Simply stated the purposes of the Foundation are as follows:

1. The Foundation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, and educational purposes.
2. The Foundation is organized to receive charitable contributions and to provide the funding that carries out the charitable,  and educational objectives of the Kiwanis Club of Sun City Georgetown.
3. The Foundation is organized to provide such funding either by direct grants and scholarships to worthy recipients or by grants to other organizations that qualify as tax-exempt organizations.

A goal of Your Foundation is to establish a "Corpus"* large enough to draw interest to support activities of the Club.

*Webster says: corpus n. the principal as distinguished from interest or income of an investment.

A seven member Board of Trustees, all of whom are members of the Kiwanis Club of Sun City Georgetown , directs the Foundation. The trustees, their offices, and their terms of service are as follows:

Bylaws

Resolutions

Memorandum of Understand (MOU)

Service Project Check Request Form

Donations, Memorials and Tributes

News

Minutes

History

Donations, Memorials and Tributes

The Foundation actively solicits and gladly receives donations honoring Kiwanians for their service or in memory of relatives and friends whom people would chose to remember. Contributions to the Foundation for any reason are tax deductible and will ultimately benefit the children of Williamson County, Texas, and the world. The Foundation’s long-term goal is to build a corpus from which interest can be drawn to further support the charitable work of the Club.

Memorials:  It's never easy telling someone "I care" when a relative, friend or fellow Kiwanian is lost.  You want to express yourself, but words are inadequate.  A memorial may help you convey your emotion and concern.

Tributes:  One the occasions of a birth, anniversary, birthday, or other "happy" event, you may choose to contribute to the Sun City Georgetown Kiwanis Foundation.  This allows you to honor someone while at the same time help children in need through your Sun City Georgetown Kiwanis Foundation.

To download and print the Donations, Memorials and Tributes Form  Click Here.

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Resolutions

Resolutions 11-22-2011

• Foundation Investment Committee

• Corpus Growth Committee

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Foundation News

January  24, 2012

• The Trustees elected Linda McDaniel as Vice-Treasurer

• Planning four 15 minute presentations to  the Kiwanis Club of Sun City Georgetown, two in February and two in March.

November 22, 2011

• The Trustees voted unanimously to amend the Bylaws

  • Summary of major Bylaw changes

• The Trustees passed two resolutions to

  • Create a Foundation Investment Committee

  • Create a Corpus Growth Committee

October 4, 2011

• The following Trustees were elected as officers of the Board of Trustees for the 2011-2012 year:

  • Kent Buikema, Chairman

  • Don Ballard, Secretary

  • Mert Darling, Treasurer

• The Trustees voted unanimously to approve the Memorandum of Understanding between the Sun City Georgetown Kiwanis Foundation and the Kiwanis Club of Sun City Georgetown.

August 24, 2011

• Elections were held on August 23, 2011 to replace Trustees Lew Richardson, Bill White and Herb Wilkins, whose terms of office expire September 30, 2011. The new Trustees are Mert Darling, Linda McDaniel and Bill White and their term runs from October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2014.

• The Trustees voted unanimously to amend the Bylaws to allow electronic/email voting under certain conditions.

• The Trustees voted unanimously voted to accept the following Kiwanis Club of Sun City Georgetown club members to serve on the Scholarship Committee: Arline Willbanks, Kim Moran, Herb Smith, Steve Soelberg and Chuck Grahm (Chairman).

June 20, 2011

• At a recent meeting of your Foundation Board of Trustees, the Trustees voted to change the term of office for trustees to October 1 through September 30.  The term now coincides with the new fiscal year.  Chairman Kent Buikema appointed a committee of Bill White (chair), Lew Richardson, John Bickle, and Herb Wilkins to investigate "How to Invade the Corpus".  Trustees Bob Barnes, Bill Whie,and Don Ballard and member Steve Fought continue to discuss "Planned Giving", they are planning a presentation to the membership in the near future.

April 2011

• The Foundation thanks Mert Darling for taking the necessary steps with the IRS to change the fiscal year of the Sun City Georgetown Kiwanis Foundation’s fiscal year to October 1 through September 30. The fiscal year now coincides with the fiscal year of the Kiwanis Club of Sun City Georgetown . Thanks Mert.

December 21, 2010

• Annual Meeting

• Don Ballard and Bob Barnes re-elected to the Board of Trustees for the term January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2013.

• The following Trustees were re-elected as officers of the Board of Trustees

  • Kent Buikema, Chairman

  • Don Ballard, Secretary

  • Lew Richardson, Treasurer

November 30, 2010

• The Foundation Bylaws were amended.

• Process begun to set up a Planned Giving Program as suggested by Steve Fought.

•  Thank you to the Club Member who contributed $1500 to the Foundation Corpus. The Member chooses to remain anonymous but strongly encourages other members to follow this example of annual giving to our Foundation. With your support we can grow the Corpus.

• Your Foundation and the Kiwanis Board have both signed the Memorandum of Understanding. We will both work together for the betterment of the club.
  Many thanks to Don Ballard and Bob Barnes for their service on the Board of Trustees. Their terms expire on Dec. 31 of this year.

November 1, 2010

Things are a happenin':

• Your Foundation is in the process of changing its fiscal year to correspond to that of the Club's (October 1 to September 30)
• Mert Darling is assisting treasurer Lew Richardson in the process, THANKS Mert.
• Bylaw changes will be needed to reflect the change in the fiscal year.  Some other changes will also be made.
• The CORPUS is alive and well and growing slowly, it now exceeds $46,000.00
• At our October 5, 2010 Board meeting Conflict of Interest Policy and Procedures were adopted
• A policy statement on "Ethics" will be considered.
• Your Foundation has agreed to cooperate with the Club's Board to produce a quarterly report to the club.  The first report is scheduled for January 25, 2011 meeting.

April 27, 2010

At the April 27, 2010 Board of Trustee's meeting the Trustee's approved the Scholarship Committee's recommendations to aware scholarships to Jeremy Cuba, Georgetown High School; Nancy Juarez, Jarrell High School; and Amanda Burrow, Richarte High School. These students were selected from a group of 50 applicants from the three schools. Congratulations to this years winners.

December 15, 2009

At the December 15 Trustee meeting the Foundation Board of Trustees choose Bob Barnes to fill out the term of Trustee Georgia Hopper, who resigned. Kent Buikema was elected to continue as a Trustee.  Marshall Pearlstein was elected to replace Lydia Rives, whose term as Trustee expired at the end of December.

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Foundation Minutes

• November 22, 2011
• October 4, 2011
• August 23, 2011
• June 14, 2011
• March 8, 2011
• December 21, 2011
• November 30, 2010
• November 16, 2010
• October 5, 2010
• April 27, 2010
• January 26, 2010
• January 12, 2010
• December 15, 2009

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