News & Updates

Helping your clients establish a charitable fund through the Hardin County Community Endowment Foundation is easy with the Charitable Investment Partners program.   This program allows your clients to establish funds at the Foundation while you continue to manage...

Professional Advisor Resources As you work with clients to meet their charitable and financial goals, the Community Foundation is here to work alongside you. Below you will find resources on ways we can work together, unique opportunities available through the...

Endowed funds last forever and grow over time because the principal is never spent. Earnings are used to make grants in the name of each fund, supporting charitable causes and creating personal legacies of giving throughout Hardin County. On the average, Iowans...

Keep Iowa Growing Keep Iowa Growing provides a commitment to retaining farmland and ensuring the land will stay in production as it has for generations. The farmland will continue to yield, while the causes you care about will benefit from your legacy of giving. Gifts...

Tax BenefitsThe Endow Iowa program is part of an effort to enhance philanthropic activity in the State of Iowa by encouraging contributions to community foundations. The program provides significant additional tax incentives for individual, business or organizational...

STARTING A FUNDGiving is one of the most personal and important things you can do. It allows you to have an impact on the well being of your community and it expresses gratitude. By giving you can impact the quality of life for those throughout Hardin County today and...