Our grant cycles are just one of the many ways in which the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas supports local nonprofits, churches, schools, and government agencies. Eligible organizations can also establish an agency fund at CFSEK to accept donations and invest their money for their own future use.
Agency fund benefits
Establishing an agency fund with the Foundation offers multiple advantages for local organizations, including:
- Flexibility. Agency funds can be endowed, distributing only income, or non-endowed, able to distribute income and principal. The fund can accept donations from donors via lifetime gifts or under an estate plan. And the establishing agency can choose how its fund should be invested.
- Professional service. CFSEK’s staff handles deposits, grant checks, tax receipts, and thank-you letters. Investments are managed by investment professionals hired by the Community Foundation.
- Experience. CFSEK has been helping local donors and nonprofits since 2001.
- Community promotion. CFSEK is plugged in with local donors, and we connect them to the causes they care about. We also provide visibility for agency funds by promoting them in our newsletter, at annual events, on our website, and in other marketing materials. Plus, endowed agency funds are eligible to participate in Match Day.
- Credibility. As an independent third party administering your organization’s funds, we provide credibility to donors that their gifts will be used as intended.
- Low cost. For agency funds with balances up to $500,000, our annual administrative fee is only 1% of the fund balance or a minimum of $250.
Current agency funds
CFSEK is currently home to several dozen agency funds. The organizations that established these funds recognized the real benefits provided by doing so.
Organizations with CFSEK agency funds include:
- Angels Among Us
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Big Brutus, Inc.
- Catholic Charities, Inc.
- Chicopee Foundation, Inc.
- Children’s Advocacy Center
- Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation
- Crawford County Community Coalition
- Crawford County Fair Association
- Crawford County Historical Museum
- Family Resource Center
- Fostering Connections
- Franklin Community Park
- Friends of the SEK Symphony
- Frontenac Education Foundation
- Habitat for Humanity of Crawford County
- Healthcare Access for All (CHC/SEK)
- Homer Cole Community Center
- Humanities Kansas SEK
- Miners Hall Museum
- Northeast USD 246 Foundation
- Pawprints on the Heartland
- Pittsburg Beautiful
- Pittsburg Community Theatre
- Pittsburg Public Library Foundation
- Pittsburg USD 250 Foundation
- Pittsburg State University Foundation
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Four States
- Safe Families for Children
- SEK Animal Advocates
- SEK Entrepreneur and Small Business Support
- SEK Humane Society
- SEK Interlocal #637
- SEK Recycling
- SEK Women Helping Women
- Southeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging
- Southeast USD 247 Foundation
- Special Olympics Kansas
- St. Mary’s Colgan Catholic Schools
- Stilwell Heritage and Education Foundation
- The Lord’s Diner
- The Salvation Army
- United Way of Southwest Missouri and SEK
- Vetlinks.org
- Vie Medical Clinic
- Wesley House
- Wildcat Extension Education Foundation
Contact us to learn more
If you’re interested in establishing an agency fund for your nonprofit with the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas, or if you’d like more information about doing so, contact us today!