The NCF Giving Fund has many, many benefits.  Here are seven reasons many donors have chosen one over a private foundation:

• Simplicity – Support one or many charities using your Fund, and manage everything online with a minimum of paperwork and administrative hassles.
   
• Efficiency – Receive an immediate tax-deduction for gifts to your Fund, and yet take months or even years to decide which charities to support.
   
• Creativity – Give all kinds of assets to your Fund – from real estate to business interests to restricted securities.
   
• Privacy – Recommend grants from your Fund with complete anonymity (if you desire), and avoid public record searches.
   
• Legacy – Ensure that your giving continues after your death through instructions you leave with NCF or with your heirs.
   
• Opportunity – Invest in the tax-free growth of your Fund (depending on the size of your balance), allowing you to give more to the charities you care about.
   
• Reliability – Rest assured your grants only go to charitable organizations in good standing with the IRS and to those whose mission is not antithetical to the Christian cause.