Foundation & Alumni Association | Labette Community College

The Labette Community College Foundation is a Kansas nonprofit corporation and an Internal Revenue Service 501(c)(3) organization. The purpose of the Foundation is to raise money from alumni, friends, and businesses in support of College programs.

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The majority of Foundation support is for scholarships. Support is also provided for buildings and grounds, faculty/staff development, student activities, equipment and supplies, and community outreach.

The Foundation manages the Jack and Ruth Gribben Endowment Fund that sponsors the annual Gribben English Lecture Series and the biennial Gribben Community Classics Series. The Foundation awards the annual Cardinal Citation for lifetime service, the annual William and Allene Guthrie Van Meter Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award, and annual Distinguished Alumni Awards.

For more information on the Labette Community College Foundation please call 620-820-1281.

Contact Information

Lindi Forbes

Lindi Forbes

Executive Director Foundation & Alumni Association

lindif@labette.edu
620-820-1212

Gaye Evans

Gaye Evans

Foundation & Alumni Associate

gabriellee@labette.edu
620-820-1281

About the Foundation

Purpose

Our purpose is to support programs of the College by raising private gifts from alumni, friends, and corporations. Gifts are used for:

Scholarships
Faculty Professional Development
College Departments
Student Activities
Community Outreach
Current Operations

Your gifts to the Foundation are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law. The Foundation is a Kansas non-profit corporation and a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Service.

Our financial records are in compliance with pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). An annual audit of our finances is available for public inspection at the Foundation office, 200 S. 14th Street, Parsons, Kansas 67357, as are all required state and federal reports and filings.

Types of Gifts

Gifts with no stipulation as to purpose or use are unrestricted. You may restrict your gift for a designated purpose. A gift may be expendable - immediately usable for current purposes. Or, it may be retained, perhaps as an endowment gift to be invested and held permanently for the income derived.

Gifts other than cash include:

Marketable Property
Securities, real property, and salable personal property.

Gifts-in-Kind
Gifts to be used in the form in which they are given, such as art objects, books, and equipment.

Rights and Insurance
Royalties, copyrights, trademark rights, and insurance policies naming the Foundation as a beneficiary.

Gifts-in-Trust
Resources given in exchange for a lifetime income to you or some you name, after which this income will be used by the Foundation according to your wishes.

Memorial and Honor Gifts
Gifts made "in memory of" or "in honor of" persons will be used as unrestricted income, unless otherwise specified by you.

Temporary Funds
Non- invested funds expendable for designated or undesignated purposes, often in the year the gift is made.

Bequests
You may arrange by Will that a specified dollar amount or specified percentage of your estate will be gifted to the Foundation. You may also arrange, after the death of a named beneficiary, that some or all of the amount the named beneficiary would have received will be gifted to the Foundation.

Gift Recognition Levels

Recognition is based on gifts or pledge payments received within a calendar year. Recognition levels are as follows:

Annual Gifts

These count toward recognition of Lifetime Gifts.

President's Club

Platinum Level $10,000 or more
Gold Level $5,000 or more
Silver Level $2,500 to $4,999
Bronze Level $1,000 to $2,499
Executive Level $500 to $999
Red and White Club $250 to $499
Cardinal Club $100 to $249
Other Gifts Under $100

Lifetime Gifts

Circle of Excellence $100,000 or more
Leadership Club $50,000 to $99,999
Pacesetter Club $25,000 to $49,999
Builder Club $10,000 to $24,999
Patron Club $5,000 to $9,999
Merit Club $2,500 to $4,999
Honor Club $1,000 to $2,499

Honor Roll of Donors

All donors in the previous calendar year are listed in the Honor Roll of Donors issue of Cardinal Newsletter each Spring, unless anonymity is requested.

Donor Appreciation Luncheon

A Donor Appreciation Luncheon is held annually for all donors of record.

Naming Opportunities

Available for endowed scholarships, programs, and capital projects. An endowed scholarship fund may be named for you, or in memory of or tribute to a loved one, when the fund reaches $5,000. Naming opportunities for larger gift amounts are available.

A one-time 3% allocation to the administrative services fund applies to all gifts made to the Foundation. This allocation is necessary to cover administrative services such as record keeping, financial statements, communications, fund raising, grant applications, etc. All donors receive full credit for the total gift amount.

LCC Foundation and Alumni Association Board of Directors

July 1, 2024- June 30, 2025

JR Keene, President

Jim Gilpin , VP/Pres-Elect

Coleen Carter ’03, Secretary

Sherry Dunlay, Treasurer

Lorriane Evert ’92, Past President

Ben Cochran ’06

Dennis Dodd ’13

Sadie Ebersole

Janice Every ’89

Gary Goodnight

Kanak Patel ’95 and ’98

Stephanie Reitemeier

Jessica Rush