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Welcome to Episcopal Senior Communities Foundation (ESCF)

Video Greeting:
Bill Tanner
Executive Director of
Fund Development

Video Greeting:
Karen Huff
Associate Director of
Fund Development

Some of our donors have specifically chosen the Senior Center Without Walls as the recipient of their gifts. This is because donors recognize the importance of this service, especially for seniors who live alone or far away from loved ones, and during the holiday season.

Episcopal Senior Communities’ award winning Senior Center Without Walls program allows solo seniors to join groups of other seniors just like themselves using toll-free 800 numbers over the phone, for free. A Thanksgiving gathering or Christmas party over the phone might be hard to imagine, but we make it happen every year.

Meet Some of Our Donors

The donors you see featured have designated their gifts to the Senior Center Without Walls program, and/or other programs sponsored by Episcopal Senior Communities. Some donors elect to make their donations through our deferred gifts program, which allows for gifts to be positioned to dramatically increase the donor’s income, to protect that income from inflation, and to leave a larger inheritance to the donor’s heirs.

We are always happy to talk with you about any of our programs.

Harry Bartels       
Eva Bunce      
Joe Del Valle       
Fred Weaver         
Barbara Deasy       
Frank McCulloch

If you have questions, please contact Bill Tanner, Executive Director, at 925.956.7447, btanner@jtm-esc.org, or Karen Huff, Associate Director of Fund Development, at 925.956.7448, khuff@jtm-esc.org. The Meet the Staff [link] button on the left will take you to email and other contact information.

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Steps to Wise Giving

We can help you make wise and prudent gifts that can also benefit your own future. Let us suggest a few steps that would help you in that process.

  • View the donor stories
  • View a personal color story for yourself
  • Read the Personal Planner
  • View the Personal Finance Note for this week
  • Learn about personal finance news
  • Meet our planned giving staff
  • Sign up for our free weekly personal finance newsletter

We are here to help you!

For Professional Advisors

We also have a complete tax update service for CPAs, attorneys, CLUs, CFPs, ChFCs, trust officers and other professional friends. The GiftLaw services are made available to all advisors as a free service. We also are always available to assist in helping you provide clients with clear and understandable gift illustrations. If you would like assistance with a gift illustration, please contact btanner@jtm-esc.org.

If you are a professional advisor, you may take the following steps on this site.

  • View the latest charitable tax news
  • Research charitable tax questions
  • Calculate a charitable deduction
  • Sign up for the free weekly charitable tax e-newsletter

ESCF recognizes the importance of being a responsible fundraiser. It embraces and abides by the Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice as adopted by the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector in October 2007.