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Colene Read, who was nominated by Austin Lee, received the 2021 Elizabeth Kinch Generosity Award. Colene serves as director of Derby...

Motivating students to work together to develop their strengths, encourage collaboration, build trust, mitigate conflict and improve...

In 2021, the Derby Community Foundation lost one of the organization’s founding members and the Derby area lost one of its most...

Members of the DHS Class of 2022 are encouraged to apply for local scholarships administered by the Derby Community Foundation. Over...

We're sending you the warmest of wishes for a HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON! We're wishing a happy holidays to you and your loved ones! Thanks to...

The Derby Community Foundation's Annual VETERAN'S DAY CELEBRATION is November 11th at 2pm! Please join us on November 11th at 2 p.m. for...

The deadline to apply for our Community Enrichment Grants is November 22nd!

Check out our NEW WEBSITE! After months of hard work, we are proud to announce the Derby Community Foundation's new website.

Memorial Day is a great day to honor a loved one who served in the U.S. military by purchasing a brick for the Derby Area Veteran's...

Contributions made to any Derby Community Foundation fund will be matched from a pool of $10,000. Endowed funds will be matched $1 for...

Before COVID turned the world upside down, the Derby Community Foundation began the year settling into office space donated by Keith...

Longtime Derby resident Jim Coffey passed away in April. The local insurance agent was a former member of the DCF Board of Directors...

In April, when our community began to feel the pandemic’s impact, the DCF Board froze all requests for Community Enrichment Grants in...

When Kansas school buildings were closed in March 2020, we had to adjust the scholarship application, selection and awarding processes....

Generous is the first word that most people would use to describe Jean Garinger, recipient of the Derby Community Foundation 2020...

Please consider an end-of-year gift to the Derby Community Foundation. Donating to the DCF is easy: online contributions may be made to...

Uncorked 2020: LEAP Into Wonderland was held on LEAP Day, February 29—before we were aware of the pandemic. The annual gala successfully...

Uncommon acts of generosity broke out in Derby during 2018 as part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the Derby Community Foundation....

Derby Operation Holiday 2018 had a very successful year, thanks in part to a grant from the Derby Community Foundation....

In May 2017 more than 3,265 children in Derby Public Schools qualified for free or reduced price meals in the National School Lunch...