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Why Donate Through Us
We Simplify Philanthropy
Whether you're making a gift today, planning your legacy, or looking for the most effective way to support the causes you care about, the Okoboji Foundation helps turn your generosity into lasting impact.
Simple
We handle the details so giving is easy, convenient, and stress-free.
Personalized
Every donor's story is different. We help create a charitable approach tailored to your values, goals, and passions.
Strategic
With local expertise and philanthropic guidance, we connect your generosity to opportunities where it can make the greatest impact
Lasting
Through endowments, legacy planning, and permanent charitable funds, your values can continue making a difference for generations.
We make giving easy. We make it yours. We make it effective. We make it endure.
Endow Iowa Tax Credit
The Endow Iowa Tax Credit is a state program that rewards charitable giving in Iowa. When you donate to a qualified endowment fund through a community foundation, you can receive a 25% Iowa state tax credit on your gift.
This means your donation costs less while still making a lasting impact—helping support local nonprofits and communities for years to come.
TYPES OF GIFTS TO GIVE
Stocks
IF YOUR GOAL IS TO
Eliminate capital gains
THEN YOU CAN
Contribute long-term appreciated stock or other securities
YOUR BENEFITS ARE
A charitable deduction plus eliminate capital gains tax
real estate
IF YOUR GOAL IS TO
Eliminate capital gains tax on the sale of land or other real estate
THEN YOU CAN
Donate the property to the Okoboji Foundation.
YOUR BENEFITS ARE
An income tax deduction plus reduction or elimination of capital gains tax
Retirement Assets
IF YOUR GOAL IS TO
Eliminate the possible twofold taxation on IRA or other employee benefit plans
THEN YOU CAN
Name your charitable fund the beneficiary of the remainder of the assets after your lifetime
YOUR BENEFITS ARE
The ability to leave your family other assets that carry less tax liability
Personal property
IF YOUR GOAL IS TO
Share your enjoyment of a collection or other personal item
THEN YOU CAN
Donate tangible personal property like art or a coin collection
YOUR BENEFITS ARE
A charitable deduction based on the cost basis value
retained life estate
IF YOUR GOAL IS TO
Give your personal residence or farm, but retain current use
THEN YOU CAN
Create a charitable gift now, but retain occupancy for life
YOUR BENEFITS ARE
Tax advantages plus continued use of the property
