Donors

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Foundation

Albany Campus
Calapooia Center, Room 107
foundation@linnbenton.edu
541-917-4561
 

Opening doors, embracing perspectives, flexing the innovation muscle. At LBCC, we build partnerships that bring game-changing opportunities to the region we serve, from high school transitions to new careers to continuing education.

For everyone who joins our learning community, we work to connect education to success … to foster personal growth and transformation … to help students discover their purpose and achieve it.

LBCC makes a difference. And your partnership is why we can.

 

Donate

There are many ways to support the students and community of LBCC with your generous contribution today.

Ways to Give

Participate

We host multiple events throughout the year, giving you many fun and exciting opportunities to support LBCC and its students.

Events & Campaigns

 

Board of Trustees

Officers

  • President: Hedie Schulte, Albany
  • Vice President: Jo Ann McQueary, Sweet Home
  • Treasurer: Lauri Lehman, Philomath
  • Secretary: Betty Malone, Philomath
  • Past President: Penny York, Corvallis

Members

  • Marty Cahill, Lebanon
  • Jeannie Davis, Lebanon
  • Jeff Davis, Corvallis
  • Charlie Eads, Albany
  • Carolyn Gardner, Corvallis
  • Diane Merten, Corvallis
  • Rose Peda, Sweet Home
  • Dick Running, Albany
  • Dan Segel, Portland

Ex-Officio

  • Lisa Avery, LBCC President
  • Sheldon Flom, LBCC VP of Finance & Operations
  • Edene Ehlers, Classified Representative
  • Joshua Hewitt, Student Representative
  • Abby Workman, Student Representative

LBCC’s website is the best source for scholarship information. You can find scholarship information here. The Foundation annually provide more than 200 scholarships awards that total about $400,000.

Although the Foundation’s mission is focused on providing support to LBCC students, the Foundation is an independent 501(c)(3) with its own Board of Trustees and is a legally separate entity from the college.

The Foundation supports a wide range of areas to help LBCC students – or those who need help in becoming an LBCC student. Through the passionate giving of its donors, the Foundation raises money to support academic and job training programs, provides scholarships to deserving students, supports improved and expanded facilities, and funds student support services to increase their success, among many other things.

Foundation operations are funded through a combination of revenue from earnings from investments, unrestricted gifts, administrative fees and direct support from LBCC.

The Foundation charges a one-time fee of 5% on all gifts and up to a 1.2% annual fee on restricted endowment funds.

The administrative fee allows the Foundation to reduce the direct funding support it receives from LBCC, thus freeing college funds for education. Administrative fee revenue is directly related to the Foundation's cost of doing business, which includes the cost of managing funds, fund-raising, administering the scholarship application, selection and disbursement process, and costs associated with record keeping, receipting accounting, investment and fund disbursement.

Our administrative fee (sometimes referred to as a gift fee) is smaller than most administrative fees at college and university foundations throughout Oregon and the US, including the University of Oregon and Oregon State University Foundations. Many fund-raising non-profits also have administrative fees. Fees for county-based United Ways, for example, have fees ranging from 8% to 15%.

Learn how we change students' lives.

The Foundation's annual report includes yearly messages from our college leaders, student stories, and additional relevant financial information.

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Steven Broncheau (he/him)

Executive Director

bronchs@linnbenton.edu
541-917-4784

 

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Linnea Everts (she/her)

Manager, Government Relations & Development and Stewardship
evertsl@linnbenton.edu
541-917-4203 

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Matt Scotton (he/him)

Public Information Officer & External Communications
scottom@linnbenton.edu
541-917-4415

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Ashley Plagmann (she/her)

Coordinator, Scholarships and Foundation
plagmaa@linnbenton.edu
541-917-4411

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Jim Birken (he/him)

Manager, Planned Giving
jim.birken@linnbenton.edu
541-760-0295

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Justin Williams (he/him)

Manager, Sponsorships & Events
williaj@linnbenton.edu
541-917-4284

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Tricia Woods (she/her)

Administrative Secretary
woodstr@linnbenton.edu
541-917-4561