October 2020 Grant Recipients Selected
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 [...]
Welcome to the Prepare To Launch Squad for 2020-2021
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 [...]
Grant Application & Reporting Deadline October 1, 2020
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. [...]
May 2020 Grant Recipients Selected
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 [...]
Grant Application & Reporting Deadline May 1, 2020
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 [...]
#GivingTuesday & HCCF End of Year Letter
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.
October 2019 Grant Recipients Recognized
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
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.
Grant Deadline October 1st & Project Photos Requested
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. [...]
May 2019 Award Recipients Recognized
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 [...]
Grant Deadline May 1st & Project Photos Requested
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. [...]
October 2018 Award Recipients Recognized
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 [...]
Grant Deadline October 1st & Project Photos Requested
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. [...]
May 2018 Award Recipients Recognized
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 [...]
Grant Deadline May 1st & Project Photos Requested
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 [...]
October 2017 Award Recipients Recognized
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 [...]
Grant Deadline October 1st
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 [...]
May 2017 Award Recipients Recognized
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 [...]
Grant Application Revision for May 1st Deadline
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 [...]
October 2016 Award Recipients Recognized
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 [...]
Grant Deadline October 1st
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 [...]
May 2016 Award Recipients Recognized
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 Serves HCCF for 20 years
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 [...]
HCCF Receives 2015-16 STEM Education Leadership Award
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 [...]
Grant Deadline May 1st
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 [...]
October 2015 Awards Recipients Recognized
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 [...]
Grant Deadline October 1st
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 [...]
May 2015 Award Recipients Recognized
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 [...]
Grant Deadline May 1st
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 [...]
October 2014 Award Recipients Recognized
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 [...]
Grant Deadline October 1st
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 [...]
May 2014 Award Recipients Recognized
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
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 [...]
Grant Deadline May 1st!!
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 [...]
Board of County Commissioners presents $1.1 million to HCCF
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 [...]
October 2013 Grant Recipients Recognized
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 [...]
HCCF/Lighthouse Funds Check Presentation
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.
Grant Deadline October 1st!!
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. [...]
Bertholf Family Scholarship Recipients
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 [...]
May 2013 Grant Recipients Recognized
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 [...]
Grant Round Deadline May 1st and Upcoming Awards Presentation
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 [...]
Antrim Funds Received by Attica Public Library
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.
October 2012 Grant Awards Announced
News Release: OCTOBER 2012 GRANT RECIPIENTS SELECTED The Harper County Community Foundation is pleased to announce they recently awarded a total of $92,671 to 20 grant recipients benefiting projects throughout Harper County. The recipients of the October 2012 Grant monies are VFW Post 11449 for their ceiling tile project; Extra Innings Baseball Chapel for equipment as part of the creation of a league for their men's outreach; Harper County Head Start for the [...]
Grant Deadline October 1st!
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 [...]
Needs Now
One of the best things about calling Harper County home is people who live here don’t see themselves as merely spectators in this community. They want to help where they can. Nonprofit organizations in Harper County often have urgent needs that arise outside of the Foundation’s regular grant cycles. As a way to support these organizations we intend to use Needs Now to inform our donors of these needs and count on [...]