Ways to Give
Support your passion by making a gift that impacts the lives of students in our community for generations to come. We work together to provide support to our community.
Click the donate button above to give online.
Online
Gifts made by check should be made payable to the GCCC Endowment Association, and can be mailed or dropped by the office.
To securely give with a credit card simply click on the donation link or call 620-276-9670
Cash, Check or Credit Card
Gifts to the GCCC Endowment Association can express deep personal connections. They can mark special occasions such as birthdays or anniversaries, honor friends or mentors or memorialize loved ones. There is no more meaningful way to celebrate an occasion, a friendship or a life, than to make a gift that will benefit others far into the future. We will send acknowledgements of honorary gifts to the living honorees.
Gifts in Memory or Honor
You may be able to multiply the impact of your gift! Many businesses participate in a matching gift program where your gift to the association may be matched by your employer. Your gift could be increased from one to three times for each dollar contributed. Check with your human resources department for details.
Matching Gifts
You may be able to create more opportunities and give more back than you think possible!
The Endowment Association offers free legacy counseling in partnership with Commerce Trust Company and Western Kansas Community Foundation. Estate and gift planner Josh Howard, J.D., of Clark, Mize & Linville, Chartered, can help design a comprehensive, personalized plan to carry out your wishes. The planning addresses both desired family and charitable gifts as well as efficient administration.
Gift planning often reduces taxes on your income and estate, which can benefit both GCCC and you personally.
Legacy Gift Options:
· IRA Charitable Gifts (a/k/a qualified charitable distributions)
· Gifts of Highly Appreciated Property (such a grain or farm equipment)
· Real Estate (retain life estate or testamentary gift)
· Life Insurance
· Charitable Remainder Trusts
Gifts in your will or revocable living trust may be left to GCCC as follows:
I give to the Garden City Community College Endowment Association, a nonprofit corporation, currently located at 801 Campus Drive, Garden City, Kansas, to be used for its unrestricted charitable use and purpose.
If you've already included the GCCC Endowment Association in your estate plan, please contact us, so we can thank you and ensure that your gift is properly recognized.
Planned Giving
Dillons Community Rewards
Dillons Community Rewards is a quick and easy way to help the GCCC Endowment Association, all you have to do is shop at Dillons and swipe your Plus Shopper’s Card!
Dillons is committed to helping communities grow and prosper. Every quarter, year after year, Dillons gives away $500,000 to local schools, churches, and other nonprofit organizations through the Community Rewards Program. Each enrolled program receives a portion of the annual $2 million based on the number of participants and how much each customer spends. So get to shopping and swiping!
A customer must have three things to register and begin supporting the GCCC Endowment Association:
A Plus card, available at any store by asking an associate or online
A valid email address (can be obtained from any free online service and may be anonymous)
A personalized account on the Dillons website (can also be anonymous)
TO ENROLL IN THE COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM WITH YOUR DILLONS PLUS CARD:
Visit the Dillons website here
Sign in OR create an account
Click on “Enroll Now”
Search for us by our name: GCCC Endowment Association
Select “GCCC Endowment Association” and click on “Enroll”
Stewardship
As a reminder of our obligation to effectively steward contributions made to Garden City Community College Endowment Association, we adhere to the following guidelines:
All gifts will be acknowledged in a timely and personal manner.
A contribution accepted with a restricted purpose must be used for that purpose.
If the Association finds itself unable to utilize a contribution for its stated purpose, this will be communicated with the donor so that an alternative usage can be arranged.
Whenever feasible, and especially with endowment gifts, annual impact reports will be shared with the donor.
Proper recognition will always be given to the benefactor and public recognition must be approved by the donor.
The value of any substantial benefits as a result of contributions must be reported to each contributor.
Contributions will be accounted for using generally accepted accounting principles, which will provide a consistent, timely and accurate reporting of all gifts to the association.