Foundation

Castro Valley Rotary Club
Community Foundation

501 (c)(3) Non-profit corporation

Tax ID #92-1003382

 

Castro Valley needs a community foundation. The Castro Valley Rotary Club Community Foundation serves this role for these reasons:
 
     1. To fund an endowment that provides annual funding of projects and needs of the Castro Valley community, such as lighting Castro Valley’s historic Adobe.
     2. To receive gifts and bequests that provide these benefits for our town in perpetuity.
     3. To be invested and administered with integrity.
     4. To do so with no administration overhead.
 
Our financial goal is to build the endowment to $1M, with $100K being the first step.

Each year, a set percentage of our endowment is distributed to support community programs selected by the Rotary Club of Castro Valley:
 
     1. 2% when endowment reaches $100,000 - $500,000
      2. 3% when endowment reaches $500,000 - $1,000,00 
     3. 3.5% when it exceeds $1,000,000
 
All donations remain 100% Castro Valley—no overhead, no outside causes.
 
How to donate:
Make your check payable to Castro Valley Rotary Club Community Foundation and mail it to Castro Valley Community Foundation, P.O. Box 2117, Castro Valley, CA 94546. Bequests in your living trust, will, IRA or other beneficiary form is to Castro Valley Rotary Club Community Foundation.
 
The Foundation's finances and operations are separate from those of the Rotary Club of Castro Valley, and are managed by an elected Foundation Board of Trustees and Officers.
 
The Foundation reports annually to the members of the Rotary Club of Castro Valley at a regular Club Meeting. At this annual meeting, the members of the Rotary Club of Castro Valley elect new Foundation Trustees with expiring terms. The newly seated Foundation Trustees then votes separately for its Officers.
 
Recognitions for Cumulative Gifts (as of 8/1/26):

$1,000 to $2,499 (Community Foundation Supporter)
     1. Jim and Rina Negri
     2. Leona and Emilia Puchio
     3. Gary and Shirley Howard
     4. Jerome Blaha 

$2,500 to $4,999 (Community Foundation Sustainer)
     1. Murline Monat
     2. KJ Page

$5,000 to $9,999 (Community Foundation Leader)
1. Billie and Cliff Sherwood

$10,000 to $24,999 (Community Foundation Heritage)
     1. Carol Bigelow
     2. Jim and Melissa Phillips
 
Above $25,000 (Community Foundation Legacy)

Gifts in memory of others

     1. Carol Bigelow in memory of Barbara Perry
     2. Leona and Emilia Puchio in memory of Melanie Blaha
     3. Wiggle Rumps ReTaiL LLC in honor of new baby
     4. Jerome Blaha in memory of Melanie Blaha