La Mirada Community Foundation
The La Mirada Community Foundation was established in 1999 to receive donations intended to benefit a wide variety of community services and programs.
In the broadest sense, the Foundation helps improve the quality of life in La Mirada. It does so by supporting services and programs meeting the social, physical, developmental and recreational needs of local residents.
The Foundation also supports community youth organizations and educational programs through the purchase of equipment and supplies.
Tax-deductible donations are accepted by the non-profit La Mirada Community Foundation. Contributors may specify the type of service they wish to receive the funds. All funds received by the Foundation are used for their intended purpose and no funds are directed to administrative overhead costs.
La Mirada Community Foundation Accepts Donations
Individuals, corporations, and community organizations are key sources of financial support for important programs and projects such as the La Mirada Aquatics Center.
Gifts and contributions are needed to help people in a variety of ways in the City of La Mirada by the La Mirada Community Foundation.
Why Should I Support The La Mirada Community Foundation?
The La Mirada Community Foundation is working to make lives better in the community. The Foundation assists young people and senior citizens. It helps individuals and families. It needs your help to continue making a difference. The Foundation seeks the generous private support of long-time residents, newcomers, businesses, foundations, and caring people like you. Every contribution, no matter how small or large, is important.
Ways to Support Our Community
There are many ways to lend your financial support to community services and activities in the City of La Mirada. Gifts may be unrestricted in use so the Foundation can decide which local need is the most pressing. You may also specify that your gift be targeted to a particular program or purpose. You may designate further that the gift be placed in an endowment so that the interest it earns keeps giving for many years. If a gift is not designated for endowment, it is considered a “current expenditure” gift. Some donors make current gifts, and others choose to satisfy their commitment over a period of time.
You may wish to retain an interest in your gift, such as the right to receive income from it, or to give through your estate. Under certain circumstances, your gift may entitle you to significant tax benefits.
However, you choose to support the community service activities in La Mirada, be assured that your gift will help to make La Mirada an even better community in which to live.
Gifts to support the community may be made payable to the La Mirada Community Foundation, a non-profit, public benefit corporation that accepts and administers private support for the community.
Since the La Mirada Community Foundation is a non-profit organization, gifts may qualify for a federal, and often state, income tax charitable donation. As with all financial considerations, potential donors are encouraged to discuss the tax advantages and other aspects of charitable giving with their attorney, tax advisor or financial consultant.
You can help build a better La Mirada by making a donation using the La Mirada Community Foundation’s online gift form. For detailed information on any aspect of giving, contact the La Mirada Community Foundation at (562) 943-0131. A representative of the Foundation will be pleased to answer your questions.
Meetings
We meet the 4th Wednesday of every month at 6:30 at City Hall. Meetings are open to the public.
Source: City of La Mirada