Your donation to our Endowment Fund at the Community Foundation of South Puget Sound* will help us continue to fund mini-grants for K–12 Thurston County public school employees and scholarships for Thurston County high school seniors planning careers in education. Donations can be designated to the spendable portion of our fund, which can be used immediately, or to the principal for long-term investment.
*Note: The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, Federal Tax ID #94-3121390, and donations are tax-deductible within the limits of the law.
WAYS TO DONATE
♥ Give a gift by sending a check payable to the Community Foundation of South Puget Sound. Be sure to write TCSRA on the memo line. You may also indicate spendable or principal on the memo line.
The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound
212 Union AVE SE Suite 102
Olympia, WA 98501
♥ Give a gift online—with a credit/debit card or by authorizing a bank account withdrawal—at the Community Foundation’s website. Click on “Give Today” in the upper right-hand corner of the homepage. Then scroll down the page to select “Thurston County School Retirees’ Association (TCSRA)” and click on “Donate Now.” Another option is to use the second link below to go directly to the donation form for our fund. In the box for additional notes, you can indicate spendable or principal.
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The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound.
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The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound.
♥ Designate all or part of your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) to go directly from your IRA to our Endowment Fund at the Community Foundation of South Puget Sound. This option—called a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD)—would keep those funds from increasing your taxable income for that year. We recommend consulting with your financial and tax advisors before making this type of donation and contacting your financial institution to discuss your giving intentions.
♥ Name the TCSRA Endowment Fund at the Community Foundation of South Puget Sound as beneficiary of all or a percentage of your IRA.
♥ Leave a future gift to the TCSRA Endowment Fund at the Community Foundation of South Puget Sound by writing a new will or by revising your current one.
A BIT OF HISTORY
Held and managed by the Community Fund of South Puget Sound, our Endowment Fund was established in 1997 with an initial investment of $6,648.75. Approved unanimously by the TCSRA membership at a luncheon meeting, the fund was to be used “to benefit Thurston County schools, teachers, and students.”
That first year, 1997, the interest on the investment allowed us to give $100 mini-grants to 3 of the 15 applicants. Over the years, the investment has grown with the help of donations and fund-raisers at luncheons. A generous bequest from the estate of Lucille Messer in 2008 increased the amount of money in the spendable portion of the endowment and the number of grants we have been able to award.
