Central Oregon Community College (COCC) Foundation's purpose, as stated in the articles of incorporation, is to exist exclusively for the benefit of Central Oregon Community College, its faculty and students in the furtherance of the educational and charitable activities of the College.
It does so through providing financial assistance to students, fiscal support for college programs, and occasionally running campaigns in support of needed college capital improvements.
• Established in 1955 with a first year's achievement of $5,000. In 2007 assets managed by the Foundation total over $10 million dollars • In fiscal year 2007-2008, $548,000 was offered in scholarships • The COCC Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization, separate from the college and governed by a 16 member volunteer board of trustees composed of professional, business, and community leaders • Contributions to the Foundation are tax deductible. The Foundation accepts unrestricted gifts and also directs gifts to where the donor desires to meet a particular college and student need Some examples are: Automotive Department Changing Directions Club Sports Community Opportunity Fund Culinary Arts Department Fine Arts Department Forestry Department Geology Department Humanities Department Central Oregon Community College Library Literacy Program Adult Basic Education Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program Nursing Department Student Success
• Established in 1955 with a first year's achievement of $5,000. In 2007 assets managed by the Foundation total over $10 million dollars
• In fiscal year 2007-2008, $548,000 was offered in scholarships
• The COCC Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization, separate from the college and governed by a 16 member volunteer board of trustees composed of professional, business, and community leaders
• Contributions to the Foundation are tax deductible. The Foundation accepts unrestricted gifts and also directs gifts to where the donor desires to meet a particular college and student need
Some examples are:
Automotive Department Changing Directions Club Sports Community Opportunity Fund Culinary Arts Department Fine Arts Department Forestry Department Geology Department Humanities Department Central Oregon Community College Library Literacy Program Adult Basic Education Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program Nursing Department Student Success
For more information about the Foundation or to make a contribution, please contact mailto:jweaver@cocc.edu or call us at: (541)383-7225. Most of all, be sure to click here to read stories of the impact made in the lives of students by donors.
*From - Blazing a Trail by Frank X. Fiedler
The Foundation's first meeting in October 1955 in the Trailways Coffee Shop in Downtown Bend.
From left to right: Don Pence, William Miller, Kenneth Sawyer, Webster Loy and Alva Goodrich.