guys who joined forces to merge the Christian Family Y and the Cannon Street Y to form the fully integrated and full-service Cannon Street Y of Greater Charleston.  They are also SUPER because they created an Organization Endowment for the new "Y" with $100,000. 

(l to r) Richard Gowe, Principal at LS3P Associates Ltd., Paul Stoney, President/CEO of Cannon Street Y, Ed Vaughan, VP/Sun Trust Community Banking and Dwayne Green, Attorney with Hampton Green, LLC.

How to Seek Grants:
List of Grants
Coastal SC Funding Sources (PDF)

Related ContenT:
Links for Non-Profits
Reasons Requests are Declined
Organization Endowment - Invest in your own Future
Organizations with Endowments
Organization Endowment Sample Agreement