Community Foundation of the Brazos Valley

Community Foundations are tax-exempt public charities with a common goal of improving the quality of life in the geographic areas they serve. Community Foundations are funded by individuals, families, corporations, and nonprofits that create short-term and permanent charitable funds to help meet needs within a given region. Overseen by a volunteer board of community and business leaders, community foundations invest and administer these funds for the benefit of area nonprofits and community needs. There are more than 34 community foundations in Texas and more than 750 across the United States.

Founded in 2003, the Community Foundation strengthens the Brazos Valley through philanthropy by enhancing the quality of life in the communities it serves by partnering with donors and businesses to establish charitable endowment funds that provide long-term support for nonprofits and community needs. The Foundation works with charitably minded individuals, families, and businesses to establish donor-advised funds and other charitable endowments to fulfill personal giving goals and legacy desires. The Foundation also strengthens nonprofits through grants and stewards agency endowments -- with the ultimate goal of ensuring a sustainable nonprofit community now and into the future.

Community Foundation of the Brazos Valley is a public 501(c)(3) charity that serves donors and nonprofits in the Brazos Valley including: Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson, and Washington Counties.

Over the past 20 years, the Foundation has impacted the community in the following ways:

• Invested more than $6.2M+ in scholarships and grants to local causes that serve to change the lives of citizens and enhance the quality of life in the Brazos Valley;
• Stewards a community endowment of approx. $12.8M in charitable assets; and
• Administers over 120 charitable funds that have been established at the Foundation.

Giving to or through the Community Foundation of the Brazos Valley is easy! Donations can be made in any dollar amount through the creation of a charitable fund or as a gift to an existing endowment fund. We offer donor-advised funds and various types of charitable endowments, and we accept a wide variety of assets. You can give today or you can give tomorrow through a planned gift in your estate.

We advance community giving by connecting those who care with causes that matter. We partner with donors and make "giving easy!"