Helping Thomas County Grow
The Foundation is an Agency Foundation of Greater Northwest Kansas Community Foundation with select funds managed by GNWKCF.
About the Foundation
The Smoky Hills Community Foundation was founded in 2000 to benefit the communities of Ellsworth County. Smoky Hills Community Foundation became an affiliate in 2023 under Greater Northwest Kansas Community Foundation to assist with back-office management and support services focused on sustainability efforts. The Foundation is a permanent source of charitable funds used to meet the current and future needs of our county. We value supporting our community, organizations, and causes you care about by implementing our core values. No matter what your role is in our community, our team is dedicated to helping people like you make a difference to impact today and transform tomorrow.
History
TCCF was founded by four local citizens in February 2001. The task before them was daunting: to raise $300,000 before December 31 for that year. With the addition of more members to the Board of Directors, the Thomas County Community Foundation was able to raise the funds, and thus received a matching grant from the Kansas Health Foundation. Since that time, the foundation has grown to encompass additional funds for granting purposes to area non-profit organizations. Providing resources and funding to benefit Thomas County residents, the community foundation is proud to serve the citizens of Thomas County
Public Availability of Information
As a public entity, the Thomas County Community Foundation maintains the utmost integrity. While the TCCF is not required by the State of Kansas to follow the Kansas Open Records Act, the Foundation feels that in order to demonstrate integrity for public honesty in all practices, most documents at the Foundation are available for public scrutiny. However, there are some documents that are not meant for public viewing in order to maintain donor confidentiality, including minutes of meetings. These documents or pieces of information include donor names and contact information, donation amounts tied to specific donor names, and most other information concerning donors. Some documents that are able to be viewed by the public and are available upon request include our audit information, a board of directors list, our budget, investment policy, other information concerning investment practices, IRS Form 990, letter of determination, a list of funds, a list of grants given by the TCCF, our mission and purpose of the foundation and other policies and procedures.
Impact
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Contact
Get in touch with Us
350 South Range, Suite 14
Colby, Kansas 67701
Tel: 785.460.9152
Fax: 785.460.9153
Jada Tubbs
Foundation Director
Email:Â [email protected]
Jennifer Thompson
Executive Assistant
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