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Corporate Giving

Caring for our communities through the Terracon Foundation

Our employees make a difference

Caring inspires the work we do for our clients and the ways we connect with our employees and communities. The Terracon Foundation helps our employee-owners give back to organizations that encourage young minds, provide support in times of need, and help build vibrant, sustainable communities. Thanks to our clients, the Terracon Foundation has been able to award nearly $5 million to support community organizations, universities,  disaster relief, and employee matching contributions.

Our priorities

To create meaningful change, we support charitable organizations and programs that align with our company’s mission and values, focusing on three interconnected areas:

  • Education: Sharing our passion for STEM, fostering programs and mentorship opportunities.
  • Built and Natural Environment: Providing opportunities to support projects that support innovation in the engineering, construction, and architecture fields; supporting sustainability, and changing our communities for the better.
  • Equity: Our equity grants support education or the built and natural environment while also building leadership in underrepresented communities.
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We lead with caring

Our employees actively seek opportunities to give back to the communities we serve. Through the Foundation, employee-owners champion grants to help advance the efforts of organizations they support.

How our grants are chosen

  • Employee grant champions must be actively involved in the organization they are championing.
  • Funds from the grant must be used to support the Foundation’s mission of supporting education, the built and natural environment, and equity.
  • We focus exclusively on grants championed by current employees and are not able to accept grant requests from outside organizations.

How we give

The Terracon Foundation supports our communities in the following ways:

  • Community and Equity Grants: Supporting nonprofits with which an employee grant champion is actively engaged. 
  • University Grants and Endowments: Funding scholarships, fellowships, or program expenses at universities with which an employee grant champion is actively engaged. 
  • Employee Dependent Scholarships: $2,000 per year for dependents of Terracon employee-owners in good academic standing pursuing post-secondary education. 
  • Employee Matching Gift Program: $20 minimum / $100 maximum matching donation to any qualifying nonprofit organization. 
  • Companywide Giving: Matching donations to seasonal causes including Earth Day, a back-to-school supply drive, and a Feeding America holiday giving event.
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Recent Grants

OLATHE, Kan. — The Terracon Foundation announced the award of $117,723 in grants and scholarships to four universities and 21 nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S., resulting in more than $500,000 in total giving in 2024.

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OLATHE, Kan. — The Terracon Foundation today announced it has awarded $97,712 in grants and scholarships to 8 universities and 17 nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. Established as the community investment arm of Terracon, the Foundation has granted nearly $4 million to community organizations, universities, scholarships for dependents of employees, and disaster relief efforts.

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OLATHE, Kan. — The Terracon Foundation has made a $5,000 grant to the Maui Strong Fund to provide emergency funding for shelter, food, and financial assistance to meet community needs in the aftermath of the devastating wildfires that struck the island of Maui on Aug. 8, 2023.

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The Terracon Foundation today announced the award of $192,300 in grants and scholarships to 13 universities and 17 not-for-profit organizations throughout the U.S. Established as the community investment arm of Terracon, the foundation has granted nearly $4 million to community organizations, universities, scholarships for dependents of employees, and disaster relief efforts.

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Greater Horizons is proud to be the charitable partner of the Terracon Foundation and to support its commitment to giving back to the communities where Terracon employees live and work. Check out this blog post from Greater Horizons, which features how the unique elements of the Terracon Foundation reflect how Terracon’s employee-owners are ‘Committed to Making a Difference’.

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$ 370,000 +

Total giving in 2023

Nearly

$ 5 +

Million in grants since 2008

1,500 +

Grants and Matching Gifts since 2008

Corporate Giving

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Corporate Giving

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