If you'd like to make a donation to the Pass-Through Fund, we highly encourage you to contact us first at giving@napavalleycf.org or 707.254.9565 so we can confirm that your chosen charity or purpose is eligible to receive a grant.

Achieve Greater Impact: Give Through Napa Valley Community Foundation

The Pass-Through Fund enables donors – especially those without their own Donor Advised Fund (DAF) – to turn gifts of cash or public securities into professionally administered grants to their charities of choice. We help you take swift, targeted charitable action while leveraging Napa Valley Community Foundation’s personal service, expertise, and trusted stewardship. Tell us your charitable intent, and we take care of the rest. The fee for these “pass-through” transactions is the greater of .50% or $100, not to exceed $250.

Why Your Support Matters

It takes financial resources, trusted relationships and a strategic perspective to make progress on the challenges that face rural counties like ours. We work side-by-side with donors and nonprofits to identify and solve the most pressing problems in our Valley. When you partner with Napa Valley Community Foundation, you join thousands of other local givers committed to our community. When we harness the power of our collective generosity, we become a force for good – making life better for everyone in the Valley. 

Giving through the Pass-Through Fund will:

-Simplify the giving process for you

-Multiply your impact

-Provide access to professional charitable advising

-Verify that your gift lawfully fulfills your charitable intent

-Safeguard your contribution with professional oversight

Your Gift Can

-Be made by check, credit card, public securities, or wire transfer

-Be designated to particular charities or purposes

-Be distributed immediately or over multiple years

-Honor or memorialize someone

-Utilize philanthropic advising services to achieve greater impact