You Can Help

The cost of the KARL Program is approximately $600,000 per class, or  $20,000 per class member. Participants only provide $2,000 each of the two years as tuition —$120,000 total toward program costs—plus some incidental expenses. Foundation, organization, corporate and individual contributions are utilized to provide the remaining $480,000 to cover costs for training the KARL class.  No tax derived funding is asked for or utilized for the program.

Your financial support helps further the educational programs of KARL, Inc. By joining hundreds of others investing in the future of Kansas, you’ll be helping to ensure a strong, positive future for Kansas agriculture and rural communities. Since the office opened in 1990, KARL has helped more than 330 Kansans from 99 Kansas counties improve their leadership skills.

There are a variety of ways to invest in KARL and whatever you choose, your support will further the success of the KARL program:

• Donate through an already existing endowment fund or create your own
• Contribute annually to the general fund
• Underwrite one of the functions during a seminar in your area
• Participate in auctions and other fundraising activities
• Make a charitable bequest to KARL in your will
• In-kind contributions
• Commodity contributions – donate proceeds from a truck of corn, etc…

TESTIMONIAL

Click HERE to view a testimonial from a KARL Donor.  Lee Borck, Chairman of Innovative Livestock Services of Great Bend / Manhattan, Kansas, discusses the importance of recruiting KARL Program candidates and financially supporting the 501c3 not for profit educational corporation, KARL Inc.

GIFTS AND GRANT LITERATURE - PDF AVAILABLE HERE

ESTATE AND PLANNED GIVING FOR KARL

Donors’ generosity has been critically important in developing the successful Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership Program (KARL). In recognition of these special individuals, KARL Inc initiated the KARL LEGACY BENEFACTORS Recognition Program to honor and memorialize the commitment of estate donors. To date eleven benefactors have contributed $213,500 to the KARL Foundation. KARL LEGACY BENEFACTORS are support network members, friends and KARL family members that are willing to share their legacy for the training of future leaders in Kansas. KARL LEGACY BENEFACTORS also encourage others to follow in their footsteps…Others that share their belief in the importance of strong leadership within the agricultural industry and rural communities of Kansas.

Donors maintain complete control over the degree of information shared with KARL Inc regarding their specific plans. Please contact us to learn more, or schedule a visit with our staff.

“Professionally, I often counsel donors about how to decide which charitable organizations to support–typically through a bequest in their will. When Frank I decided to support KARL through a bequest we simply ask ourselves ‘what organizations have had a positive impact on our lives, our children’s lives and on our local and statewide community?’ KARL was near the top of our short list.’ Imagine the impact if every KARL graduate made even a modest bequest to support the KARL Program. As graduates, we have the power to ensure that this program continues and thrives in perpetuity. It has never been more true that ‘together we can accomplish great things!.”
Sandi Fruit- KARL Class IV

Annual Donors

Since its inception, over $4.4 million has been raised and spent on the KARL program from more than 800 entities including individuals, farm and civic organizations, businesses, foundations and corporations. Thanks to their generosity and willingness to invest in the future of Kansas, more than 330 individuals have been able to participate in the Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership program.

Click here to open a PDF listing all Class X donors (2009-2011)

Endowment Funds

Finnup Foundation Trust – Garden City
Raymond & Sarah O’Hara Estate
The Family of Andy Clawson
The Ted & Florence Metcalf Endowment Fund
Family & Friends of Sally Peterson
Phil Gjerstad Memorial Endowment
The Barry L. Flinchbaugh Endowment Fund
21st Century Alliance Endowment Fund
The Lee & Carolyn Musil Endowment Fund

Fellowship Underwriter – $15,000 and above

CHS – Inver Grove Heights, MN
Kennedy and Coe – Salina

Full Leader Sponsors – $10,000 and above

Archer Daniels Midland Co – Decatur, IL
Innovation Center at KSU – Manhattan
Farm Credit System Foundation, Inc. – Washington DC
Kansas Bank Corporation – Johnson
Lee Musil – Burdett

Founders – $5,000 and above

Finnup Foundation Trust – Garden City
Allan & Carolyn Harms – Derby
High Plains Journal – Dodge City
Kansas Bank Association, Ag Bankers Division – Topeka
Kansas Corn Commission – Garnett
Kansas Livestock Association – Topeka

Patrons – $2,500 and above

Agri Beef/Supreme Cattle Feeders – Kismet
Leon Atwell – Beloit
Community National Bank – Edna
Vance & Louise Ehmke – Healy
Farm Credit Associations of Kansas
American Ag Credit – Wichita
Frontier Farm Credit – Manhattan
Farm Credit of SW Kansas – Garden City
Farm Credit of Western Kansas – Colby
Farm Credit of Ness City – Ness City
High Plains Farm Credit – Hays
Larry & Jean Hixson – WaKeeney
Horizon Milling/Cargill – Topeka
Irsik Equities, LP – Ingalls
Kansas Bank Cooperation
Kansas Electric Cooperatives
Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. – Girard
Kaw Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc. – Topeka
Lane-Scott Electric Cooperative, Inc. – Dighton
Pioneer Electric Cooperative, Inc. – Ulysses
Butler REC – El Dorado
Kansas Farm Bureau
Barton County Farm Bureau Assn. – Great Bend
Cowley County Farm Bureau Assn. – Winfield
Crawford Co. Farm Bureau Assn. – Girard
Lane County Farm Bureau Assn. – Dighton
Montgomery County Farm Bureau Assn. – Independence
Nemaha Co. Farm Bureau Assn. – Seneca
Pottawatomie Co. Farm Bureau Assn. – Wamego
Ottawa Co. Farm Bureau Assn. – Minneapolis
Pratt County Farm Bureau Assn. – Pratt
Sedgwick Co. Farm Bureau Assn. – Wichita
Shawnee Co. Farm Bureau – Topeka
Stafford Co. Farm Bureau Assn. – St. John
Kansas Farm Bureau Foundation – Manhattan
Kansas Wheat Commission – Manhattan
Ted and Florence Metcalf – Liberal
Monsanto – St. Louis, MO
Nelson Farms, Inc. – Long Island
Sink, Gilmore & Gordon – Manhattan
Spirit Aerosystems – Wichita
U.S. Premium Beef – Kansas City, MO

KARL, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. All contributions are tax deductible.