Start a Fund
At London Community Foundation, we make it easy for you to give in London and Middlesex County. By creating your own endowment fund at LCF, your gift will be invested in perpetuity – then the earnings will be used to support the charities and causes that matter most to you. Our funds are multi-generational, ensuring your philanthropy lives on through your family, year after year.
LCF is known for its personalized service, in-depth community knowledge and creative giving solutions – all in support of making London and Middlesex County a stronger and more vibrant place for everyone. Our flexible approach means that we can assist you with your short- and long-term giving goals.
For more information, contact Diane Silva.
Everyone’s philanthropic journey begins somewhere. Hear how Sue Allan started investing in the community with LCF, and how starting a fund was just the beginning for her!
“London Community Foundation provides families with several options for creating ‘living’ giving for the present, and into perpetuity. The community foundation structure offers a turn-key approach that’s flexible and easy. LCF handles the set-up of your fund, and your family can decide what they wish to support in our community.”
Charles and Jill Wright
Donor-Advised fundholders
Making a Difference - C. & J. Wright Family Fund
Types Of Funds
Donor-Advised Fund
A Donor-Advised Fund is just like having a private foundation, without the red tape.
When you create a Donor-Advised Fund, your gifts are invested in perpetuity. You can start with a gift of any size. Once the fund capital reaches $50,000, earnings on the invested assets are available for yearly granting – and our in-depth community knowledge is always available to help you make high-impact, strategic grants to the causes and charities you care about most.
Dr. Jack Jung & Dr. Eleanor Huang, Jung Family Fund
Murray Faulkner, Faulkner Family Fund
Donor-Designated Fund
The way a Donor-Designated Fund works is simple: you select your favourite charities and we ensure they’re supported, forever.
Your gifts are invested in perpetuity, and you can start with a gift of any size. Once the fund capital reaches $25,000, earnings on the invested assets are granted each year to your selected charities. By preserving and growing the capital, your fund will continue to produce income forever.
Community Fund
The Community Fund improves the overall well-being of our community by granting to the issue areas that need it most. This is a permanent source of community capital, ready to address the most pressing issues – now and forever.
When you support the Community Fund, your gift is endowed in perpetuity as an unrestricted donation. The capital and earnings from all unrestricted donations make up the Community Fund.
Shelly & Bob Siskind, Rochelle and Robert Siskind Family Fund
Artists in Education program
Field of Interest Fund
What cause is closest to your heart – health and wellness, community services, education, arts and culture, heritage, the environment, or something completely different?
A Field of Interest Fund helps you target gifts to address an issue area that you feel is important to community life, with granting that lasts forever. Your gifts are invested in perpetuity, and you can start with a gift of any size. Once the fund capital reaches $100,000, earnings on the invested assets are available for granting each year, with granting decisions made by LCF’s Grants Committee.
Registered Charity Fund
A Registered Charity Fund at London Community Foundation is a safe and simple way for your charity to establish an endowment of its own. The principal is invested and earns income over time; the income then provides your charity with a reliable source of funding. By working with LCF, you have the benefits of a diverse investment portfolio and the low investment fees typically associated with very large funds.
ReForest London
Italian Seniors’ Project
Social Impact Fund
When you reframe giving as investing, our community’s capacity grows in unexpected and exponential ways. Imagine the impact when you invest with a passion. Real change. Real results. A stronger, more vibrant community.
LCF’s Social Impact Fund uses a portion of the Foundation’s assets as investment capital, investing in social enterprises that are not only capable of providing a return, but that generate positive change in the community. In addition to offering traditional loans, the Social Impact Fund has the flexibility to provide support through various other financial instruments, including lines of credit, letters of guarantee, mortgages, or even an equity investment if the project is a good fit.