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Hutchinson Community Foundation a partner in science-based early childhood initiative By Wendy Skellenger | Hutchinson Community Foundation   Bobbie Cooprider knows you can read a house by watching the child. Through observing the child, Cooprider says, one can gain a sense of the household's normal routines and family dynamics....

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] [caption id="attachment_2663" align="alignnone" width="300"] The 2017-2018 Youth Philanthropy Council members were Trenton Hopkins, Grant Owens, Mary Waln, Maria Urwiller, Eunique Negron, Payton Paramore, Vaughn Mahoney, Makaila Bergeron, D’Naeya Gray, Allison Link, Alex Altum, Trae Gehring, Dan Mailloux, Grace...

The Youth Philanthropy Council of the Hutchinson Community Foundation announced $3,000 in grants from the Richard W. Dillon Memorial Fund for Youth Philanthropy at an awards ceremony on March 5 at Dillon Nature Center. The Youth Philanthropy Council (YPC) is a youth-led grant making program designed...

We're excited about the first-ever Make It Greater Grants announcement, which took place during Play on Plum on April 22nd. In the Make It Greater Grants program, we put building and nurturing community front and center in our grantmaking. Our aim is to support the work...

Since 2014, Hutchinson Community Foundation has been learning and sharing information about a concept known as the Overhead Myth, and we recently released an issue brief on the topic. "Overcoming the Overhead Myth" asks nonprofit donors, board members and staff members to reconsider how we...

The Youth Philanthropy Council of the Hutchinson Community Foundation awarded $3,000 in grants from the Richard W. Dillon Memorial Fund for Youth Philanthropy on March 6 at Dillon Nature Center. The YPC is comprised of 19 high school students from across Reno County. These youth have met...

On Match Day, May 3, 2016, Hutchinson Community Foundation received 1,376 gifts from 729 donors totaling $213,401. Combined with the Community Foundation's match and prizes, $268,101 was leveraged for the 35 participating Reno County nonprofits. A majority of the donations came in the form of...