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Your Gift Changes Lives
Every contribution to The Badu-Schandorf Foundation goes directly to programs that educate children, strengthen communities, and empower families across Africa.
Choose Your Gift
Ways to Give
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Monthly Supporter
$10.00/ month
Support The Badu-Schandorf Foundation with a monthly gift. Your recurring contribution funds education, health, agriculture, and women empowerment programs across West Africa.
Annual Partner
$250.00/ year
Make a meaningful annual commitment to The Badu-Schandorf Foundation. Your partnership sustains long-term community programs and helps us plan ahead for greater impact.
One-Time Gift
Give any amount, once. Every contribution — large or small — directly supports our programs across West Africa.
Where Your Money Goes
100% of donations fund our four pillars of community development.
40%
Education & Youth
25%
Community Health
20%
Agriculture & Food Security
15%
Women's Empowerment
Why Give to Us
Family-Funded Foundation
The Badu-Schandorf Family Trust provides core operating funding, so your donation goes entirely to programs — not overhead.
Transparent Reporting
We publish annual impact reports detailing exactly how every dollar is spent and what outcomes were achieved.
Community-Led Programs
Our programs are designed with and led by the communities we serve — ensuring relevance, dignity, and lasting results.
“Generosity is not about the size of the gift. It is about the sincerity of the intention behind it.”
— The Badu-Schandorf Foundation
Planned Giving
Leave a Lasting Legacy
A planned gift is one of the most powerful ways to ensure that the values you hold dear continue to shape lives long after you are gone. The Badu-Schandorf Foundation welcomes gifts of every kind and works with donors to find the arrangement that best fits their wishes and circumstances.
Why Give a Planned Gift?
A planned gift lets you make a transformational contribution that may not be possible through annual giving alone. It is a way to align your estate with your values — ensuring that the causes you care about continue to receive support for generations to come.
Many planned gifts also carry meaningful tax advantages for you and your estate, allowing you to give more while reducing the tax burden on your heirs. Our team is happy to work alongside your financial or legal advisors to structure a gift that serves everyone's interests.
Donors who make a planned gift to The Badu-Schandorf Foundation are recognized as members of our Legacy Circle — a community of visionary supporters whose commitment to community empowerment will be honored in perpetuity.
A Gift in Your Will
The simplest and most common form of planned giving — a bequest in your will or living trust.
You can designate a specific dollar amount, a percentage of your estate, or the residue of your estate to The Badu-Schandorf Foundation. A bequest costs you nothing today, can be changed at any time, and ensures your philanthropic values live on. To include the Foundation in your will, you may use the following language: "I give and bequeath [amount / percentage / the residue of my estate] to The Badu-Schandorf Foundation, a nonprofit organization, to be used for its general charitable purposes."
Donor-Advised Funds
A flexible, tax-efficient vehicle that lets you give on your own timeline.
A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) allows you to make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax deduction, and then recommend grants to The Badu-Schandorf Foundation over time. DAFs are one of the fastest-growing giving vehicles because they combine the simplicity of a charitable checking account with significant tax benefits. You can open a DAF through most community foundations or financial institutions, and then recommend a grant to us at any time.
Charitable Gift Annuities
Make an irrevocable gift in support of our mission — no income payments are made to donors or beneficiaries.
A Charitable Gift Annuity (CGA) is a giving arrangement in which you make an irrevocable gift of cash or appreciated assets to support The Badu-Schandorf Foundation's charitable mission. Please note that The Badu-Schandorf Foundation does not provide fixed income payments or annuity payments of any kind to donors or beneficiaries in connection with this gift. Your contribution is applied entirely to our programs. You may be eligible for a charitable deduction in the year the gift is made. We encourage you to consult your financial or legal advisor to explore the giving structure that best fits your circumstances.
Other Planned Gifts
Charitable trusts, retirement assets, life insurance, and more.
There are many other ways to make a planned gift, including Charitable Remainder Trusts (CRTs), Charitable Lead Trusts (CLTs), gifts of retirement plan assets (IRA, 401(k), pension), and life insurance policies naming the Foundation as beneficiary. Each vehicle has its own tax and income implications. We encourage you to speak with your estate planning attorney or financial advisor to determine which approach is right for your situation. Our team is available to provide information and work alongside your advisors at no cost to you.
Ready to Explore a Planned Gift?
We would be honored to speak with you about how a planned gift can reflect your values and create lasting impact. Please reach out to our team — all conversations are completely confidential.
Not ready to give financially? There are other ways to support our mission.