The Columbia Foundation Awarded $10K Horizon Grant for Legacy Study

Saturday, July 1, 2006

(The Business Monthly) -- The Columbia Foundation, Howard County's community foundation, has received a $10,000 grant from The Horizon Foundation to commission a study of how to encourage Howard County individuals and families to leave a portion of their estates to local nonprofit organizations.

By adding a charitable bequest to their wills, donors and volunteers can help ensure the future stability of these groups, establish a legacy and keep wealth within the community. Jean Moon & Associates, which completed "Portrait of Philanthropy: The Capacity for Individual Giving in Howard County" in 2005, will conduct the study to learn why donors do or do not make bequests and how financial professions in our county handle the topic.