Add Assets To Your Fund
As an EBCF fund advisor, there are many ways you can transfer funds into your account. EBCF can accept the following assets:
- Cash, credit card, or publicly-traded securities can easily be used to add philanthropic resources to a fund
- Closely held stock, real estate, or other real assets
- Complex Assets
- Crypto
Please note: Some gift types may require approval from EBCF’s Board of Directors.
Gift Delivery Instructions for Fund Advisors
In order to process your gift, our Finance team must have three pieces of information:
- Donor information
- Name of the fund to be credited
- Details of the gift
Please provide these details by email at finance@eastbaycf.org or by phone at 510-208-0811.
Payment Methods
Transfers of securities are received anonymously. In order to track the gift’s arrival and ensure that it is credited properly, please complete the online form. Complete stock and donor information may also be e-mailed to finance@eastbaycf.org or provided over the phone at (510) 208-0811.
DTC Wire Transfers:
Broker: Steve Baumhoff
Phone: 415-796-5098
steven.baumhoff@usbank.com
National Financial Services LLC
DTC #: Ø226
For credit to: National Financial Services
Account#: ØBP798337
East Bay Community Foundation
If you prefer to mail a check, our mailing address is:
East Bay Community Foundation
c/o Director of Donor Services
De Domenico Building
200 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612
All contributions to your fund at EBCF received or postmarked on or before December 31 will be credited to the 2025 tax year. (Please note that if your contribution is made after December 10, you will receive your tax receipt by January 20, 2026.)
Invest Your Funds
As an EBCF fund advisor, you can choose to invest your funds in one of four pools: a cash pool, a short-term pool, intermediate-term pool or a long-term pool. Use the Investment Change form to make recommendations for your investment allocations. Typically, fund advisors do not change their investments often, but when appropriate, EBCF will accommodate these changes on a quarterly basis.
Make a Gift to EBCF
Gifts made directly to East Bay Community Foundation are the best way to make an immediate impact on the present and future of the East Bay. All gifts made to EBCF are tax-deductible (Tax ID/EIN 94-6070996).
All contributions to EBCF received or postmarked on or before December 31 will be credited to the 2025 tax year. (Please note that if your contribution is made after December 10, you will receive your tax receipt by January 20, 2026.)
EBCF fund advisors can also support the Campaign for A Just East Bay with a grant from their Donor-Advised Fund. Please reach out to philanthropicadvisors@eastbaycf.org for support or go to the donor portal (use code CAMP).
Make a Grant Recommendation
Fund advisors can make grant recommendations (which initiate grants to nonprofits) using their donor portal.
Grant recommendations to community organizations need to be made by the end of the business day Wednesday, December 10 to be processed and disbursed before the end of the year. Grant recommendations received after December 10 will be processed and disbursed in January 2026.
Fund and Grantmaking Policies
Fund advisor grant requests at East Bay Community Foundation are governed by our grantmaking and fund policies. These policies ensure that the philanthropic impact of grants made by EBCF align with the values of social justice and racial justice. These policies are periodically updated. All fund advisors should be familiar with these policies.
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