Our Mission

The American Center for Philanthropy (ACP) is an independent, non-profit organization established to increase charitable giving by providing useful information, unbiased guidance, and advantageous ways to give.

Our primary purpose is to support individuals, gatekeepers and non-profit organizations in the transfer of social capital to a meaningful and effective purpose. With a unique focus on donor education, ACP strives to help donors Experience the Power and Joy of Giving.

ACP is recognized as a tax-exempt public charity as described in Sections 501(c)(3), 509(a)(1), and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) of 1986, as amended. (Please note: The American Center for Philanthropy is formerly known as the Minnesota Center for Philanthropy. The organization’s legal name change was effective in the Fall of 2006.)

	American Center for Philanthropy 501(c)(3)
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Our Goals

The ACP Goals incorporate four objectives:

• To promote philanthropy, toward the betterment of society and for the personal growth of the individual.
• To provide creative financial and charitable planning techniques that enable individuals to exchange their involuntary/passive philanthropy (ie. taxes) into voluntary/active philanthropy or “intentional giving”.
• To educate “financial gatekeepers” on the concept of social capital and planning techniques that provide solutions to client issues of finance, family, desire to make a difference, and legacy.
• To partner with non-profit organizations to effectively implement with their constituency the “enlightened resource approach” to philanthropic fundraising.