Double Your Donation for Community Impact this #GivingTuesday

The Mt. Pleasant Area Community Foundation (MPACF) Board of Trustees is walking the talk this #GivingTuesday, offering to use their personal resources to double donations made to the Community Impact Fund now through midnight on December 1, until a total of $15,000 is reached.

#GivingTuesday is worldwide movement occurring the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Dedicated to giving back and encouraging people to support the causes they care about most, #GivingTuesday started in 2012 and annually engages millions of participants around the globe.

“We have a day for giving thanks, a day for getting deals on Christmas gifts, a day for shopping local, and even a day for online shopping,” said CEO Amanda Schafer. “It only makes sense to then have a day when we return to acts of generosity that support our local community.”

Those looking to double their local impact this #GivingTuesday may make a donation online at https://www.mpacf.org/donate to the Community Impact Fund, which is the most flexible fund of the Foundation. Created by hundreds of generous individuals and businesses throughout the community over the last thirty years, the Community Impact Fund is unrestricted, meaning that grants can be made for a variety of needs or projects in Isabella County. MPACF is able to make meaningful, impactful grants like those awarded earlier this month to Clothing INC, the Little Downtown Pantry, Isabella Community Soup Kitchen, Mid-Michigan Industries, PACE Central Michigan, and The Care Store. Earnings from the Community Impact Fund benefit our changing community now and for years to come.

“When local charitable organizations had to adapt to continue serving community members during the pandemic, the Community Foundation already had flexible financial resources in the Community Impact Fund to be able to help those organizations,” said Schafer. “That's why it's so important that we continue to grow the fund, and why our Board members have offered to use their own resources to double your gift.”

Charitable giving is further incentivized this year because of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The stimulus bill, which was signed into law on March 27, entitles donors to an above-the-line tax deduction for charitable gifts up to $300 made in 2020.