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10 Sep Planned Giving Sessions with Pamela Davidson

Posted at 12:19h in News

Does Planned Giving always have to be so complex? September 17-18 McPherson County Community Foundation Gift annuities, remainder trusts, retained life estates - complicated? Difficult to understand? It doesn't have to be. On September 17 & 18, the McPherson County Community Foundation is hosting several sessions with Pamela Davidson of...

23 Jun $28,000 in grant funds available

Posted at 09:46h in News

The McPherson County Community Foundation is pleased to announce $28,000 in grant funds are available for distribution to nonprofit organizations, churches, schools and other programs that serve the McPherson County area. The goal is to distribute the funds by August 31, 2014, the end of...

17 Jun Foundation announces grant awards since May 2014

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The McPherson County Community Foundation announced $42,730 in grants have been awarded to programs and projects benefitting McPherson County residents from May 1, 2014 to June 15, 2014. Funding was made possible by field of interest funds focused on children, health and the community. Each...

14 Jun Waldhauer Fund sponsors free showing of The Ugly Duckling

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The Lisa Waldhauer Memorial Fund recently sponsored a Once Upon A Time Production from the Wichita Children’s Theatre and Dance Center. The show was free of charge to all attendees and performed twice at the McPherson Opera House. The show centered on the hero helping everyone...

14 Jun Norene Ketcherside Endowment for Fine Arts host symposium for local teachers

Posted at 15:23h in News

Area elementary and high school teachers attended the 2014 Symposium on Contemporary Art and Community Engagement May 29 & 30 at the McPherson Opera House. The symposium was funded by Norene Ketcherside Endowment for Fine Arts. In addition to the symposium, the fund provided each...

11 Apr $59,000 in grant funds available

Posted at 14:37h in Moundridge, News

The McPherson County Community Foundation announced Friday $59,000 in grant funds are still available for distribution to nonprofit organizations, churches, schools and other programs that serve the McPherson County area. The goal is to distribute the funds by August 31, 2014, the end of the...

11 Apr Foundation announces grant awards since January 2014

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The McPherson County Community Foundation announced $19,460 in grants have been awarded to programs and projects benefitting McPherson County residents from January 1, 2014 to April 10, 2014. Funding was made possible by field of interest funds focused on children, health and the community. Each...

17 Feb Fund receives $10,000 donation

Posted at 16:19h in News

In December 2013, McPherson native James Johnson donated $10,000 to the Mac Child Advocacy Endowment Fund developed by the 2013 Leadership McPherson class and is administered by the McPherson County Community Foundation. Each year the Leadership McPherson Class is tasked with forming a project that will...

07 Jan McPherson County Community Foundation Marks Centennial of Community Foundation Movement in America

Posted at 14:41h in News

One hundred years ago, the community foundation concept was born in the Midwest, giving rise to a new philanthropy, a new way of participating in community, and a new vision for the future. Today, McPherson County Community Foundation is one of more than 700 community foundations...

20 Dec Over $32,000 in grants awarded in Fall 2013

Posted at 11:47h in News

The McPherson County Community Foundation announces grant distributions totaling $32,000 have been award to countywide organizations to assist area nonprofits further their missions. Grant funds are made available by unrestricted and field of interest funds administered by the Foundation. During the 2012-13 fiscal year, the Foundation...