Carol & Jim Robinson
Carol
and Jim Robinson set up their donor-advised fund in 1997 after Jim
learned how the Foundation could help make their annual giving easier.
Jim retired from his family business in 1993, the American Manufacturing Company, which was located on the site where the Tennessee Aquarium now stands. Jim's great grandfather bought the business in 1898 and a century later Jim now volunteers at the Aquarium regularly.
"Convenience made the Community Foundation our giving partner," said Jim. "We can make a donation of stock to our fund and the Foundation handles all the work. The Foundation then invests the proceeds for us and handles all requests we make for grants to be made from our fund."
