Charitable Purpose Fund
Advancing specified Kingdom purposes.
The Charitable Purpose Fund (CPF) enables individuals, churches, and other charitable organizations to give, raise, and set aside funds to be expended only for charitable purposes proposed by the sponsor and approved by the PCA Foundation. The CPF is a versatile tool. It can facilitate grants and expenditures for ministry categories and short- or long-term project or goals, for specified ministries (including qualified foreign ministries), and for established material, educational, and other needs of individuals. The PCA Foundation owns and administers the CPF, thereby serving as the recipient of deductible contributions, objectively approving charitable purposes, securing funds only for the approved purposes, and relieving the sponsor of administrative and compliance burdens.
Defined Purpose
When you propose a Charitable Purpose Fund, you specify the ministry aims or categories to be supported — such as missions, scholarships, or community programs. The PCA Foundation ensures every grant from the fund is made for that purpose.
Flexible Structure
A Charitable Purpose Fund can operate like a traditional endowment, or with more flexible timing to meet needs as they arise, in either case spreading distributions over several years if desired. This approach can not only sustain ministry support but also increase tax savings for greater giving while avoiding unnecessary or counterproductive restrictions.
Trusted Stewardship
As administrator, the PCA Foundation owns and manages fund assets, handles compliance, and provides oversight. Donors and sponsors can be confident that funds are stewarded with integrity and deployed only for the represented purposes.
How It Works
Request a fund. Enrollment includes specifying fund purposes and restrictions.
Upon approval by the PCAF Board of Directors, make an irrevocable, tax-deductible gift of cash, securities, or other assets.
Nominate an advisor or advisory committee to recommend grants and expenditures within the stated purposes.
The PCA Foundation manages compliance and distributes funds in compliance with the stated purposes.
additional donor-advised funds
Explore our other Donor-Advised Fund options.
Advise & Consult Fund
The Advise & Consult Fund is a donor-advised fund with no fees. Donate cash and other assets (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, private business equity, real estate) to your fund. Receive a tax deduction for the current tax year, and recommend grants at your pace to your church and favorite charities.
Single Charity Fund
A single charity fund is a fund from which the PCA Foundation will make grants only to a single identified charitable organization. Donors frequently make qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) to a single charity fund as a rollover from an individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity because the limitation to a single charity makes it the only type of fund that may receive QCDs but still make grants at the donor’s pace.
Increase Fund
The Increase Fund is a donor-advised fund. It is designed for donors who want their funds to be actively invested in the market. Like donations to our Advise and Consult Fund, donations to an Increase Fund may be in the form of cash or appreciated assets. Unlike that fund, the Increase Fund is credited with investment gains or losses and is subject to a small administrative charge.