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 The FarmHouse Foundation
 7306 NW Tiffany Spring
 Parkway, Suite 210
 Kansas City, MO 64153
 PH:  (816) 891-9445
 FAX: (816) 891-0838

 FHHQ@FarmHouse.org
 Staff E-Mail Directory

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"FarmHouse has opened so many doors for me and given me the opportunity to work
with great people. It’s wonderful to give back to something I got so much from."
- Dick Kruse (KS ’63)

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Ways to Give

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Cash Donations
Via personal check, credit card, money order, or bank draft.

Online Donations
Make a gift today through PayPal.

Electronic Transfer Gift Program
The easy way to make a gift that works with your budget.

Employer Matching
Many companies offer matching programs to double your charitable contributions.
 



Bequests
Leave a legacy with the FarmHouse Foundation.

Trusts
Compare the benefits of a charitable remainder trust & a charitable lead trust.

Memorial & Recognition Gifts
Make a gift in honor or memory of someone to ensure their legacy lives on in FarmHouse.

100 Legacies in the Making
Learn more about how you can be a part of the 100 Legacies in the Making Campaign.

Gift Illustrator
Explore planned giving with this interactive program.

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Stock Gifts
Learn about the tax benefits of giving stock.

Gift of Grain
Build the future of young FarmHouse men with your agricultural gift.

Real Estate Gifts
Learn how you can donate real estate to FarmHouse.

Insurance Policies
Make a substantial gift to FarmHouse without removing assets from your portfolio.

Donor Advised Fund (DAF)
Use the DAF Direct widget to make a gift to the FarmHouse Foundation or learn more about DAFs.

Foundation Giving Programs & Recognition

All gifts and donations made to the FarmHouse Foundation are tax-deductible. There are three basic types of donations that can be made to the Foundation:

  1. unrestricted gifts (no specific purpose specified for the funds)
  2. restricted gifts (made in accordance with a given objective specified by the donor)
  3. permanently restricted gifts (endowments)

The Foundation recognizes all donors in the Pearls & Rubies Annual Report each year. In addition, the Foundation has several recognition programs. A summary of each program can be found below.

Founders Annual Fund
Recognizes alumni and friends of the Fraternity who provide annual unrestricted gifts to the FarmHouse Foundation, thus fueling much of the service and progress of both the Fraternity and Foundation.

Four Levels of Recognition
(Gifts to the Annual Fund)
• Second 7
   gift of $7,000 or more to the Annual Fund

• Founders Circle
   gift of $1,000 - $6,999 to the Annual Fund

• Charter Circle
   gift of $430 - $699 to the Annual Fund
   (in honor of the 43 chapters chartered)

• Anniversary Circle
   gift of $105 - $429 to the Annual Fund
   (in honor of the years since our founding)

• Donors
   gift of $1-$104 to the Annual Fund

Why the Annual Fund?
As a 501(c)3 charitable entity, the Foundation is in the business of raising and investing money and then distributing it so as to benefit as many undergraduate brothers as possible.

Unrestricted gifts provide discretionary income so that the Foundation and Fraternity can take advantage of new opportunities, adapt to change and develop programs that benefit undergraduates. New programs often begin with the support of unrestricted money.

Unrestricted giving is essential to the Foundation's operation and program. That's why the Foundation Board of Trustees established The Founders Annual Fund Program to particularly honor and recognize donors of unrestricted gifts.
 

Foundation Honor Groups
The FarmHouse Foundation is proud to honor alumni who reach certain giving levels. All gifts to the Foundation are credited to club membership. The Foundation recognizes alumni who reach a level accumulatively or by a lump sum gift.

The following recognition levels
have been established:

• Foundation Member- $100 to $499
   receive distinctive wallet card and certificate

• Foundation Builder- $500 to $999
   recognized with FarmHouse desk accessory

• Foundation Fellow- $1,000 to $4,999
   recognized with a FarmHouse Brass Key
   Ring

• Foundation Club- $5,000 to $9,999
   recognized with a FarmHouse Cross pen

• 1905 Club- $10,000 to $24,999
   individual recognition and gift

• H.K. Wilson Club- $25,000 to $49,999
   individual recognition and gift

• Doane Club- $50,000 to $99,999
   individual recognition and gift

• Century Club- $100,000 and up
   individual recognition and gift

 

Philanthropy Laureates
The FarmHouse Foundation Board of Trustees established the Philanthropy Laureate Award in 1999. This distinguished designation for outstanding philanthropic support is the highest honor bestowed by the Foundation. The recipient(s) must have exhibited great philanthropic intent throughout his/her life and have some connection with FarmHouse as a brother, spouse, parent, relative, etc. Typically the recipient is an individual who has made financial and service contributions of significant dimension to the Foundation, individual FarmHouse chapters and/or society. Recipients may be chosen annually, but they generally will be announced and recognized at a biennial Conclave.

Past Recipients:
1999 William S. May, Oklahoma State ’38
2000 Hilton M. Briggs, Iowa State ‘38
2001 Roy J. Reiman, Iowa State ’55
2002 Robert W. Keefer, Illinois ’51
2003 Gary Schneidmiller, Washington ’68
2004 Robert W. Dahlberg, Iowa State ‘47
2005 Richard D. Kruse, Kansas ‘63
2006 Douglas D. Sims, Illinois ‘65
2007 Jack G. Haselbush, Colorado ’67
2008 Harold B. Steele, Illinois ‘41
 

Other Ways to Give Back to FarmHouse

  1. Serve as an alumnus mentor – guiding undergraduates who are majoring in your field.
  2. Help with New Member Education sessions – in areas such as scholarship/study skills, alcohol/risk management, Parliamentary procedure, etiquette/social skills, hazing prevention, sexual assault/rape, diversity, confrontation skills, resumes/interviewing, and personal finance.
  3. Put on a parliamentary procedure workshop for underclassmen.
  4. Serve as a contact for getting brothers from your era back for Homecoming, Founders Day, and other alumni events.
  5. Put together a newsletter once a year for your pledge class – recapping what your pledge brothers are doing now.
  6. Help edit and design the chapter-association newsletter.
  7. Serve on the local Association Board.
  8. Visit your chapter house regularly.
  9. Assist your chapter with recruitment.
  10. Recruitment Workshop facilitator.
  11. Host summer chapter/alumni recruitment event.
  12. Host chapter recruiters overnight when they are making personal home visits to recruits.
  13. Help develop Recruitment Brochures/CDs/materials.
  14. Volunteer to serve as contact for new chapter officers (if you were a past treasurer, volunteer to serve as chapter treasurer contact person).
  15. Chapter fundraising assistance – help a chapter find work opportunities or other ideas for fundraising activities.
  16. Organize and assist with an informal FarmHouse alumni club in your city.
  17. Put on a Personal Finance workshop for juniors and seniors in your chapter.
  18. Facilitate at a chapter total member education session.
  19. If you see a lot of resumes, volunteer to put on a resume preparation workshop.
  20. Assist by putting on a Career Networking workshop.
  21. Serve as Association/Chapter volunteer legal counsel.
  22. Serve as a chapter advisor.
  23. Scholarship banquet coordinator/speaker.
  24. Offer to be a chapter Bible study facilitator.
  25. Volunteer to be a facilitator for a chapter retreat.
  26. Host a chapter camping trip and/or retreat (farm/lake house).
  27. Volunteer to conduct the annual chapter/association audit for no charge.
  28. Consider working for FarmHouse International – either full-time or part-time in expansion.
  29. Conduct mock interview with chapter members.
  30. Help start a FarmHouse chapter on a campus near you.
  31. Serve on the local FarmHouse Foundation Council.
  32. Volunteer to put on a leadership training program.
  33. Attend Conclave.
  34. Volunteer to attend a chapter meal as the VIP Alumni and speak at the meal about your career and what FH means to you.
  35. Help out with maintenance, repairs, and other house projects at your local chapter.
  36. Help with a house project work weekend – an annual summer/spring Saturday event for alumni/chapter to tackle manual labor/work projects on the house or grounds.
  37. Assist with a regional conference.
  38. Serve on the International Board or Foundation Board.
  39. Keep FarmHouse International updated on any address changes and where life has taken you.
  40. Remember FarmHouse with a financial gift to the FarmHouse Foundation.

The FarmHouse Foundation • 7306 NW Tiffany Spring Parkway, Suite 210 • Kansas City, MO 64153
PH:  (816) 891-9445 • FAX: (816) 891-0838 •
FHHQ@FarmHouse.org
Foundation Board of Trustees and Staff


WHY I GIVE

 
"The financial
assistance the
Foundation provided to
help get me through
college was significant.
Thank you for all of the
work you do to make
that happen."

- Mark Jirik (ND ’95)

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