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The New York Community Trust
Making your giving matter more... since 1924
New Yorkers and their professional advisors have relied on The Trust for more than 80 years to help them turn their charitable passions into meaningful and effective philanthropy.
The New York Community Trust Features
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posted on 27 Feb 2012 | News storyIndividuals with philanthropic interests can receive significant tax benefits for gifts of appreciated property. This issue of Professional Notes will focus on gifts using publicly traded stock.
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posted on 3 Oct 2011 | News storyOctober 2011 Our July 2011 article, Investment Standards for Not-for-Profit Corporations Under NYPMIFA, analyzed the standards governing the investment of a not-for-profit corporation’s...
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posted on 27 Jun 2011 | News storyIn the world of fiduciary investment standards, the major development of the past several years is the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA)—now the law governing...
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posted on 29 Mar 2011 | News storyEveryone worries about investing, but for trustees and boards of directors, it is one of the most important fiduciary obligations. A number of developments, including the enactment of the Uniform...
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posted on 28 Mar 2011 | Group NewsJane Wilton, The Trust's general counsel, is interviewed in this Financial Times piece on giving gifts of art.
Other news from The New York Community Trust
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posted on 20 Dec 2010 | Group NewsAs noted in Proskauer’s December 2010 Personal Planning Strategies, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 has passed both houses. Under...
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posted on 14 Dec 2010 | Group NewsThis article discusses: * Outright & Partial Interest Gifts * Charitable Remainder Trusts * Conservation Easements *...
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posted on 21 Oct 2010 | Group NewsUPMIFA has finally come to New York. New York's version of UPMIFA became law on September 17, 2010. Organizations are now subject to a new standard of prudence governing the investment of...
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posted on 21 Oct 2010 | Group NewsCharitable contributions of art can pose unique challenges. Donating art generally involves greater tax and legal complexities than other types of donations. If structured properly and as part of a...
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posted on 1 Jul 2010 | News storyOther than cash, publicly traded stock is the most common property contributed to charity. But, as we noted in the previous issue of Professional Notes, charitable gifts of unusual assets can also...
About Us
As the City's community foundation, The Trust helps charitable New Yorkers make a real difference.
- We offer donors a number of flexible, efficient, and rewarding ways to accomplish their charitable giving, now or later.
- We work with lawyers and financial advisors to help their clients incorporate charity into their financial and estate plans.
- Through the generosity of generations of New Yorkers, we support thousands of the City’s best nonprofits and the extraordinary people who help make our town a great place to live and work.
And with the belief that the best grantmaking is done locally, we have two suburban divisions:

