Grant Communication Guidelines | Acton Family Giving

Acton Family Giving is enthusiastic about supporting your work and our goal is to keep public attention focused on you, not us. That said, we understand that public support from donors can have a waterfall effect. We are proud to partner with you and are open to requests to mention Acton Family Giving in public materials, but ask that you carefully review the guidelines and expectations below.

Grant Acknowledgements

Acton Family Giving is a donor-advised fund (DAF) held at Fidelity Charitable (learn more about DAFs here). As such, we do not need “tax receipt”, because the grant is from Fidelity Charitable and therefore is not tax deductible to Acton Family Giving. If you would like to send a thank you note to the team, please email it to partners@actonfamilygiving.org. Thank you notes are always appreciated but by no means expected or required.

Use of Acton Family Giving Name

Grantees can always list Acton Family Giving and its grants on their donor lists in an annual report and/or on their website. Grantees can also discuss Acton Family Giving in private conversations with other donors or potential donors. Please use the name “Acton Family Giving." Please do not use Acton Family Fund or Acton Family Foundation.

Use of Acton Family Giving Logo

Acton Family Giving’s logo is available for download and for use on donor lists and annual reports. Please contact us for permission for other uses.

Media Mentions and Approval Process

On rare occasion, we will participate in a communications piece focused on a campaign or initiative where we are mentioned as supporters in conjunction with other donors. If there is an opportunity you would like to discuss, please contact us. Acton Family Giving typically will not approve requests for public communications (press releases, social media, blogs, email blasts, newsletters) focused on Acton Family Giving and/or a grant from the fund.

Please adhere to the following guidelines:

Please use the name “Acton Family Giving” in any reporting. Please do not use Acton Family Fund or Acton Family Foundation.

Please send all requests to partners@actonfamilygiving.org at least 10 days in advance of your internal due date.

Acton Family Giving reserves the right to alter and/or decline any proposals.