Many donors enjoy the experience of creating a fund and seeing the difference grants from their fund can make during the course of their lifetime. Others wait to create funds by means of a bequest, leaving a gift as a legacy to help the charitable causes they care most about.
Donations can also be made to any existing Trinity Trust fund.
Planned Giving
There are many ways to make charitable planned gifts that benefit the community and provide the donor with tax savings and often additional income as well. The Trinity Trust offers charitable planned giving information through the Humboldt Area Foundation to clients who want to contribute to any charity.
How to Establish a Fund:
Services for Funds: The Trinity Trust offers additional donor services assistance through our partnership with the Humboldt Area Foundation.
Types of Funds
The Trinity Trust offers a variety of options and services so that every donor can create a fund that meets his or her charitable goals. Donors may choose whether they want their fund to be a permanent (endowed) or temporary (expendable) and choose between the following types:
- Discretionary Funds: Grant award decisions are made at the discretion of The Trinity Trust. This allows The Trinity Trust to address the charitable needs of the community as they change over time.
- Field of Interest Funds: Donors designate the focus area for grants, i.e. youth, health, arts and culture, seniors, and The Trinity Trust makes grant awards to the best possible grantee within this focus area.
- Donor Advised Funds: Advisors are consulted for suggestions regarding specific grantmaking from the fund.
- Scholarship Funds: Donors establish funds within specific criteria for students within Trinity County. This benefits students and can be Donor Advised or Field of Interest.
- Designated Funds: Donors name one or more specific organizations they wish to support.
- Organizational Funds: Schools, faith-based and non-profit organizations build income for upcoming capital campaigns and/or ongoing support of their mission.
- Charitable Remainder Trusts (CRTs): Irrevocable trusts provide donors with income during their lifetime and subsequently support charitable work.
How does the Trinity Trust work? The Trinity Trust is an umbrella organization that oversees 23 individual trusts and funds dedicated to helping the residents of Trinity County. The following trusts and funds compose the Trinity Trust: The Mary Baldwin Memorial Trust was established by Reverend Baldwin to honor his wife of 38 years. This fund is to be used for scholarships to deserving students for higher education. The Virgil C. Delapp Vocational Education Fund helps students enrolled in vocational education from Trinity County. The Wendy Drake Scholarship Fund supports a graduate from a high school in Trinity County who has overcome hardship and shown initiative. The Gilbert Henry Gates C.R.U. Trust of 1993 will eventually benefit the Coffee Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Trinity County Free Library, the Trinity County Historical Society and other charitable organizations. The Gilbert F. Gates, Helen J. Gates and Gilbert Henry Gates Fund supports charitable organizations in and for Trinity County. The Gilbert F. Gates Remainder Unitrust of 1998 benefits various charities within Trinity County. The Hamilton Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust, a gift from longtime residents Chuck and Pat Hamilton, is for the eventual benefit of the Trinity Trust. The S. Jack and Marjorie U. Hellman Memorial Fund, created in honor of the donor’s parents, provides funding to cultural, educational, civic and environmental organizations in Trinity County. The Daniel Holthaus Memorial Scholarship Fund, created to honor a native and deeply loved son of Trinity, provides two scholarships per year, one for a graduate of Trinity High School and one for a graduate of Hayfork High School. The Sara Ingersoll Memorial Scholarship, established in memory of Sara Ingersoll, encourages students of the Mountain Valley Unified School in their studies of the Arts. The Lewiston Sparkies Firehouse Fund was established by concerned citizens as a building fund for a new firehouse in the Lewiston area. The Lee Montgomery Memorial Medical Scholarship, created by Jim Montgomery to honor his father Lee, a longtime Hayfork resident, helps graduates of Hayfork High School pursue a career in the medical field. The Marilouise Montgomery Scholarship Fund provides an annual scholarship to a graduate of Hayfork Valley High to pursue higher education. The Mountain Valley Youth Fund, established initially by Barbara L. Stokely, serves the needs of youth within the Mountain Valley Unified School District. The Mountain Valley Youth Fund Endowment, established by Marion and Victor Payse and an anonymous donor, supports the goals of Mountain Valley Youth Fund and children in the Hayfork Area. The Roderick Senior Center Endowment Fund, created by the senior citizens of Hayfork, supports their Senior Center and offers an opportunity to make charitable contributions to ensure its continuation. The Trinity County Library Benefit Fund was established by the Friends of the Trinity County Library in response to library budget cuts to meet unmet library needs, wherever possible. The Trinity County Library Endowment Fund is also to be used to support the libraries in time of need and to support outreach and enrichment programs. The Trinity Hospital Fund was established during a turbulent time for Trinity Hospital as bridge funding to the creation of the Health Care District and the eventual transfer of the hospital out of the county government. The Trinity Trust Endowment Fund is a permanent endowment for the exclusive use of Trinity county residents. This fund was created by gifts from Reverend Charles H. Baldwin and an anonymous donor. The Trinity Trust Expendable Fund is composed of local donations that have made numerous grants possible throughout Trinity, especially helping young people experience summer camp. The Weaverville Cemeteries Fund supports and preserves Weaverville Cemeteries. The Young Family Trust represents the estate of Allen and Robert Young, last members of the Young family in Trinity County. The estate supports the Young Family Ranch in Weaverville, utilized to benefit the community of Weaverville and operated in partnership with the Trinity County Resource Conservation District as a resource learning center and summer youth camp.
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Organizational Funds