Community foundations
are instruments of
civil society designed to pool donations into a
coordinated investment and grant making facility
dedicated primarily to the social improvement
of a given place.
Families, individuals,
businesses, and nonprofit groups establish funds within
community foundations into which they can contribute a
variety of assets to be used for charitable purposes.
The people or organizations that establish the funds can
then recommend that grants be distributed, in the name
of the fund or anonymously, to qualified nonprofit
groups and schools. The donor receives a charitable
deduction in the year that gifts are made into their
funds.
The assets of community
foundations are pooled and invested, with donors
typically having a choice of investment products.
The funds established
at community foundations can be expendable funds (i.e.,
grants can be made in any amount at any time) or they
can be endowments, which limit distributions to the
interest earned on the assets. Endowments last in
perpetuity.
The first community
foundation was set up in
Cleveland in 1914 by Frederick Goff and operating
now as the
Cleveland Foundation. Others soon followed including
the
California Community Foundation and the
Chicago Community Trust.
Community foundations
are now a global phenomenon. There are at least 700 in
the United States and perhaps 1000 more around the world
with numbers
growing rapidly.
The following is a list
of community foundations in Kansas:
Atchison Community Foundation
605 Kansas Avenue
Atchison, KS 66002
Phone: (913) 367-4384
Central Kansas Community Foundation, Inc.
Contact: John Torline, Executive Director
P.O. Box 177
Newton, KS 67114
Phone: (620) 837-3416
Email: torline@southwind.net
Website: http://www.ckcf.net/
Coffeyville Area Community Foundation, Inc.
Contact: Janie DeVore Gillis, Executive Director
P.O. Box 635
Coffeyville, KS 67337-0635
Phone: (620) 251-4769
Columbus Community Foundation
P.O. Box 47
Columbus, KS 66725
Community Foundation of Dickinson County, Inc.
Contact: Kristine Kay Meyer, Executive Director
P.O. Box 735
Abilene, KS 67410-0735
Phone: (785) 263-1863 Fax: (785) 263-2564
Douglas County Community Foundation
Contact: Charles F. Blaser, Executive Director
900 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 406
Lawrence, KS 66044-2868
Phone: (785) 843-8727 Fax: (785) 843-8735
Website:
http://www.dccfoundation.org/site/
The Emporia Community Foundation
Contact: Ken Calhoun, Chief Operating Officer
501 Commercial Street, Suite 401
P.O. Box 1337
Emporia, KS 66801-1337
Phone: (620) 342-9304 Fax: (620) 342-9441
Website: http://www.emporiacf.org/
Golden Belt Community Foundation
Contact: Christy Lee Tustin, JD, Executive Director
2015 Forest Avenue, Suite 101
PO Box 1911
Great Bend, KS 67530
Phone: (620) 792-3000 Fax: (620) 792-7900
Website:
http://www.goldenbeltcf.org/
Hutchinson Community Foundation
Contact: Aubrey Abbott Patterson, President and Executive Director
P.O. Box 298
Hutchinson, KS 67504-0298
Phone: (620) 663-5293 Fax: (620) 663-9277
Website: http://www.hutchcf.org/
Legacy, A Regional Community Foundation
Contact: Pamela Moore, Executive Director
P.O. Box 713
Winfield, KS 67156-0713
Phone: (620) 221-7224 Fax: (620) 221-0532
Website:
http://www.legacyregionalfoundation.org/
Manhattan Community Foundation
Contact: Sarah W. Saueressig, Executive Director
555 Poyntz Avenue, Suite 269
Manhattan, KS 66505-1127
Phone: (785) 587-8895 Fax: (785) 587-8982
Website:
http://www.manhattancf.org/
McPherson County Community Foundation
Contact: Becky Goss, Executive Director
115 East Euclid
Mc Pherson, KS 67460
Phone: (620) 245-9070 Fax: (620) 241-8708
Greater Newton Community Foundation
Contact: Christy Brenneman, Accountant
600 Medical Center Drive
P.O. Box 548
Newton, KS 67114-0548
Phone: (316) 283-5474 Fax: (316) 804-6260
Email:
Christy.Brenneman@newmedctr.org
Website: http://www.nchf.net/
Parsons Community Foundation
Contact: Anne Allen, Executive Director
PO Box 894
Parsons, KS 67357-4337
Phone: (620) 778-5423 Fax: (877)570-8708
Email:
parsonscommunityfoundation@gmail.com
Website:
Rice County Community Foundation
Contact: Jill Nichols, Executive Director
PO Box 444
Lyons, KS 67554
Phone: (620) 257-5390 Fax: (620) 257-5390
Website: http://www.ricecounty.org/
The Greater Salina Community Foundation
Contact: Betsy Wearing, President & Executive Director
P.O. Box 2876
Salina, KS 67402-2876
Phone: (785) 823-1800 Fax: (785) 823-9370
Website: http://www.gscf.org/
Scott Community Foundation
Contact: Pat Baughman, Interim Executive Director
303 Court Street
Third Floor
Scott City, KS 67871-1176
Phone: (620) 872-3790 Fax: (620) 872-7193
South Central Community Foundation
Contact: Denise Unruh, Executive Director
105 W. Second Street
P.O. Box 8624
Pratt, KS 67124
Phone: (620) 672-7929 Fax: (620) 672-7669
Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
Contact: Janet M. Kliesen, Administrative Director
P.O. Box 1313
Dodge City, KS 67801-1313
Phone: (620) 225-0959 Fax: (620) 225-4946
Thomas County Community Foundation, Inc.
Contact: Eric Eicher, Executive Director
350 S. Range Avenue, Suite 14
P.O. Box 174
Colby, KS 67701-0174
Phone: (785) 460-9152 Fax: (785) 460-9153
Western Kansas Community Foundation
Contact: Michelle Komlofske, Executive Director
P. O. Box 1452
Garden City, KS 67846-1452
Phone: (620) 271-9484 Fax: (620) 275-1145
Website: http://www.wkcf.org/
Wichita Community Foundation (KS)
Contact: Mr. Rob Allison, President and CEO
O.W. Garvey Building
200 W. Douglas, Suite 250
Wichita, KS 67202-3002
Phone: (316) 264-4880 Fax: (316) 264-7592
Website: http://www.wichitacf.org/
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