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Released: Dec. 18, 2007
KARL Receives Major Gift From 21st Century Alliance
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- 21st Century Alliance, through its successor
organization, 21st Century Producers, Inc., a joint venture with an
Illinois agriculture farmer alliance, has
donated one-half of its remaining funds to the Kansas
Agriculture and Rural Leadership Program.
The donation, called the 21st Century Alliance Endowment Gift for the
KARL Foundation, formally signals the end of operations of the
Alliance.
"The Alliance has seen KARL as a progressive voice for rural
entrepreneurship, vision casting and rural development," said Lynn
Rundle, former chief executive officer of 21st
Century Alliance. "The farmers who joined the alliance
over the past 10 years will reap lasting benefits from
their contribution to KARL."
The foundation fund is part of the permanently endowed gifts for KARL,
Inc.
The 21st Century Producers and KARL joined forces when the producers
group donated $33,000 to be placed into the endowment account at the
Trust Company of Manhattan. The fund principle will be retained with
indefinite benefits to the KARL Program derived from income proceeds
of the investment.
Special recognition of the endowment gift will take place at KARL's
bi-annual Blue Chip and Future of Agriculture Seminars. The gift will
help with costs for speakers at the "Futuring" session for each KARL
Class, beginning with the newly named Class IX.
"The contribution is the largest single endowment gift that the KARL
Program has received to date," said Jack Lindquist, president of KARL,
Inc. "The fund will remind us of the progressive philosophy of the
21st Century Producers and their efforts to
retain more of the retail dollar on our Kansas farms
and in our rural communities. The gift will be a
permanent element of citizen education, for socio- economic
development of the agricultural industry and for the people of the
State of Kansas."
Since its inception, KARL has helped 270 Kansans improve their
leadership skills. Each two-year class includes 50 days of training
for participants, including state, national and international study
tours. The two-year cost per adult student is $15,000 - $12,500 of
which is supported by donations.
The KARL Program is located at Kansas State University through an in-kind gift
of office space. More information is available by contacting
Lindquist at 785-532-6300 or by visiting the KARL Web site:
http://www.karlprogram.com/.
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