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11 May 2023 Scholarship Recipients Announced

Posted at 15:45h in News

[gallery ids="4929,4930,4931,4932,4933,4934,4935,4937,4939,4940,4941,4942,4943,4944,4945,4946,4947,4948,4949,4950,4952"] The McPherson County Community Foundation has announced its list of scholarship winners from throughout the county. The Foundations scholarship process utilized a new system for student to apply through and saw increased participation from students county wide. This year 32 scholarships were released totaling...

11 May QCDs: Clearing up confusion

Posted at 15:28h in Donor News

If you’ve been involved with the McPherson County Community Foundation for a while, you’ve likely heard of the Qualified Charitable Distribution (“QCD”) because we mention it a lot. And with good reason! If you are aged 70 ½ or older, it is well worth your time...

06 May David Nutt Fund: $300,000 gifted to Lindsborg organizations

Posted at 11:11h in Latest Videos

04 May Have your cake and eat it too: A dual approach to charitable giving

Posted at 14:08h in Donor News

The change of seasons is often an opportunity to catch our breath and reassess. We’re done with taxes, really done with cold weather (hopefully), and feel a sense of renewal as our attention turns to gardening and other growth-oriented, warm weather pursuits. And, many of...

28 Apr Fund Spotlight: Giving Hope Cancer Fund

Posted at 11:10h in Latest Videos

20 Apr Popular topics: Banking fall out, proposed legislation, and new stats on volunteerism

Posted at 15:04h in Donor News

Not a day goes by at the community foundation without our team talking with fund holders–and potential fund holders!--about philanthropy in our community and all the ways charitable giving can make life better for everyone who lives here. Recently, we’ve noticed an uptick in interest...

20 Apr Fund and Program Spotlight: Culver Fish Fund

Posted at 11:09h in Latest Videos

13 Apr ‘Tis the season: Why tax time is often the best time to get serious about your charitable plans

Posted at 14:22h in Donor News

Though often unappreciated, the annual passage of tax season has benefits. For one, it offers some finality to the prior year in that we finally know if we owe or are due a refund. For example, for the 2021 tax year, the IRS processed 88 million...

06 Apr Fund and Program Spotlight: Edwin Stucky Debate Enhancement Fund and McPherson High Debate/Forensics Team

Posted at 14:49h in Latest Videos

06 Apr Boiling down the alphabet soup: What actually are RMDs and how do they relate to QCDs?

Posted at 14:34h in Donor News

If you get cross-eyed when you start reading about Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) and Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs), you are not alone! And, given the December 2022 passage of SECURE 2.0 legislation, changes to RMD rules are especially important to understand if you are involved...

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