Baker Youth Club completes Community Foundation fundraising challenge

Kosciusko County Community Foundation CEO, Suzie Light (middle), presents a check for $40,000 to Baker Youth Club (BYC) Executive Director, Tracy Furnivall (right), and BYC Board President, Kent Kleeman (left), representing a $4 to $1 match to the $10,000 that BYC raised for a total of $50,000 for BYC’s endowment. (photo supplied / Kosciusko County Community Foundation)

Baker Youth Club is the fourth non-profit to achieve a fundraising challenge issued by the Kosciusko County Community Foundation.

They raised $10,000 for their endowment, and will now complete training to receive $40,000 in matching funds.

It’s part of the Endowment Challenge 50 launched back in May in celebration of Kosciusko County Community Foundation’s 50th anniversary.

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“Congratulations to the Baker Youth Club,” said Suzie Light, Community Foundation CEO. “It is so exciting that the fourth organization in the EC50 Challenge has met the match and will have resources to continue serving the children of the Baker Youth Club for generations to come.”

Kosciusko Literacy Services, CASA of Kosciusko County, and the Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts were the first three organizations to complete the first part of the challenge.