Fund Types
What’s Your Charitable Goal?
Our team can help you achieve it.
We can work with you and your attorney, accountant or financial advisor to help you define your charitable vision, then create a fund that will help you fulfill it. We have a variety of fund types available to make your charitable goal a reality.
Donor Advised Funds
This simple tool provides you with the flexibility to make grants to the causes and organizations you care about. Our online donor portal allows you to manage your giving and tax receipts.
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Designated Funds
Choose the charities you want to support, and we will issue annual grants to those nonprofits — forever.
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Field of Interest Funds
Identify a charitable purpose (e.g., the arts, education) and/or a geographic area. We will find effective nonprofits and ensure that annual grants align with your intent.
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Unrestricted Funds
Make a permanent investment in the quality of life across the state. Every year, your legacy will make grants to worthy nonprofits addressing emerging and changing community needs.
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Every Gift is a Story with Endless Chapters
Born in 1868 to Jewish-Lithuanian parents, Annie Shapira immigrated to Saint Paul as a young child, later married the successful steel distributor Lewis Paper in 1890, and raised six children.
At her death in 1947, Annie bequeathed $5,000—a gift of faith in the future—contributing the original seed capital for what is now the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, the largest community foundation in the state.
Today, the Annie F. Paper Fund continues to provide grants in support of children’s rights and immigrant assistance—interests that were close to Annie’s heart.