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As 2025 transitioned into 2026, you were likely already monitoring the various IRS thresholds that are subject to adjustment, as well as the new tax laws’ impact on planning techniques. An equally important consideration is how these changes may affect your clients’ charitable giving.

The team at Community Foundation Tampa Bay is honored to work with attorneys, CPAs, and financial advisors to help clients turn generosity into lasting impact. As you support charitable clients, you routinely incorporate philanthropic intentions into wills, trusts, and beneficiary designations.

Donor advised funds remain a highly relevant and strategic charitable giving tool for your clients in 2026. Here's how to get started.

Community Foundation Tampa Bay is proud to celebrate fundholder Genevieve Lykes Dimmitt, or Vevie as we know her, for being named a Tampa Bay Lightning Foundation Community Hero. This honor recognizes individuals whose service has made a meaningful and lasting difference, and few embody that spirit more fully than Vevie.

You and your team no doubt understand how transformational bequests and legacy gifts can be for your organization. In 2024, total charitable giving in the United States reached $592.5 billion, according to the Giving USA 2025 report.

If your client base includes business owners, you may already be familiar with the general benefits of giving closely-held business interests to charity. The specifics, however, can feel less clear. That is understandable. Most advisors encounter only a few of these opportunities over the course of their careers.

Community Foundation Tampa Bay is proud to support Keep Pinellas Beautiful as they work to restore natural habitats and strengthen storm resilience across our region. Their project, Resilient Roots, was selected to receive funding through our Competitive Grants cycle because it addresses a clear and timely community need: rebuilding the tree canopy lost during the 2024 hurricane season.

December is a meaningful time for many people. It is a season of reflection, generosity, and planning for the year ahead. As the year draws to a close, there is still plenty of time to support clients who are making their December giving decisions.

Many financial advisors remember when clients who inherited an IRA could stretch required withdrawals over their lifetimes, minimizing the annual income tax burden. That option changed

A donor-advised fund offers a centralized way to manage gifts of cash, appreciated stock, and other assets while maintaining flexibility

Advisors play a key role in helping clients turn financial success into lasting impact through charitable giving. With tax law changes in recent years, advisors play an even more important role in helping clients maximize their tax savings through charitable gifts.

As the calendar year draws to a close, you’re likely well aware that charitable giving is not only important to your clients, first and foremost as an act of generosity, but also as a powerful tool in tax planning. Consider the following hypothetical client situations:

During the federal government shutdown, many of our neighbors are feeling the effects — from individuals facing financial uncertainty to nonprofits experiencing increased demand for essential services. Community Foundation Tampa Bay has gathered a list of trusted local resources to help our community navigate these unexpected challenges.

Community Foundation Tampa Bay mobilized quickly after Hurricanes Helene & Milton, funding relief, recovery, and resilience for the future.

A $250,000 gift to Community Foundation Tampa Bay, matched by Helios Education Foundation, will directly support the Fuse Scholarship Program at St. Petersburg College and the University of South Florida.

This year, we proudly awarded more than $710,904 across three targeted subcategories within Physical Health and Mental Wellbeing.

As you continue (or begin) conversations about charitable giving with your clients, one important question often arises: How would your clients like their giving to be acknowledged and recognized?

Community Foundation Tampa Bay is proud to have awarded over $353,000 in funding to support Environmental Resiliency and Sustainability initiatives in our 2025 Competitive Grants cycle.

What is a Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT)? For many attorneys, CPAs, and financial advisors, CRTs can be a powerful solution for the right client. Here's everything you need to know.