We have added additional Planned Giving information to this site 
to help youlearn about a giving option that works for you.
Go to this link to consider your legacy

You can create your own fund that allows you to claim a tax deduction in the current year while being able to recommend how it's invested and how much of its income will be distributed now and in future years.
You may name the fund after a deceased loved one, e.g., (1) The Simon Sylvester Miranda Memorial Fund, your family, e.g., (2) The Miranda Foundation or for a designated Catholic Cause or institution, e.g., (3) St. Henry School Fund.
You may recommend which Charities or Institutions receive distributions of income and we will consider your advice if it is consistent with the Foundation's mission and Church teaching.

• You may finance the fund by: 

1. Cash or check
2. Giving a gift of appreciated property (Stocks, Real Estate) The foundation will sell this property and use the proceeds to start your fund.
3. Leaving a bequest in your will
4. Creating a Charitable remainder trust
5. Making an IRA distribution
6. See Ways to Give for suggestions 

• You as the donor may specify the term of the fund:

1. Restricted Endowment, where the Principal is protected in perpetuity and only income is distributed or after a term of years specified with the gift.
2. Temporarily restricted, where income and a portion of the principal may be released to support a specified approved charitable purpose or institution. The restriction is lifted once the purpose is achieved or after a term of years specified with the gift.
3. Unrestricted, where the proceeds of the fund may be distributed entirely at the discretion of the board of directors consistent with the CCFMTN charter and by-laws.

• Once you have created a donor advised fund, you may:

  Make additional contributions to your fund. (We will provide you a regular accounting of the money in the fund by online or paper statement.)
  Recommend Investment strategy by selecting from the investment pools within the foundation that have different risk-reward strategies.
  Recommend that various amounts be distributed to qualified charitable organizations of your choice. (make grants online)
  Receive an income tax charitable deduction at the time of contributions to your donor advised fund. You receive no further tax advantage when grants are made from the fund to other charitable organizations.

These are pre-established funds maintained for and by the Catholic Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to benefit approved charitable causes. The funds may be Endowed (perpetuity only-income distributed), Temporarily Restricted, or Unrestricted.  You may contribute to any of these funds by check or online through PayPal.  Distributions and Income from these funds will be published annually in the foundation’s annual financial report.

• To Donate through PayPal Click on Fund Name Below
• To Donate by Check Click Here
• Sample Language to Provide a Planned Gift in Your Will or
  Retirement Plan Click Here

These are managed on behalf of other Catholic charitable institutions who own title and interest of these funds.

No fee if temporal goods subject to canonical oversight of Bishop of Nashville, e.g., parishes, schools, corporations.

These are funds whose principal and income may be used for those Catholic causes, ministries, and services, including foundation and diocesan administrative expenses, deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors consistent with the CCFMTN charter and by-laws.