Community Foundation of Southwest Indiana

10/20/2026

Homework, but the good kind: two small assignments.

1. One sentence in your will or trust. Ask your attorney to add the Community Foundation of Southwest Indiana, and your fund can keep giving back for generations. Not sure what to say? We have sample wording your attorney can start from.

2. One beneficiary form for your life insurance policy. It takes about as long as ordering a coffee, and your advisor can walk you through it.

Attorneys and advisors handle this all the time.

Already finished the assignment? Let us know with our Legacy Gift Intent Form. It is not a legal obligation, and you can change it anytime.

➡️ Find the sample wording and the form here: https://vist.ly/5p9ei

General information only, not legal or tax advice. Please talk with your attorney or financial advisor.

10/19/2026

Somewhere in your house, there is a blender two people will fight over, a cast iron skillet with a family legacy, and 15 boxes of holiday decorations for every season. Your estate plan can settle all of that.

It can also help the fund you started grow and give even more, long after the blender retires. Is your fund in your estate plans yet? All week, in honor of National Estate Planning Awareness Week, we’re making it easy.

➡️ Start here to learn more: https://vist.ly/5p4ik

General information only, not legal or tax advice. Please talk with your attorney or financial advisor.

10/14/2026

10/11/2026

What's your giving style? Fall Festival Edition: The Ferris Wheel 🎡

If you answered F on Monday's quiz, this one's you.

The Fall Fest has wrapped up for another year. You might not have had a chance to ride the Ferris wheel, but you know it will be there when you come back.

A planned gift works a little like that. You make the decision today through your estate plan, and your gift keeps supporting Southwest Indiana long after you've stepped off.

Take the long view. Learn more at cfswi.org.

10/10/2026

What's your giving style? Fall Festival Edition: The More the Merrier

If you answered E on Monday's quiz, this one's you.

You're the one who rounds up the kids, the cousins, and the neighbor's kid, because you want everyone to have a night they'll remember.

A Scholarship Fund works the same way. It gives a student the chance to take the next step, and that opportunity stays with them long after the lights go down on Franklin Street.

Who's in your Fall Fest crew? Tell us below! 👇

10/09/2026

What's your giving style? Fall Festival Edition: The Category Crawler

If you answered D on Monday's quiz, this one's you.

You don't pick a booth. You pick a craving. Say it's pulled pork: on a bun, on a slider, piled in a tray. You'll track it down wherever it's being served.

A Field of Interest Fund works the same way. You choose the cause you care about, like the arts, education, health, or youth, and the Community Foundation helps direct your gift to the organizations doing that work across Southwest Indiana.

One craving, many ways to serve it. What's the one thing you'll eat anywhere you find it? Tell us below! 👇

10/08/2026

What's your giving style? Fall Festival Edition: The Wild Card 🃏

If you answered C on Monday's quiz, this one's you.

You have a favorite booth, but you never pass up a new special. One year you go back to the classic. The next year something different catches your eye.

A Donor Advised Fund gives you that freedom. You recommend where your grants go each year, so your giving can follow what matters to you right now.

Classic in one hand, plot twist in the other. Curious how a Donor Advised Fund works? Learn more at cfswi.org.

10/07/2026

What's your giving style? Fall Festival Edition: The Loyalist 🧡

If you answered B on Monday's quiz, this one's you.

You don't need a Munchie Map. You know exactly where you're going, and you've ordered the same tenderloin for years.

A Designated Fund is built for that kind of loyalty. You choose the nonprofit you love, and your fund supports it year after year.

Same booth. Same order. Same cause. What's your must-have Fall Fest order? Tell us below! 👇

10/06/2026

Some Fall Festival regulars know exactly which food they came for. Others skip the plan and try a little of this and a little of that, knowing it all adds up to something good for the community.

If that sounds like you, you may be a Community Good Fund giver. You don't have one booth or organization in mind. You like supporting a lot of good work, and you trust your gift to go where it's needed. Community Good Funds bring gifts together to meet a wide range of needs across our communities, so your generosity reaches many people at once.

Right now, through our Rooted in Community campaign, qualifying gifts to Community Good Funds are matched 2:1, tripling your impact.

Learn more about how to get started at cfswi.org/rooted-in-community.

10/05/2026

It's West Side Nut Club Fall Festival week, and we're having fun pairing Fall Fest personalities to giving styles!

Every Fall Festival regular has a system. Which one sounds like you? Drop your letter below, and all week we will share our staff's picks and reveal what your style says about your giving.