Donor Stories

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Using Real Estate to Affect Real Change
Using Real Estate to Affect Real Change
After supporting the arts and local music community for decades through volunteerism and small donations...
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Foundation Facilitates Gifts of Real Estate
Foundation Facilitates Gifts of Real Estate
While real estate comprises 44 percent of the total U.S. net worth, only 2 percent of charitable gifts are made in the form of real estate...
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The Fragility of Living...The Longevity of Giving
The Fragility of Living...The Longevity of Giving
A little girl, once nearly blind, shrieks with delight at the...
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The Righetti Family's Planned Giving Legacy
The Righetti Family's Planned Giving Legacy
The Alva, Ernest & William Righetti Fund for Seniors and People with Disabilities is a Field of Interest Fund...
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George & Janice Clucas Fund, a Donor-Advised Fund
George & Janice Clucas Fund, a Donor-Advised Fund
Hikers, bikers, walkers, runners, roller-bladers, children and grownups–even steelhead trout– anticipated...
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Changing Lives in San Luis Obispo County
Changing Lives in San Luis Obispo County
Ron Dunin, former three-term mayor of San Luis Obispo,...
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