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The Educational Foundation

The Wytheville Community College Educational Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to foster and promote the growth, progress, and general welfare of Wytheville Community College. Through private contributions, the WCC Educational Foundation:

• Manages over 100 different scholarship endowments and funds, awarding approximately $100,000 each year to qualified WCC students.
• Helps purchase special equipment and supplies for WCC programs and activities.
• Seeks funding for capital projects, having recently secured $1.5 million for construction of the William F. Snyder Auditorium and $75,000 for creation of the Chitwood Nursing Lab.
• Supports professional development opportunities for WCC faculty and staff to help employees remain current in their respective fields.
• Assists with the college’s delivery of services at the Crossroads Institute in Galax and at the Smyth County Education Center in Atkins.
• Helps provide funding for the college’s Kegley Library, a special local history collection.
• Supports WCC’s participation in various community events and projects.
• Provides various academic, recognition, and service awards to WCC students, faculty, staff, and friends
  of the college.

A 19-member Board of Directors with representatives from all areas of the college’s service region govern the WCC Educational Foundation. A host of community leaders and WCC alumni serve as volunteers during annual and special fund-raising campaigns. The recent “Forging Futures Capital Campaign” secured over $3 million to support WCC. As of June 30, 2009, the WCC Educational Foundation’s net assets totaled $5.2 million.

In addition to the WCC Educational Foundation, a second non-profit 501(c)(3) organization provides scholarships for economically disadvantaged WCC students who meet specified federal poverty guidelines. The WCC Scholarship Foundation, Inc. receives special state tax credits through the Department of Social Services’ Neighborhood Assistance Program. This allows the WCC Scholarship Foundation to award a 40 percent state tax credit to qualified businesses and individuals, in addition to offering tax deductions for charitable contributions. As of June 30, 2009, net assets of the WCC Scholarship Foundation totaled $354,669. The WCC Scholarship Foundation is governed by a 13-member Board of Directors, with representatives from all areas of the college’s service region.

Private support greatly enhances the work of Wytheville Community College. The WCC Educational Foundation accepts gifts of cash, stock, and real estate, as well as works with donors who may wish to make planned gifts through bequests, charitable remainder trusts, annuities, life insurance, or other types of special donations. The WCC Scholarship Foundation accepts primarily gifts of cash or stock. Contributions to both the WCC Educational Foundation and the WCC Scholarship Foundation are tax deductible as allowable by IRS guidelines.

For more information about the WCC Educational Foundation or the WCC Scholarship Foundation, please contact Dr. Rhonda K. Catron-Wood, Director of College Development, at 276-223-4772.