Our History - Big Walnut Education Foundation

A Brief History of The Big Walnut Education Foundation

The Big Walnut Education Foundation was founded in 1994 with a $20,000 donation.

From that, we awarded our first $6,000 in scholarships in 1995.

That first donation in 1994 initiated a giving movement in our community.

Thanks to our generous donors, Big Walnut students have received well over $2 million since our founding in 1994. These scholarships are paid with donations, interest, dividends, and capital gains—allowing our nearly $1,900,000+ principal to continue growing.

And thanks to our volunteer board, all donations go to our students. Countless individuals have worked tirelessly over the decades to advance the mission of the Big Walnut Education Foundation.

We are grateful to all donors and trustees who have dedicated their time and savings to lifting young people in the Big Walnut Community. The positive impacts of their work are immeasurable.

You, too, can contribute today.

Thank you.

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Acceptance of any contribution, gift or grant is at the discretion of the Big Walnut Education Foundation. The Big Walnut Education Foundation will not accept any gift unless it can be used or expended consistently with the purpose and mission of the Big Walnut Education Foundation.

No irrevocable gift, whether outright or life-income in character, will be accepted if under any reasonable set of circumstances the gift would jeopardize the donor’s financial security.

The Big Walnut Education Foundation will refrain from providing advice about the tax or other treatment of gifts and will encourage donors to seek guidance from their own professional advisers to assist them in the process of making their donation.

The Big Walnut Education Foundation will accept donations of cash or publicly traded securities. Gifts of in-kind services will be accepted at the discretion of the Big Walnut Education Foundation.

Certain other gifts, real property, personal property, in-kind gifts, non-liquid securities, and contributions whose sources are not transparent or whose use is restricted in some manner, must be reviewed prior to acceptance due to the special obligations raised or liabilities they may pose for Big Walnut Education Foundation.

The Big Walnut Education Foundation will provide acknowledgments to donors meeting tax requirements for property received by the charity as a gift. However, except for gifts of cash and publicly traded securities, no value shall be ascribed to any receipt or other form of substantiation of a gift received by Big Walnut Education Foundation.

The Big Walnut Education Foundation will respect the intent of the donor relating to gifts for restricted purposes and those relating to the desire to remain anonymous. With respect to anonymous gifts, the Big Walnut Education Foundation will restrict information about the donor to only those staff members with a need to know.

The Big Walnut Education Foundation will not compensate, whether through commissions, finders' fees, or other means, any third party for directing a gift or a donor to the Big Walnut Education Foundation.

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