The Vintage Community Impact Fund
Community Giving
The Vintage Community Impact Fund
We built our firm in this community. This is how we reinvest in it.
For years, our giving looked like most firms’: a sponsorship here, a donation there, decided in the moment and forgotten by the next quarter. It added up to real money and very little strategy.
In 2026 we built something permanent instead. The Vintage Community Impact Fund is funded entirely by the profits of Vintage Financial Partners, and every dollar goes back out to the communities where our people live and work — year after year, whether anyone asks or not.
One fund, funded by the firm
The Vintage Community Impact Fund supports qualified charitable organizations that strengthen the communities where Vintage Financial Partners lives and works — the neighborhoods around our offices, the towns our employees call home, and the Mid-Atlantic region we’ve served for more than two decades.
The Fund is ours. We contribute to it from the firm’s profits, we don’t solicit contributions from anyone, and the causes it supports reflect what matters to the people inside this firm — not a client roster or a marketing plan.
Our giving leans toward the Mid-Atlantic, because that’s where we are — our offices, our homes, our people. It isn’t rigidly restricted there — when someone here has a real connection to an organization doing important work elsewhere, that connection counts — but the center of gravity is home.
Steady by design. Ready by design.
The Fund is built to do two different jobs, and it holds money for both.
Annual grants
Most of what we contribute is granted out each year through a regular cycle — recommended by our people, reviewed by our partners, and directed to the organizations featured below. Consistent support, on a schedule the organizations can count on.
Emergency reserve
A portion is deliberately held back. Emergencies don’t follow a grant calendar — a disaster, a sudden loss, a community need that can’t wait until next year’s cycle. The reserve exists so that when our community needs help now, we can act now, through qualified charitable organizations positioned to respond.
Where the money goes
We’d rather support a smaller number of organizations deeply than spread grants thin. Each organization below earned its place through a genuine connection to the people of this firm — and this list will grow as the Fund does.
Youth & Scholarships · Fauquier County, VA
Patrick Ryan Gay Memorial Golf Tournament
Known as “Pat’s Q,” this annual tournament funds James Madison University memorial scholarships for graduating seniors at Fauquier, Liberty, and Kettle Run High Schools, with proceeds also supporting Spiritual Care Support Ministries and the Fauquier Family Shelter.
Why we’re involvedScott and Sandy Friberg introduced us to Pat’s Q, and when Friberg Wealth Management merged with Vintage in 2023, the tradition came with them. We’re proud to keep it alive.
Youth & Scholarships · Clarksburg & Damascus, MD
Patrick Shifflett Foundation
Patrick Shifflett was a Clarksburg High School student-athlete whose motto was “always stay humble.” The foundation created in his name awards $5,000 scholarships to young people in Clarksburg and Damascus who live out that same character.
Why we’re involvedOur connection to the Shifflett family goes back decades, to our years at Sandy Spring Bank. We’ve gotten to know them well, and we’re glad to stand behind what they’ve built in Patrick’s name.
Local & Family Services · Montgomery County, MD
Buddleia Enterprises
An all-volunteer organization that delivers food, clothing, and household essentials directly to families at JoAnn Leleck Elementary School at Broad Acres in Silver Spring. No staff, no overhead — every dollar buys goods for a family that needs them.
Why we’re involvedBuddleia grew out of an organization that fed children in Montgomery County Public Schools for decades. We supported the original, and when the work found a new home, we followed it there.
Health & Research · National
Sarcoma Foundation of America
The leading nonprofit working to improve outcomes for people diagnosed with sarcoma, a rare cancer that receives a fraction of the research funding directed at more common diagnoses. Over 25 years the SFA has funded more than 240 studies.
Why we’re involvedThe first time we learned what the SFA was doing for cancer research and treatment, it was easy to get passionate about. More than a decade later, we still are.
Everyone here gets a say
Most corporate giving programs are decided by the people at the top. Ours isn’t.
Every active Vintage employee can recommend an organization for a grant — from their first week, without contributing a dollar of their own money. Recommendations go to our equity partners, who review each one against the same standard: a qualified charitable organization, a legitimate charitable purpose, and consistency with what this firm stands for.
Personal connections aren’t a disqualifier. They’re usually the point — the best charitable work in any community is found by the people who live there. Someone with a relationship to an organization discloses it, explains why it matters, and steps back from the decision.
“Every organization the Fund supports is here because someone at Vintage saw a need up close. The Fund just makes sure we show up the same way every year, instead of whenever somebody remembers to ask.”
— Brian Oettinger, Managing Partner, Vintage Financial Partners
Thinking about your own giving?
The Vintage Community Impact Fund is a donor advised fund. It’s the same tool we help client families use to make their own giving more deliberate — contributing appreciated stock instead of cash, or funding several years of gifts at once.
Learn how a donor advised fund works
The Vintage Community Impact Fund is a donor advised fund funded by Vintage Financial Partners. Grant recommendations are advisory; the sponsoring organization retains final authority over all grants. All grants, including emergency grants, are made to qualified charitable organizations; the Fund does not make grants to named individuals or families. Vintage Financial Partners is not affiliated with the organizations listed on this page and is not responsible for the content of third-party websites.
