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Ignite Your Giving with a MATCHING GIFT TRIPLE YOUR CHARITABLE INVESTMENTS AND SUPPORT THE CAUSES YOU CARE ABOUT THANKS TO A NEWLY ANNOUNCED MATCHING OPPORTUNITY FROM LILLY ENDOWMENT INC. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA IS NOW OFFERING A MATCH FOR ALL QUALIFYING CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO ENDOWMENT FUNDS BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER 31, 2020, OR AS SOON AS THE ALLOCATED MATCHING FUNDS ARE EXHAUSTED. Triple Your Donation You won’t get an opportunity better than this! TRIPLE your donation when you contribute to the Community Foundation’s unrestricted Community Impact Fund. Lilly Endowment will match your gift, $2 for every $1 contributed! This is the easiest and most flexible way to provide for the most pressing needs in our community, forever. Annually, the Community Impact Fund makes more than $300,000 in grants to nonprofits throughout our community. Last year, 59 grants from the Community Impact Fund helped Southern Indiana nonprofits address the needs of more than 72,000 people in our community. If you can help us meet this match, it will ultimately mean an additional $80,000 per year we can give away to help the residents of Clark and Floyd counties. 4108 Charlestown Road New Albany 812.948.4662 cfsouthernindiana.com 14 EXTOL : FEBRUARY/MARCH 2019 Add to or Create Your Own Fund with a $1 for $2 Match If you’re interested in adding to an existing endowment fund, or creating a new endowment fund for your specific charitable purposes, Lilly Endowment will match your gift $1 for every $2 contributed. This is a great way to increase the impact you have on our community and the causes you care most about. CFSI will automatically match any qualifying gift made between now and December 31, 2020 (or until the balance of the matching funds is allocated, if sooner). Gifts that can be matched include: • Cash • Check • Qualified Charitable Distributions (IRA Rollover)* • Stocks • Bonds • Mutual funds and more! If you have additional questions about how you can take advantage of the match, start an endowment fund, or support the Community Impact Fund, please contact Linda Speed or Kenton Wooden at 812-948-4662.