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Ankeny Community Foundation

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UPCOMING EVENT:

A Toast to Ankeny!

A Fundraising Event for the Ankeny Community Foundation

Join us on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at WineStyles - Ankeny for a fantastic evening of fun and fundraising!

We're thrilled to invite you to this in-person event located in The District at Prairie Trail, 1450 Southwest Vintage Parkway, Ankeny. Get ready to raise your glasses and make a difference in our community! Enjoy a wine tasting presented by a WineStyles expert, fine foods and treats, silent auction, and a Toast to Ankeny. Your first glass of wine will be provided by the Denny Elwell Company!

The Ankeny Community Foundation encourages, promotes, and facilitates philanthropy for local community betterment through grant-making and partnerships utilizing three field of interest funds: Educate Ankeny, Enhance Ankeny, & Serve Ankeny. Proceeds from this annual event enable and fund these initiatives.

Many thanks to our event sponsors thus far:

First Drink Sponsor: Denny Elwell Company

Red, White, Rose’ Sponsors: Casey’s and LGL

In-Kind Sponsors: Carmen’s Flowers and Gladdies

Foundation board members include Doug Beech, Jen Cross, Mindi Dayton, Lisa Pagel, Doug Ripley, Gina Rooney, Kim Schaaf, Jennifer Sease, Mitch Van Kley, Steve Van Oort, and Kerry Walter-Ashby.

Individual Tickets: $100

Additional sponsorships Available.

*Purchase tickets, tables, sponsorships at https://givebutter.com/c/iAzb4o

www.ankenycommunityfoundation.org


Formed in 2012, the Ankeny Community Foundation is a local organization with deep roots in the community.

The Ankeny Community Foundation connects donors, nonprofit organizations, professional advisors, community leaders and other partners to inspire charitable giving and improve quality of life in Ankeny. ACF encourages, promotes, and facilitates philanthropy for local community betterment.

Contact

➤ LOCATION

PO Box 1352
Ankeny, Iowa 50021

 

Donate

Your contributions help the Ankeny Community Foundation make Ankeny a great place to live for future generations!

If you would like to contribute, click the "Donate" button below where you can enter any amount you choose. (All major credit cards accepted.)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

 

Mission


The Ankeny Community Foundation is committed to providing community members with opportunities to create legacies.

  • Your donations directly impact Ankeny.

  • Donating to the Community Foundation invests in the future of Ankeny—we’re creating the basis for future growth through philanthropic private funding.

  • You can donate to support what you care about most.

  • Experience maximum tax advantages under state and federal law, including access to Endow Iowa Tax Credits, a 25% state tax credit in addition to normal federal deductions for certain charitable gifts.

  • We seek to multiply the impact of gift dollars by pooling them with other gifts and grants.

 

Board of Directors


Kerry Walter-Ashby, Chairperson Doug Beech kim schaaf

gina rooney, Vice-Chairperson jen cross mitch van kley

mindi dayton, secretary lisa pagel Steve van oort

Jennifer sease, treasurer doug ripley merle johnson - ex officio

What We Do


The Ankeny Community Foundation is a tax-exempt public charity serving thousands of people who share a common interest—improving the quality of life in their community.

With the help of individuals, families, businesses, and organizations, we create charitable funds and provide grants that help meet local challenges.

A community foundation receives charitable gifts, manages charitable assets, and makes charitable grants. Community foundations offer several types of funds to help donors achieve their charitable goals and to meet community needs.

Community foundations offer donors many services and benefits. They work with families, individuals, organizations and professional advisors to design gift plans that fit every economic situation, ensuring that donors make the most impact with their philanthropy.

 

Past and Current Program Partners:

Ankeny Community Band https://ankenycommunityband.wordpress.com

Ankeny Leadership Institute
https://www.ankenyleadership.org

Ankeny Market & Pavilion
http://www.ankenyamp.com

Ankeny Miracle League/Miracle Park
http://www.ankenyiowa.gov/culture-recreation/ankeny-miracle-league-755

Art for Ankeny
http://www.artforankeny.com/

100 Women Who Care Ankeny
https://100womenwhocareankeny.com

 

Give


Giving to and through the Ankeny Community Foundation is an easy way to help support the community you love and where you live.

The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, public charity that allows people to establish a fund or contribute to an already existing fund that will benefit other non-profit organizations in the area, assuring that your charitable dollars address areas of greatest community need.

By giving through the Community Foundation, donors are also eligible to receive tax deductions and credits.

 

Make A Gift Now

Support the Community Foundation’s ongoing work by making a gift online directly to the Foundation. To make a donation fill out the donation form below. For your protection, our website is an SSL encrypted site.

Donate

Endow Iowa Tax Credit Program

Giving through the community foundation to the causes you care about is rewarding—in more ways than one. Your gift creates lasting change in the community, and the Endow Iowa Tax Credit Program offers you generous tax incentives to make it easier for you to give more for less.

Since 2003, more than $115 million has been invested in community foundations through Endow Iowa, improving residents’ lives both now and for years to come.

How does the Endow Iowa Tax Credit Program work?

The program provides state income tax credits to individuals, businesses, or financial institutions that donate money to a permanent endowment fund at a community foundation that meets national standards, like the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, which houses Ankeny Community Foundation’s fund.

The tax credit is for 25% of the amount of the donation, up to a maximum amount of $100,000 credit cap per Iowa taxpayer in addition to the normal federal tax deduction for charitable gifts. All qualified donors who apply for and receive the tax credit can carry forward that credit for up to five years after the year the donation was made. *Note: For 2023, donors must donate and apply for the tax credits as soon as possible — unlike in previous years, no waitlist will exist after funding for 2023 is fulfilled, and all donors who were on a waitlist will have their credits processed and eligible for tax credit use for 2023. Please continue to check the program webpage for updates: Endow Iowa | Iowa Economic Development Authority (iowaeda.com)

DONATE to the Endow Iowa Fund for ACF: Donate to the Ankeny Community Foundation’s endowment at this link:

Ankeny Community Foundation Endow Iowa Fund

 

How Can Endow Iowa Help You?

  • Amount of Gift = $10,000

  • Endow Iowa Tax Credit = $2,500*

  • Net Federal Deduction= $10,000**

  • Donor's Federal Tax Rate= 39.6%***

  • Federal Tax Savings = $3,960****

  • Total Tax Savings = $6,460

  • NET COST OF GIFT = $3,540*****

* 25% of the charitable gift made to a permanently endowed fund at a community foundation.

**The entire amount of the gift is deductible on federal taxes.

***Individual marginal tax rates vary.

****Assumes that individual taxpayer utilizes Schedule A (itemized deductions) on their federal return.
*****Gift appreciated securities and your net cost is even less.

Calculate your own gift with the Endow Iowa Tax Calculator.

 
 

Let's Chat


Do you have questions about the Ankeny Community Foundation? Would you like to know more about how to donate, which groups we are partnered with, applying for a grant, or serving on our board? Please contact us! We'd love to talk to you!