Foundation Funds

Endowed funds produce charitable income every year and help donors create a legacy of giving.

Click on the different fund types to learn more about each type and which funds are held at the Foundation. 

Supports foundation operations.

  • Smoky Valley Administrative Fund

Designated funds provide a permanent source of income to support your favorite charities even long after you are gone.

Designated Fund Fact Sheet

Current Designated Funds

  • Clyde & Glenn Lindstrom Fund
  • Joyce Challans Memorial Fund
  • Lindsborg Arts Council Fund
  • Lindsborg Playground Improvement Fund
  • Messiah Lutheran Church Fund
  • Roth Family Fund
  • Trinity United Methodist Church Fund

Donor advised funds are a simple and flexible "charitable savings account" that let you decide when and where to give.

Donor Advised Fund Fact Sheet

Current Donor Advised Funds

  • Chester G. & Jeanette G. Peterson Fund
  • Graceful Pursuits Fund
  • Grant's Grace Fund
  • Rotary Club of Lindsborg Fund
  • Smoky Valley Athletic Association Fund
  • Smoky Valley Education Fund

Field of interest funds respond to current and future needs by letting you support a specific cause or geographic area rather than a specific charity. Grants are determined by a local committee.

Field of Interest Fact Sheet

Current Field of Interest Funds

  • Heritage Fund
  • Kansas Health Foundation Fund for Smoky Valley
  • Smoky Valley Healthy Living Fund
  • Aaron Esping 
  • Jenell Hulse Fund
  • Larry & Rebecca VanDerWege Fund

Provisional Funds serve as a short-term vehicle to collect charitable donations for a community project, such as a public-private partnership.

Provisional Fund Fact Sheet

Current Provisional Funds

Scholarship Funds support student education and impact our future leaders.

We offer two different scholarship fund options for donors based on their interest and budget. Designated Scholarship Funds partner with schools and other nonprofits to facilitate the process, whereas the Community Foundation manages the process, start to finish, for Traditional Scholarship Funds.

Scholarship Fund Fact Sheet

Current Scholarship Funds- Designated

  • Jordan Heimer Allied Health Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Korbe Family Nursing Scholarship Fund
  • Lindsborg Art Council Scholarship Fund

Current Scholarship Funds- Traditional

  • A. Jay Steinberg Music Scholarship Fund
  • Brandon Rogers Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Clyde & Glenn Lindstrom Scholarship Fund
  • Dorothy J. Ziegler Music and Art Scholarship Fund
  • Dr. Charles Englund Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Judith K. Burch Scholarship Fund
  • Louis, Ron & Tom Westman Scholarship Fund
  • Mona Peterson Community Service Scholarship Fund
  • Smoky Valley Elementary Education Scholarship Fund

Supports community grantmaking.

  • Smoky Valley Community Enhancement Fund
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