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  News Release:  HCCF GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING OCTOBER 1st The Harper County Community Foundation will soon be offering the second round of grants for 2021. The grant deadline is October 1, 2021 and over $100,000 will be available for projects that benefit Harper County. This grant round represents the 26th round of grants awarded since May of 2009. A total of $2,637,086.00 has been awarded since the inception of this [...]

Winners for our LAST DAY drawing at the Harper County Fair!! Congrats to all 25 total recipients of this year's giveaway! We will be contacting all of our winners this week. Also, a big thank you to all who took a moment to stop by our booth to visit and to everyone who made the 2021 Harper County Fair a success!

Winners for our DAY TWO drawing at the Harper County Fair!! Congrats to all! Be sure to find Kevin R. Alexander at the Fair this weekend to pick up your prize or we will be sure to give the unclaimed prize winners a call. Only ONE more day of drawings to go... don't forget to stop by our booth to sign up and visit a bit!

Winners for our DAY ONE drawing at the Harper County Fair!! Congrats to all! Be sure to find Kevin R. Alexander at the Fair this weekend to pick up your prize or we will be sure to give the unclaimed prize winners a call. TWO more days of drawings to go... don't forget to stop by our booth to sign up and visit a bit!

Please be sure to come by our booth and see us while you are at the Harper County Fair. Don't forget to sign up for our meat bundle giveaways as well! Sponsored by South 50 Meats, KCK Farms, Henderson Farms and Attica Locker. HCCF is a proud supporter of local ag since 1996 and tonight's Carnival Bracelet Night at our Harper County Fair. We hope to see you there!

On July 1 HCCF mailed 54 checks worth $38,100 for 43 different students to 15 different schools. All applications for our Top Scholar, Prepare to Launch, Jean Jensen, Jack and Lavera Bertholf, and American Legion scholarships have been processed. Good luck to all of our Harper County Grads! Special thanks to Britt Hedlund, Shelley Hansel, Diane Drouhard, Robyn Liebelt, Amie Loreg, Mandy Traffas and Amber Hilger for their assistance in [...]

News Release: HCCF CELEBRATES 25 YEARS AND ROUND 25 GRANT AWARDS The Harper County Community Foundation recently recognized the grant recipients for the May 2021 round at an Awards Presentation held in conjunction with their Annual Meeting and 25th Birthday Party. The event was held at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, May 18th at the Municipal Hall in Anthony. The Harper County Community Foundation just marked its 25th year in existence. Founded [...]

2021-2022 HCCF Board of Trustees Front Row: Michelle Fahring, Assistant to the Foundation; Amy Latta, Nancy Trantham, Regena Hommertzheim, Suzanne Clark and Lee Cox. Back Row: Kevin Alexander, Executive Director; Paul Hartman, Bob Bary, Jessica Graves, and Brad Giesen. Not Pictured: Cheryl Adelhardt and Lindsay Zimmerman.

HCCF would like to take a moment to express our thanks to all who were able to attend our Awards Presentation & 25th Birthday Celebration yesterday evening in Anthony. A special thank you to all of these businesses and individuals for assisting us with the many details involved in contributing to this event.   Attica Locker Larry's Hometown Market Britt Hedlund at Harper County Transition to Career Gene's IGA D'Mario's [...]

The Harper County Community Foundation had the privilege of presenting to Attica's Bertholf Family Scholarship recipient at their Annual Athletic/Academic Awards Banquet yesterday evening. Congratulations to Cale Carlisle! Best wishes to you in the upcoming school year!

A presentation was made to Jaggar Hawley yesterday evening at Attica's Annual Athletic/Academic Awards Banquet by the Harper County Community Foundation for their newly created Top Scholar Award. He met all of the criteria for this award : a cumulative GPA of 4.0 and rank of #1 in this class. Congratulations Jaggar!

A presentation was made on Wednesday, May 5th at Chaparral's Senior Awards Assembly by the Harper County Community Foundation for their newly created Top Scholar Award. These four Chaparral students met all of the criteria for this award : a cumulative GPA of 4.0 and rank of #1 in their class. Chloe Eslinger Ella Holden Mia Smith Jonathan Welch Each of these students will receive $1,000 from HCCF for their [...]

Congratulations to each of our upcoming Harper County graduates! Prepare to Launch would like to remind the Seniors to be sure to click through this link https://harpercofoundation.org/ptl-scholarships/ for more details along with the e-form to request the $600 available to 2020-2021 graduates. This scholarship may be used for any post-secondary institution and is available to graduates for up to 10 years. Best wishes from HCCF and the PTL Squad!

HCCF, along with the Jensen family, were honored to present the Jean L. Jensen Language Arts Scholarships to the following recipients on Wednesday, May 5th at Chaparral's Senior Awards Assembly : Chloe Eslinger Faith Gates Kydrenn Hightree Mia Smith Chloe Walker Jonathan Welch Jasmine Zavala Congratulations to each recipient on your selection for this scholarship and best wishes in the Fall!

The Harper County Community Foundation had the privilege of presenting to two of this year's three recipients of the Bertholf Family Scholarships at the Chaparral Senior Awards Assembly on Wednesday. May 5th. Congratulations to Desirea Molina and Mia Smith! Best wishes to both of you in the upcoming school year!

The Anthony American Legion Scholarship was awarded to Mia Smith on Wednesday, May 5th at the Senior Awards Assembly at Chaparral High School. Congratulations Mia!

  News Release:  HCCF GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING MAY 1st The Harper County Community Foundation will be offering the first round of grants for 2021. The grant deadline is May 1, 2021 and over $100,000 will be available for projects that benefit Harper County. This grant round represents the 25th round of grants awarded since May of 2009. A total of $2,482,013.00 has been awarded since the inception of this granting [...]

News Release: OCTOBER 2020 ROUND 24 GRANT RECIPIENTS SELECTED The Harper County Community Foundation recently awarded $120,757.90 to 26 organizations and projects that benefit Harper County. For this grant round, 37 grant applications were submitted to HCCF with a total of $288,435.42 requested. These monies from the Waste Connection Landfill Revenues and the Harper County Board of Commissioners represent the 24th round of grants awarded since the inception of the granting [...]

HCCF would like to welcome and congratulate our 2021 Prepare to Launch Squad. Seniors: Desirea Molina, Kamon Haydock, Drew Meecham, Niki Jacobs, Kayleigh Rausch, Jagger Hawley and Mariya Stegall Juniors: Madalynn Winters, Cooper Traffas, Ryleigh Fly and Matte Swartz Sophomores: Sidney Swingle, Kendra Nelson, Emmery Kastens, Tipton Francis and Ashley Garcia Freshmen: Timothy Adams, Auburn Hill, Colter McDaniel and Drake Schmidt. The Prepare to Launch Squad is responsible for development [...]

News Release:  HCCF GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING OCTOBER 1st The Harper County Community Foundation will be offering the second round of grants for 2020. The grant deadline is October 1, 2020 and over $100,000 will be available for projects that benefit Harper County. This grant round represents the 24th round of grants awarded since May of 2009. A total of $2,361,255.00 has been awarded since the inception of this granting process. [...]

  News Release: MAY 2020 ROUND 23 GRANT RECIPIENTS SELECTED The Harper County Community Foundation recently awarded $110,312.75 to 28 organizations and projects that benefit Harper County. For this grant round, 35 grant applications were submitted to HCCF with a total of $204,804.94 requested. These monies from the Waste Connection Landfill Revenues and the Harper County Board of Commissioners represent the 23rd round of grants awarded since the inception of the [...]

Please know it is business as usual for HCCF's upcoming May 1st grant application and reporting deadline. The only part of the process still up-in-the-air is the Awards Presentation. Stay tuned for more information closer to time for the event. In the meantime, please review the press release featured below for more deadline information. ___________ News Release:  HCCF GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING MAY 1st The Harper County Community Foundation will be [...]

  Tax-deductible year-end donations may be made online via PayPal (link found at top of website home page) or mailed to HCCF, P.O. Box 5, Anthony, KS 67003. Thank you in advance in your support of Harper County Community Foundation's efforts to serve Harper County.

News Release: OCTOBER 2019 GRANT RECIPIENTS RECOGNIZED AT HCCF AWARDS PRESENTATION The Harper County Community Foundation recently recognized the grant recipients for the October 2019 round at an Awards Presentation held in conjunction with their End of the Year Gala. The event was held at 7 p.m., on Monday, November 4th, in the Westview Apartments’ Community Room in Harper. These monies from the Waste Connection Landfill Revenues and the Harper County [...]

2019-2020 Prepare to Launch Squad Left side // left to right :: Kendra Nelson, Riley Mathews, Ryleigh Fly, Mariya Stegall, Madalynn Winters and Jaggar HawleyRight side // left to right :: Emmery  Kastens, Matte Swartz, Cooper Traffas, Kamon Haydock, Tipton Francis, Niki Jacobs, Desi Molina, and Drew Meecham.

News Release:  HCCF GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING OCTOBER 1st The Harper County Community Foundation will be offering the second round of grants for 2019. The grant deadline is October 1, 2019 and over $100,000 will be available for projects that benefit Harper County. This grant round represents the 22nd round of grants awarded since May of 2009. A total of $2,130,967.00 has been awarded since the inception of this granting process. [...]

News Release:   MAY 2019 GRANT RECIPIENTS RECOGNIZED AT HCCF AWARDS PRESENTATION The Harper County Community Foundation recently recognized the grant recipients for the May 2019 round at an Awards Presentation held in conjunction with their Annual Meeting and Family Grant Party. The event was held at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, May 21st at the Anthony Christian Church Gym in Anthony. The Foundation would like to thank the Anthony Christian Church for [...]

News Release:  HCCF GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING MAY 1st The Harper County Community Foundation will be offering the first round of grants for 2019. The grant deadline is May 1, 2019 and over $100,000 will be available for projects that benefit Harper County. This grant round represents the 21st round of grants awarded since May of 2009. A total of $2,014,587.00 has been awarded since the inception of this granting process. [...]

News Release:   OCTOBER 2018 GRANT RECIPIENTS RECOGNIZED AT HCCF AWARDS PRESENTATION The Harper County Community Foundation recently recognized the grant recipients for the October 2018 round at an Awards Presentation held in conjunction with their End of the Year Gala. The event was held at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, October 23rd, in the Westview Apartments’ Community Room in Harper. These monies from the Waste Connection Landfill Revenues and the Harper County [...]

News Release:  HCCF GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING OCTOBER 1st The Harper County Community Foundation will be offering the second round of grants for 2018. The grant deadline is October 1, 2018 and over $100,000 will be available for projects that benefit Harper County. This grant round represents the 20th round of grants awarded since May of 2009. A total of $1,900,462.00 has been awarded since the inception of this granting process. [...]

News Release:   MAY 2018 GRANT RECIPIENTS RECOGNIZED AT HCCF AWARDS PRESENTATION The Harper County Community Foundation recently recognized the grant recipients for the May 2018 round at an Awards Presentation held in conjunction with their Annual Meeting and Family Grant Party. The event was held at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, May 22nd at the Anthony Christian Church Gym in Anthony. The Foundation would like to thank the Anthony Christian Church for [...]

News Release:  COMPLETED PROJECT PHOTO REQUEST AND HCCF GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING MAY 1st The Harper County Community Foundation will be offering the first round of grants for 2018. The grant deadline is May 1, 2018 and over $100,000 will be available for projects that benefit Harper County. HCCF would also like to make a formal request of previous grant recipients to submit a photo of their finalized projects to the [...]

News Release:   OCTOBER 2017 GRANT RECIPIENTS RECOGNIZED AT HCCF AWARDS PRESENTATION The Harper County Community Foundation recently recognized the grant recipients for the October 2017 round at an Awards Presentation held in conjunction with their End of the Year Gala. The event was held at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, October 24th, in the Memorial Building in Attica. These monies from the Waste Connection Landfill Revenues and the Harper County Board of [...]

News Release:  HCCF GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING OCTOBER 1st The Harper County Community Foundation will be offering the second round of grants for 2017. The grant deadline is October 1, 2017 and over $100,000 will be available for projects that benefit Harper County. HCCF’s Mission is to promote community development by supporting educational, human needs, health care, community improvement and rural development projects throughout Harper County. The HCCF Board of Directors [...]

News Release:   MAY 2017 GRANT RECIPIENTS RECOGNIZED AT HCCF AWARDS PRESENTATION The Harper County Community Foundation recently recognized the grant recipients for the May 2017 round at an Awards Presentation held in conjunction with their Annual Meeting and Family Grant Party. The event was held at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, May 23rd at the Anthony Christian Church Gym in Anthony. The Foundation would like to thank the Anthony Christian Church for [...]

News Release:  HCCF GRANT APPLICATION REVISION AND DEADLINE APPROACHING The Harper County Community Foundation will be offering the first round of grants for 2017. The grant deadline is May 1, 2017 and over $100,000 will be available for projects that benefit Harper County. The revision to the grant application for this grant round moving forward is a request from the Board for two copies of every grant application be submitted for [...]

News Release:   OCTOBER 2016 GRANT RECIPIENTS RECOGNIZED AT HCCF AWARDS PRESENTATION The Harper County Community Foundation recently recognized the grant recipients for the October 2016 round at an Awards Presentation held in conjunction with their End of the Year Gala. The event was held at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, November 1st, in the Westview Apartments’ Community Room in Harper. HCCF apologizes for the last-minute time change for this event, but there [...]

News Release:  HCCF GRANT ROUND DEADLINE APPROACHING AND DATE SET FOR AWARDS PRESENTATION The Harper County Community Foundation will be offering the second round of grants for 2016. The grant deadline is October 1, 2016 and over $100,000 will be available for projects that benefit Harper County. HCCF’s Mission is to promote community development by supporting educational, human needs, health care, community improvement and rural development projects throughout Harper County. The [...]

News Release:   MAY 2016 GRANT RECIPIENTS RECOGNIZED AT HCCF AWARDS PRESENTATION The Harper County Community Foundation recently recognized the grant recipients for the May 2016 round at an Awards Presentation held in conjunction with their Annual Meeting and first ever Family Grant Party. The event was held at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, May 24th at the Anthony Christian Church Gym in Anthony. These monies from the Waste Connection Landfill Revenues and [...]

Don Jensen (pictured above with his family) was recognized at HCCF's most recent Awards Presentation. Don served Anthony Community Foundation, which later became Harper County Community Foundation, for the last 20 years. The Foundation has grown from $0 to $3 million over the course of Don’s tenure. He assisted the Board in various ways over the years including his most recent roles of both Treasurer and Finance Team member. The [...]

Harper County Community Foundation Receives STEM Education Leadership Award Presented by Nasdaq and EverFi Harper County Community Foundation (HCCF) was honored for the 2015-2016 school year at the STEM Education Leadership Awards presented by Nasdaq and EverFi.  This national award recognizes key organizations’ significant efforts to improve STEM (Science Technology, Engineering and Math) education and career readiness for students across North America and in their local community. Sixteen institutions were [...]

Harper County Community Foundation Family Grant Party May 24 Since 2009 your foundation has given away more than $1.3 million dollars to local non-profits and we’ll be granting more at the Anthony Christian Church at 7PM on May 24. This will be our first family night and we’re inviting our scholarship recipients too. We’ll also be saying goodbye to outgoing board members Don Jensen and Kerry Schroeder. As part of [...]

News Release:   OCTOBER 2015 GRANT RECIPIENTS RECOGNIZED AT HCCF AWARDS PRESENTATION The Harper County Community Foundation recently recognized the grant recipients for the October 2015 round at an Awards Presentation held in conjunction with their End of the Year Gala. The event was held at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, October 27th, in the Westview Apartments’ Community Room in Harper. These monies from the Waste Connection Landfill Revenues and the Harper County [...]

News Release:  HCCF GRANT ROUND DEADLINE APPROACHING AND DATE SET FOR AWARDS PRESENTATION The Harper County Community Foundation will be offering the second round of grants for 2015. The grant deadline is October 1, 2015 and over $100,000 will be available for projects that benefit Harper County. HCCF’s Mission is to promote community development by supporting educational, human needs, health care, community improvement and rural development projects throughout Harper County. The [...]

News Release:   MAY 2015 GRANT RECIPIENTS RECOGNIZED AT HCCF AWARDS PRESENTATION EVENT AND ANNUAL MEETING The Harper County Community Foundation recently recognized the grant recipients for the May 2015 round at an Awards Presentation held in conjunction with their Annual Meeting. The event was held at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, May 19th, in the Westview Apartments’ Community Room in Harper. These monies from the Waste Connection Landfill Revenues and the Harper [...]

News Release: GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING AND DATE SET FOR ANNUAL MEETING & AWARDS PRESENTATION EVENT The Harper County Community Foundation will be offering the first round of grants for 2015. The grant deadline is May 1, 2015 and over $100,000 will be available for projects that benefit Harper County. HCCF’s Mission is to promote community development by supporting educational, human needs, health care, community improvement and rural development projects [...]

News Release:   OCTOBER 2014 GRANT RECIPIENTS RECOGNIZED AT HCCF AWARDS PRESENTATION EVENT The Harper County Community Foundation recently recognized the grant recipients for the October 2014 round at an Awards Presentation held in conjunction with their End of the Year Gala. The event was held at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, October 28th, in the Westview Apartments’ Community Room in Harper. These monies from the Waste Connection Landfill Revenues and the Harper [...]

News Release:   GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING AND DATE SET FOR END OF THE YEAR GALA & AWARDS PRESENTATION EVENT The Harper County Community Foundation will be offering the second round of grants for 2014. The grant deadline is October 1, 2014 and over $100,000 will be available for projects that benefit Harper County. HCCF’s Mission is to promote community development by supporting educational, human needs, health care, community improvement and [...]

News Release:   MAY 2014 GRANT RECIPIENTS RECOGNIZED AT HCCF AWARDS PRESENTATION EVENT The Harper County Community Foundation recently recognized the grant recipients for the May 2014 round at an Awards Presentation held in conjunction with their Annual Meeting. The event was held at 7 p.m., on Thursday, May 29th, in the Westview Apartments’ Community Room in Harper. These monies from the Waste Connection Landfill Revenues and the Harper County Board [...]

ATTICA USD 511's PREPARE TO LAUNCH PROGRAM Graduation brings an end to the first year of the Prepare To Launch Program at Attica Schools. The first year ends with over $15,000 having been raised. The 2014 Prepare To Launch Squad held 4 events throughout the school year in an effort to raise money for further education of Attica High School graduates. In conjunction with the Harper County Community Foundation, the [...]

News Release:   GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING AND DATE SET FOR ANNUAL MEETING & AWARDS PRESENTATION EVENT The Harper County Community Foundation will be offering the first round of grants for 2014. The grant deadline is May 1, 2014 and over $100,000 will be available for projects that benefit Harper County. HCCF’s Mission is to promote community development by supporting educational, human needs, health care, community improvement and rural development projects [...]

Left to Right: Harper County Commissioners Jim Gates, Lee Adams and Carla Pence present a check to HCCF Chairperson Kevin Alexander. Also pictured are HCCF Board of Directors Roy Davis, Tom Conrady, Tim Penner, Lisa Mathes, Don Jensen, Virginia Martin and Alan Allenbach. Those unable to attend from the HCCF Board were Carol Jean Martin, Sloane Freeman and Kerry Schroeder. Harper County Board of Commissioners made a presentation of $1.1 million [...]

The Harper County Community Foundation recently recognized the grant recipients for the October 2013 round at an Awards Presentation held in conjunction with their End of Year Gala. The event was held at 7 p.m., on Wednesday, November 6th, in the Westview Apartments’ Community Room in Harper. These monies from the Waste Connection Landfill Revenues and the Harper County Board of Commissioners represent the tenth round of grants awarded. For [...]

Pictured left to right: Kevin Alexander, HCCF Chairperson; Ashley Hostetler, Pleasant Valley Preschool and Sue Williams, Lighthouse Funds Committee Harper County Community Foundation in association with the Lighthouse Funds recently made a $10,000 presentation to the Pleasant Valley Preschool to assist with building renovations. January 2014 is the estimated opening date for the preschool. Any questions in regards to the school can be sent to pvmcpreschool@gmail.com.

The Harper County Community Foundation will offer the second round of grants for 2013 from the Waste Connection Landfill Revenues and the Harper County Board of Commissioners. The grant deadline is October 1, 2013. Approximately $95,000 will be available for this round of grants designated for projects that benefit Harper County. Please note applicants for this grant round will need to utilize the recently revised version of the grant application. [...]

Pictured from Left to Right: Grecia Rucoba, Jake Brannon and Taylor Mathes The Harper County Community Foundation had the privilege of presenting three Bertholf Family Scholarships for the upcoming school year.   In the fall of 2000, Jack and LaVera Bertholf, a farming and ranching family in Harper County, set up a scholarship fund with the Harper County Community Foundation. HCCF has invested the principle funds and awards scholarships from the [...]

The Harper County Community Foundation recently recognized the grant recipients for the May 2013 round at an Awards Presentation held in conjunction with their Annual Meeting. The event was held at 7 p.m., on Thursday, May 23rd, in the Bank of Kansas Hospitality Room, in downtown Anthony. These monies from the Waste Connection Landfill Revenues and the Harper County Board of Commissioners represent the ninth round of grants awarded. For [...]

Harper Baseball Fields received partial funding from HCCF for renovation projects. News Release:   GRANT ROUND DEADLINE APPROACHING AND DATE SET FOR AWARDS PRESENTATION EVENT The Harper County Community Foundation will offer the first round of grants for 2013 from the Waste Connection Landfill Revenues and the Harper County Board of Commissioners. The grant deadline is May 1, 2013. Approximately $95,000 will be available for this round of grants [...]

News Release: Harper County Community Foundation Board member, Virginia Martin, presented a $400 check to assistant librarian, Janice Troyer. Funds are given to the library each January from the Antrim family funds held by the Harper County Community Foundation.

News Release:   GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS The Harper County Community Foundation will offer the second round of grants for 2012 from the Waste Connection Landfill Revenues and the Harper County Board of Commissioners. The grant deadline is October 1, 2012. Approximately $95,000 will be available for this round of grants designated for projects that benefit Harper County. Having ended the previous three-year commitment with the Harper County Board of [...]