Tax time has its silver linings! Going over a tax return helps start a productive conversation about ways to plan your gifts to charity more effectively. As you scan 2023’s charitable contributions, Think about whether those charitable gifts were made with cash or with other...
Developing a practice of regular contributions to your donor-advised fund at the McPherson County Community Foundation (MCCF) not only allows you to systematically build a philanthropic nest egg for your annual giving to favorite charities, but also paves the way for your future legacy bequests....
McPHERSON --- The McPherson County Community Foundation (MCCF) has announced the final totals of their Match Week event. Between Mar. 4-8 over $610,000, with match included, was raised to help build the endowments of over 50 county nonprofits. This total breaks the record of $590,000...
Written by Teri L. Hansen (Marquette Tribune) with contributions from McPherson Center for Health On May 21, McPherson County voters will cast ballots in a special election to extend a half-cent sales tax that benefits the McPherson Center for Health, Lindsborg Community Hospital and Mercy Hospital....
McPHERSON --- The McPherson County Community Foundation (MCCF) Mastermind McPherson County is entering its second year of community benchmarking. Mastermind McPherson County is a three-year program set on creating a process to review and act on county needs. This will be a collaborative program with involvement...
Our team is closely tracking the IRS’s proposed regulations concerning donor-advised funds, issued in November 2023. Note that these regulations are just “proposed”; it is unclear whether and to what extent they will become final. The public comment period was recently extended, and the community foundation field...
Many donors and fund holders at the McPherson County Community Foundation (MCCF) have updated their estate plans to leave a bequest to their donor-advised or other type of fund. Some bequests take the form of a “specific bequest,” which means that the fund at MCCF receives...
CASA's Annual Shirt fundraiser will help CASA, provide more training for our volunteers and retain their current volunteers. The opportunity will help them recruit more volunteers to help children in the community. Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) is a trained adult who is appointed by a...
Simplicity, efficiency, and effectiveness have long been cornerstones of working with the community foundation to carry out charitable goals. Time and time again at the community foundation, we see how easily donors who’ve established a donor-advised or other type of fund are able to not...
Members of the Lindsborg community, this is your opportunity to get involved in the decision-making process of grant allocation. The David J. Nutt Fund is hosting a survey to gather public opinion on what applications would best suit the mission of the fund. David J....