Annual Report 2025–26
Bellweather College Foundation · Fiscal year July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026 · Published October 2026
Statement of the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Bellweather College Foundation presents this report of the Foundation’s activities for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026. Financial information is summarized from the Foundation’s audited financial statements for the year, which received an unmodified opinion from the Foundation’s independent auditors and were accepted by the Board at its meeting of September 22, 2026. Award figures are reported by the Foundation’s scholarship office. The Board thanks the donors listed in this report and those who asked not to be listed.
Financial summary
| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| Contributions | $118,640 |
| Special events, net of direct costs | $14,710 |
| Investment return, net | $96,380 |
| Total support and revenue | $229,730 |
| Scholarships and awards paid | $56,925 |
| Emergency assistance grants | $14,280 |
| Instructional support and equipment | $9,640 |
| Management and general | $18,450 |
| Fundraising | $6,120 |
| Total expenses | $105,415 |
| Change in net assets | $124,315 |
| Net assets, July 1, 2025 | $1,402,690 |
| Net assets, June 30, 2026 | $1,527,005 |
Scholarships and awards are credited to student accounts half per semester. Amounts paid in a fiscal year therefore differ from the amounts awarded in the award cycle reported below. Emergency assistance grants are made to enrolled students through the Office of the Dean of Students; the Foundation does not receive the names of recipients. Gifts of equipment are recorded at fair value when accepted by the receiving division and are included in contributions. The audited statements present net assets with and without donor restrictions and state fund balances by name; they are available from the Foundation office on request.
Awards, 2025–26 award cycle
One application covers all Foundation awards; see Scholarships. The Foundation received 214 applications in the 2025–26 cycle. The median award was $800.
| Fund | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Threadgill Presidential Scholarship | 1 | $2,500 |
| Eudora Frayne-Sill Cosmetology Scholarship | 4 | $4,800 |
| Ambrose Deeter Memorial Welding Award | 4 | $4,000 |
| Wass Family Monument Trades Award | 3 | $4,500 |
| Loretta Mankin Award in Funerary Services | 2 | $2,000 |
| Dahlgrave Family Award | 2 | $1,600 |
| Kalb Dairy Cooperative Scholarship | 3 | $2,250 |
| IBEW Local 573 Trades Pathway Award | 6 | $6,000 |
| Tolliver County Farm Bureau Award | 2 | $1,200 |
| The Drover Club Grant-in-Aid | 4 | $1,900 |
| Foundation Scholarship Fund (general)¹ | 20 | $16,000 |
| Anonymous Fund No. 7 | 5 | $5,000 |
| Pike Lanes Family Award | 1 | $400 |
| Glover, Mast & Purl LLP Fellowship in Site Inspection and Technical Reporting | 2 | $3,600 |
| Cordwell, Holloway & Feltner, LLP Fellowship in Condition Assessment² | 1 | $1,500 |
| Aultman Sports Medicine Fellowship | 1 | $900 |
| Total | 61 | $58,150 |
¹ Awards from the Foundation Scholarship Fund are made at a standard amount of $800 from unrestricted and scholarship-designated gifts and the proceeds of Foundation events.
² Awarded for the first time in this cycle.
The Rexford Julle Fund for Student Research is administered separately from the common application and awards biennially. Awarded 2022; not awarded 2024. For 2026, the application period closed March 1, 2026; as of June 30, 2026, the announcement was pending. Recipients are not listed in this report.
Donors
Gifts were received from 274 donors: 241 individuals and 33 businesses, organizations, and estates. Of the individual donors, 38 are current or retired employees of the College. Donors of $250 or more are listed below by level. Gifts of less than $250 were received from 225 donors, whom the Foundation thanks collectively.
$5,000 and above
- Anonymous (2)
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Brandau
- Estate of Harriet L. Gorsuch
- IBEW Local 573
$1,000 – $4,999
- Anonymous
- Cordwell, Holloway & Feltner, LLP
- Glover, Mast & Purl LLP
- Kalb Dairy Cooperative
- Raymond T. and Joan Kiefer
- Norma J. Lindamood
- Gail R. and Peter Osterhout
- Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Szalay
- Marvin O. Threadgill
- Tolliver County Farm Bureau
- The Wass Family
- Wilma Yeagley-Fronk
$500 – $999
- Anonymous
- Aultman Sports Medicine
- Bellweather Rotary Club
- The Drover Club
- Carl and Denise Eberly
- Dennis A. Hromada
- Howard and Ruth Klees
- Myra Kostelnik
- Earl F. Mumaw
- Linda M. Saffell
- Shroyer Farm Supply
- Sandra K. Tirpak
- Patricia Weyandt-Liss
- Elaine Woodbury-Sopp
$250 – $499
- Anonymous (2)
- Gary and Lorna Amstutz
- Beverly Bixler
- Robert Delauder
- Hollis and Fern Gerber
- Ida M. Haverstock
- Marcia Kandle-Reese
- Ronald Lahmers
- Joyce Mastrangelo
- Hobart Nunley
- Pike Lanes
- Wendell and Mary Ruegg
- Stark Valley Monument Dealers Association
- Doris Tschantz
- Ellen Vukovich
- Franklin Zartman
Gifts were received in memory of: Ambrose Deeter; Harold W. Sickafoose; June E. Pratt.
Donors who asked that their gifts be listed without a name are listed as Anonymous. Errors and omissions may be reported to the Foundation office, ext. 2290, and are corrected in the following year’s report.
Events
| Event | Date | Location | Tickets | Gross revenue | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Clambake | Saturday, October 4, 2025 | Pasture 5 | 412 | $11,420 | $6,180 |
| Foundation banquet | Thursday, April 23, 2026 | The Commons | 186 | $16,740 | $8,530 |
Net proceeds of both events were deposited to the Foundation Scholarship Fund. Events held after June 30, 2026 are reported in the following year’s report.
Board of Directors, 2025–26
- Gail R. Osterhout, Chair
- Raymond T. Kiefer, Vice Chair
- Linda M. Saffell, CPA, Treasurer
- Dennis A. Hromada, Secretary
- Earl F. Mumaw
- Sandra K. Tirpak
- Patricia Weyandt-Liss
- Halvard M. Trenneman, Ed.D., President of the College, ex officio, without vote
Howard Klees, Executive Director.
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