Angela G. Parsons, J.D., CAP®
Vice President for Donor Services
The Columbus Foundation
Columbus, OH
http://www.columbusfoundation.org
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Angela leads the Donor Services team while working with financial advisors and individuals, families, and businesses to create philanthropic funds to strengthen and improve the community. Her extensive background in law and finance is valuable when working with donors and their legal and financial advisors to establish and manage current and planned gifts. In 2016, she received her Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® designation through The American College of Financial Services.

Angela joined The Columbus Foundation in 2007 as a Gift Planning Officer. Before being named Vice President, she held two consecutive positions as Associate Director and Director of Donor Services and Development. In her previous roles, she managed the growth of The Columbus Foundation’s Center for Corporate Philanthropy and Scholarship Funds.

Prior to joining The Columbus Foundation, Angela was an estate, business, and tax attorney at Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter and a tax manager for Deloitte. She holds a bachelor’s degree of business administration from the University of Notre Dame, and a juris doctor degree from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

Angela is a board member of the American Council on Gift Annuities (ACGA). She is past chair of the Columbus Estate Planning Council and past-president of the Charitable Gift Planners of Central Ohio. She is a member of the Columbus Bar Association and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Columbus.

Fun Facts About Angela

When did you first learn about Charitable Gift Annuities?

I first learned about charitable gift annuities about 1 month into my new job at The Columbus Foundation as a Gift Planning Officer when I was on point to help a donor with her third CGA at the Foundation.  I had great support from the team, and it was a great way to learn about them and to learn why donors love CGAs.

Tell us about your favorite charitable gift annuity you worked on.

I was working with an attorney who was administering an estate of one of our planned gift donors and in his Will, he left a monthly amount to be given to a friend for the remainder of that friend’s life, and The Columbus Foundation was the remainder beneficiary of his estate. The attorney was trying to figure out how much to set aside and who would administer a “trust” that would distribute the monthly sum to the beneficiary. We were able to set up a Charitable Gift Annuity that would pay the friend the monthly sum for the remainder of their life with anything remaining to go to the fund the donor set up. This allowed us to put the charitable dollars to work to meet the donor’s charitable goals while also taking care of the life income beneficiary without the need of a trust or trustee and meeting everyone’s needs.

What do you enjoy most about your job?

I love to help donors figure out what legacy they want to leave and how to do that in the most effective way.  I love using everything that I learned in my years as an estate planning and tax attorney to help amazing people make our community and world a better place.

What is your favorite way to get in some exercise?

My favorite way to get in some exercise is to play tennis, both clinics and matches.  Of course, too much tennis leads to my second favorite way to get in exercise which is Pilates.