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.
Foundation Fact Sheet
• 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 2008-09, more than $630,000 was offered in scholarships to over 440 students.
• 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 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.
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*From - Blazing a Trail by Frank X. Fiedler
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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.