The excitement of building endowments for the future of our gentle rural way of life is not really about the money.

The true value of money is what it can become.  With resources, the Belle Plaine Community Foundation can help provide dollars to make our children healthier and happier, our seniors will be well cared for and the community will continue to be a wonderful place to live!

The Belle Plaine Community Foundation (BPCF) was founded in 1996 to be a legal vehicle for local residents to make charitable gifts back to their community.  With established policies and procedures for prudent investment and stewardship of money under their direction, the Belle Plaine Community Foundation board of directors has a track record of good fund management.  The Foundation awards between $35,000 to $40,000 each year to local scholarships, projects and programs.

Lanore Bishop (pictured) left a legacy to the Belle Plaine and Mulvane communities.  With her gift to the Belle Plaine Community Foundation, Mrs. Bishop insured that students in the Belle Plaine and Mulvane communities studying to become teachers would be able to apply and receive scholarships from the Lanore Bishop Scholarship Fund.