Becoming a Donor
The Watertown Community Foundation has accomplished great things because of donors who have supported our mission to improve the quality of life in Watertown by promoting charity, education and culture in the community.
You can:
** Support
the Watertown
Community Foundation’s ongoing work with an unrestricted gift
of any amount
** Contribute to an existing fund.
Agency Endowment Funds
Nonprofit
agencies and charitable organizations may
establish an agency
endowment fund at the Watertown Community Foundation to create
permanent funding sources for their programs, ensuring long-term
organizational objectives. Agency Endowment funds are as follows:
Arrow
Education Foundation
Fund
(established
in 1997)
Established by the
Watertown Alumni Association to
support educational programs and projects in the Watertown Schools.
Boys and
Girls Club of Watertown
Fund (established
2004)
An agency endowment
established by the Boys and
Girls Club of Watertown for use by that organization to provide
behavioral guidance and to promote the health, social, educational,
vocational and character development of youth.
Codington County Historical Society Fund (established 2006) An agency endowment established by the Codington County Historical Society for use by that organization for the preservation, interpretation, and dissemination of the heritage of Codington County, South Dakota.
Codington
County Search and Rescue
Fund (established 2005)
An agency endowment
established by the Codington County Search and Rescue Team for use by
that organization.
Friends
of Acoustic and Blues Fund
An agency fund established by Friends of Acoustic and Blues for use by
that organization.
Goss
Foundation Fund
An agency
endowment established by the Goss Foundation for use by that
organization.
The Joy Ranch
Fund (established in 2007)
An agency endowment
established by The Joy Ranch for use by that organization.
Lake Area
Zoological Society (established 2001)
An agency endowment established by the Lake Area
Zoological Society for use by that
organization.
Mellette Memorial Association Fund
Prairie
Lakes Health Care Foundation
Fund
(established
1996)
An endowment funded initially by PLHCF which is open to
community
support. It supports the activities and
purposes of
Prairie Lakes Health Care System, Inc.
Preschool
Scholarship Fund
Donors
recognize that children who participate in preschool are less likely to
repeat a grade or require special education and are more likely to
graduate from high school. Selection of the scholarship
recipients shall be made through an application process at the
Town Players
Fund
(established 2008)
An agency endowment established by Town Players for use by that
organization. Town Players has been challenged by the Watertown
Community Foundation to raise $25,000 in endowment prior to 2010 to
qualify for a one-to-one match up to $25,000 from the Watertown
Community Foundation.
United Way
Donor
Fund
(established
1988)
An agency endowment established by Watertown Area United
Way for use by that organization.
An agency endowment established by WCSDSL to support
symphony concerts in
Watertown
Area Disaster Relief
Fund (established
in 1997)
Established through a
donation of the residuals from the Income Continuation Loan program.
Watertown
Area Special Olympics Fund
(established 2001)
For the operation of
Watertown Area Special Olympics
Watertown
Police Department Fund
An agency endowment fund established to support Watertown Police
Department activities to include
Watertown Regional Library Fund
Watertown
Resource Center Fund
(established 2007)
An agency endowment established by the Women's Resource Center for use
by that organization.
An agency endowment established by the Watertown Senior Citizens for
use by that organization.
Watertown
Trail Fund
Established to promote the planning, acquisition, construction and
maintenance of a public system of hiking and bicycling trails
throughout the City of
** Start your
own fund
The Watertown
Community Foundation currently manages
over fifty funds
that benefit a diverse range of causes and needs. These funds
are
combined in a pool whose earnings are disbursed to nonprofit
organizations, charitable and educational projects and scholarships
according to the intent of each donor.
211 East
Kemp Avenue, P.O. Box 116, Watertown, SD 57201-0116
605.882.3731 Fax
605.753.5731
email: info@watertowncommunityfoundation.org