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The McPherson County Community Foundation (MCCF), along with its affiliate foundations in Inman and Moundridge, will host its annual matching event from Oct. 10 through Nov. 10. This year, the event has been revamped and renamed Match Month, expanding the opportunity to support more than...

Match Month is just around the corner! From Oct. 10 through Nov. 10, donors will have the opportunity to support the endowments of more than 80 local organizations and funds serving McPherson County. With $450,000 in matching opportunities available across eight communities, this year’s event...

[gallery ids="7637,7629,7630,7636,7640,7639,7638,7635,7634,7633,7632,7631,7644,7645"] This Thursday, the McPherson County Community Foundation, along with high schools from across McPherson County, gathered at McPherson College’s Campus Commons for the county’s first CAPS Design Challenge. The event gave more than 70 high school students the opportunity to develop solutions to a...

Earlier this week, McPherson County Community Foundation staff joined fourth-grade students at Soderstrom Elementary School for their Voices in Philanthropy program. Voices in Philanthropy, or VIPs, is an MCCF program designed to introduce students to the concepts of philanthropy, giving back, and the role local organizations...

The McPherson County Community Foundation’s Voice in Philanthropy (VIPS) program is back for the 2026-27 school year, giving local students an opportunity to learn about philanthropy and discover how they can make a difference in their own communities. This year, the MCCF team will work with...

[caption id="attachment_5332" align="alignright" width="360"] Jo French received her award for her work with Apt. 6 Consignment and McPherson Opera House.[/caption] The McPherson County Community Foundation is now accepting nominations for its Philanthropist of the Year award, and the Foundation is asking the community to help shine...

[caption id="attachment_7608" align="alignright" width="396"] The Little Viking Gym Project was completed in part thanks to a grant from the David J. Nutt Fund[/caption] One of the strengths of a community foundation is its ability to support many different types of organizations and community needs. Through donor...

McPHERSON, Kan. — The McPherson County Community Foundation’s (MCCF) Suicide Prevention and Awareness Walk will take place from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday Sept. 26. The event. meant to bring light to the nationwide epidemic, is open to the public, with participants welcome to...

The McPherson County Community Foundation [MCCF], in collaboration with the Center for Advanced Professional Studies [CAPS] Network and all McPherson County public school districts, is proud to announce the county's first CAPS Design Challenge, on Thursday, September 24. The event is being hosted in partnership with...

Ten years ago we released a grant to Windom elementary to help complete their Greenhouse project. The Greenhouse, now a staple of education for the community, gave student access to new programing that would be previously unobtainable with out grant funding. Go McPherson also did...