Our Mission:   The Clay Center Community Foundation supports charitable activities, educational opportunities, and community improvement in Clay Center and the surrounding area. Through scholarships, charitable giving, and long-term community investment, we work to strengthen our community for generations to come.

We believe a strong community is built by people who care enough to invest in its future.

Serving Our Community

The Foundation supports charitable purposes that benefit Clay Center and the surrounding area. This includes administering scholarship funds and providing a long-term resource for future community needs and opportunities.

The Foundation is governed by a local volunteer board committed to responsible stewardship, thoughtful decision-making, and the long-term well-being of our community.

A Community Effort

A community foundation is ultimately about people.

It is about neighbors helping neighbors, families creating legacies, businesses investing in their hometown, and individuals believing that their community is worth building for the next generation.

The Clay Center Community Foundation exists to help make those investments possible.

Together, we can build a stronger Clay Center today—and leave an even stronger community for those who come after us.

Investing for Generations

A central goal of the Foundation is to build a permanent unrestricted endowment.

Rather than focusing only on today's needs, the Foundation is designed to provide resources for our community far into the future. As the community changes, the needs and opportunities will change with it. A permanent endowment allows future generations to respond to those changes.