18 May Grant Spotlight: Mac-Town CrossFit – Forging Youth Resilience
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11 May 2023 Scholarship Recipients Announced
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[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
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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
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04 May Have your cake and eat it too: A dual approach to charitable giving
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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...
20 Apr Popular topics: Banking fall out, proposed legislation, and new stats on volunteerism
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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...
13 Apr ‘Tis the season: Why tax time is often the best time to get serious about your charitable plans
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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...