The USD 364 Foundation is a private, non-profit corporation established to provide private support for the educational programs of students in USD 364.

The Foundation is independent of the school district, yet works closely with the public schools. Acting as a broker between the private sector and public education, the Foundation seeks to develop a long term financial resource base using the interest from the base to meet the stated purposes.

1) To establish a monetary fund to be used for educational projects or grants throughout the USD 364 public school system.

2) To provide Financial benefits to individual students worthy of scholarship assistance.

3) To create initiatives supporting imaginative and creative teachers or other school system personnel.

4) To develop and nourish school improvement projects

5) To provide financial support as a supplement to teaching resources available to the teaching staff of the school district.

Ways to Contribute:

By writing a check to the Foundation.

By making a yearly donation or pledge to the foundation.

By including the USD 364 Foundation in you will.

By transferring ownership of stock or bonds to the USD 364 Foundation.

By buying a special insurance policy from your insurance agent with the Foundation as the beneficiary or owner of the policy.

By donating property to the Foundation. If your property increased in value over the years you will avoid capital gains tax.

By buying a Charitable Gift Annuity. The annuity will pay a set rate of interest, based on your age, for as long as you live. At your death the annuity is a gift to the Foundation.

Unless otherwise scheduled, the funds provided will be placed in a "trust" where the principal will be invested, and the interest earnings alone will provide revenues which will assure stability to meet Foundation needs.