Opening a Corporate Charitable Fund at CFMT offers several strategic benefits that align with your corporation’s social responsibilities and business objectives.

Partnering with CFMT can support your corporate giving via:

Strategic Philanthropy

Establishing a charitable fund allows your corporation to plan its giving strategically. By setting aside funds during financially robust years, your company can ensure consistent support for chosen causes, even during less profitable periods. This foresight helps maintain a steady presence in the community and reinforces your company’s commitment to long-term social impact.

Professional Management

CFMT specializes in managing charitable funds, relieving your corporation from the burdens of day-to-day administration of its philanthropy. This includes investment management, due diligence, grant distribution, and monitoring the effectiveness of the contributions. Outsourcing these tasks allows your team to focus more on core business activities while ensuring your philanthropic goals are achieved effectively.

Employee Engagement

Corporate charitable funds at CFMT can also be used to engage employees in philanthropy. By involving employees in the decision-making process for grants or matching their donations, you can boost morale and foster a more engaged and loyal workforce.

Tax Efficiency

Contributing to a charitable fund at CFMT can provide significant tax advantages. Philanthropic gifts contributed in a high-income year can yield tax deductions, and the assets in the fund can grow tax-free, maximizing the potential impact of the contributions.

Community Expertise

CFMT has deep insights into local needs and the organizations that best serve those needs. Our dedicated team can guide your corporation in making informed decisions about where your contributions can have the greatest impact, aligning your corporate giving with community priorities and needs.

Flexibility and Customization

CFMT offers flexibility in how funds are managed and disbursed. Your corporation can tailor its charitable fund to support broad or specific areas of interest, adjust giving strategies over time, and even engage in joint initiatives with other donors or foundations.

Long-term Partnership

Establishing a fund with CFMT is the beginning of a long-term relationship. CFMT provides ongoing support, advice, and recognition, helping your corporation to adapt and grow its philanthropic impact over time.

By partnering with CFMT, your corporation can achieve more effective, efficient, and meaningful charitable giving, aligning your business goals with your commitment to community welfare.

Housing Fund members (from left) Brian Tibbs, a partner at Moody Nolan, Inc.; Marshall Crawford, President and CEO of The Housing Fund; attorney Michelle Gaskin Brown, Manager of Public Policy for Amazon in Nashville; and David Thibodeau, retired banker and a founder of The Housing Fund. 

Volunteers help plant trees through an initiative with the Nasville Soccer Club and Root Nashville, a public-private campaign led by Metro Nashville and the Cumberland River Compact.