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For nonprofits

An endowment for your nonprofit.
No minimum.

A board-approved share of every donation goes into a permanent fund held in your organization’s name. No capital campaign, and nothing changes for your donors.

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Good morningILLUSTRATIVE$412,380Endowment · + $1,240 this week
Funded this year$16,495Programs · scholarships
Online donations+$1,240
Monthly donors+$4,800

The fund can make distributions early.

The fund starts giving back early. Every year it grows, it carries more of your mission.

Year 1Policy in placeEvery gift starts building the fund.
Year 5First line itemReturns help cover a scholarship.
Year 10A program, fundedReturns can carry a program on their own.
ILLUSTRATIVE
Riverside Youth FundGive
Your gift$100.00
Add 5% to our endowmentA tip for the future · +$5.00
Gift today$100.00
To the endowment+$5.00
Total$105.00
Give $105.00Builds a permanent fund in Riverside Youth Fund’s name
For your donors

Donors can add to the endowment when they give.

As they give, a donor can add a little on top for the endowment. A tip for the future.

Large gifts are a bonus.Welcome, never required.
Add-ons are the engine.Small, given again and again.
Legacy giving

Accept legacy gifts your annual fund can’t.

Some of your most generous supporters want to give more than an annual appeal can hold. Without an endowment, those gifts often go to organizations that have one.

Your annual fund captures
Recurring donations
Appeals and events
Essential for this year’s programs.
An endowment can also receive
Estate bequests
Appreciated stock
Retirement assets
Life insurance
Memorial and named gifts
Planned major gifts
Gifts meant to last, kept for generations.

Why donors trust nonprofits with endowments.

01
A structure they can trustHeld in your organization’s name, governed by your board, reported in the open.
02
Stewardship they can seeEvery gift recorded, every decision on file. Their generosity is handled with care.
03
An organization that will be hereDonors give more when they know the gift will last. An endowment shows them it will.

What the endowment can fund.

Your board chooses the purposes.
Core programsYour mission, funded year after year.
Emergency reliefHelp that never waits on a budget.
ScholarshipsEducation funded for generations.
FacilitiesThe roof fixed before it leaks.

The real test of a leader is what keeps growing after they leave the room.

From the Plero Beliefs

Common questions.

Will this reduce our program funding?+

Most giving keeps funding programs today. Your board sets the share, and can adjust or pause it anytime.

Is this a capital campaign?+

No. It’s a standing policy. No drive, no deadline, no second ask.

What about restricted gifts?+

Honored as designated. The share applies only to giving your board includes.

Who is eligible?+

Registered 501(c) nonprofits. Plero verifies every organization before it can receive contributions.

All questions →

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We’ll model the numbers for your nonprofit.

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