- CFPEI investments are permanently endowed. Therefore, the capital is intended to grow and the earnings will be available forever;
- CFPEI itself is not the object of anyone’s philanthropy in the usual sense, but provides the vehicle to fulfill their charitable objectives;
- CFPEI is very flexible and provides many services to help donors realize their charitable objectives. In certain endowments, donors can have as much or as little involvement as they want in how the money is distributed;
- CFPEI can assist people who want to enjoy the tax saving advantages of charitable contributions in a particular year but are not certain which charities they would like to support. They can establish a fund quickly, obtain a tax receipt for the contributed amount, then decide later where to focus their giving from the fund;
- The funds are pooled to generate a greater rate of return on investment. Donors are able to support specific fields of interest or specific organizations or programs, but do not have to do the administration and monitoring as it is done.
- CFPEI will be in existence indefinitely, monitoring the changing needs of the community and making grants where they are most needed.