1.   Although each community foundation sets its own terms, modification is typically permitted only if the original intent of a trust becomes unnecessary, impractical or impossible.

2.   Anyone who wants to remain anonymous, even to the people at the community foundation, may prefer to give through Fidelity.

3.   But what bothers him more is how the growing competition from financial institutions may cloud the future of the community foundations.

4.   By chance, he was steered to the local community foundation.

5.   Community foundations, on the other hand, make grants themselves and work extensively with local charities.

6.   Community foundations have program officers who can advise donors on their philanthropy, and help them get involved.

7.   Community foundations operate much the same as for-profit charitable funds, setting up tax-deductible accounts for individual clients and handling all the paperwork.

8.   Even much smaller community foundations are benefiting from a significant increase in resources, the result of the surging stock market and the largess of individual donors.

9.   Fidelity has a charitable gift trust that competes with other large community foundations that are likely subscribers.

10.   Extensive information and publications list to help families create and maintain family foundations or funds at community foundations.