MAKE A DONATION Download the Match Week Donation Form The Girard Area Community Foundation (GACF) has expanded it’s annual Match Day event into Match Week, taking place from Monday, November 10 through Friday, November 14, 2025! Match Week is an exciting fundraising campaign to help provide matching funds for community contributions to participating charitable funds. Match … Continue reading →
Applications for the 2025 Girard Area Community Foundation (GACF) grant cycle are available at GirardAreaFoundation.org/Grant-App until midnight on September 30th. Grants are available for 501(c)(3) public charities, religious institutions, schools, and government agencies serving the communities of Girard, Farlington, Brazilton, Hepler, Beulah, Walnut, and McCune. “The Girard Area Community Foundation is excited to announce the … Continue reading →
The Girard Area Community Foundation (GACF) is holding our 10th annual GACF Coed Softball Tournament on Saturday, August 16, 2025! This annual event raises funds for GACF operations and increases the amount we can grant to the nonprofit organizations that work so hard to make Girard and the surrounding areas an even better place to … Continue reading →
The Girard Area Community Foundation (GACF) is hosting its fifth annual charity golf tournament on Saturday, May 31, 2025! This 18-hole, two-person scramble will be held at Crawford Hills Golf Course in Girard, Kansas, with an 8 a.m. tee time. The cost to participate is $80 per team, with prizes for longest drive on hold … Continue reading →
The Girard Area Community Foundation (GACF) and the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas (CFSEK) hosted the Cultivating Your Legacy: Farm & Ranch Transition Planning Luncheon on Saturday, March 15, at Girard High School. The luncheon featured Ashlee Westerhold, director of K-State’s Office of Farm and Ranch Transition, who spoke about the importance of, the various … Continue reading →
Students from throughout Southeast Kansas will receive support for their education thanks to the 2025 scholarship cycle at the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas and its affiliates, including the Girard Area Community Foundation. Scholarship applications for the 2025-2026 school year became available January 15 and will remain open until 11:59 p.m. March 31. CFSEK and … Continue reading →
The Girard Area Community Foundation (GACF) is proud to announce the recipients of their 2024 GACF Grant cycle! Since 2014, GACF has awarded over $450,000 in grants during its grant cycles, supporting more than 140 grants to the Girard area and across Crawford County. “Our community is so fortunate to have the Girard Area Community Foundation,” said GACF President Danielle Randall. “This is my 8th year on the GACF board of trustees, and I love driving around town and seeing … Continue reading →
UPDATE: Match Day is live! Give now to support your community! The Girard Area Community Foundation (GACF) will be hosting Match Day 2024 on National Giving Tuesday, December 3. GACF has set aside $25,000 to match community contributions to participating charitable funds. Each participating fund will receive a prorated match out of the $25,000 match … Continue reading →
UPDATE: Applications for GACF’s 2024 competitive-grant cycle were due September 30 and are no longer being accepted. The original version of this post follows: The Girard Area Community Foundation (GACF) is excited to announce that GACF grant applications for 2024 are now open! Our competitive grant applications are available until September 30. For 2024, up … Continue reading →
Last night, we hosted our annual Founders’ & Grant Banquet at the Catholic Hall in Girard. It was a fantastic evening honoring our grant recipients and all the great work they do in Girard and surrounding communities. For 2023, we awarded $65,193 in competitive grants to 13 amazing organizations! Thanks to all those who could … Continue reading →