Now recipients of federal grants had to be as well. In our community there were business owners who found the process of registering with SAM.gov to be an insurmountable challenge and decided not to apply for the funds!

A public charity isn’t always the way to go. For some donors, generally families or businesses that have a philanthropic goal, a private foundation is the preferable nonprofit charitable entity. It can be funded over time but is often created with a single endowment.