Recognizing Excellence in School Business Management
Providing Scholarships as Investments in Our Future
Financial Grants to Charitable Organizations Serving Children
Become a Foundation Donor Now

Why an Illinois ASBO Foundation?
The Foundation was created to elevate the school business management profession, enhance the “value” a school business manager brings to school districts, provide college scholarships to deserving high school students and provide financial grants to community services, policy and research initiatives and charitable organizations that serve children.

To maintain all the current Foundations programs and continue to support our mission, we have set a goal of $20,000 in new donations in 2013!

Help us reach our goal – Consider what donation level you and/or your organization would like to contribute. We will keep you updated on our progress!

All members are invited to be generous in their donations, so that:

• High school seniors may receive financial support of their college expenses
• Charitable organizations that provide programs and services to children may
  be given grants of support
• Members may be recognized for their excellent performance
• District office teams may be highlighted for their best practices 
  in school business management
• Research and policy initiatives in school business 
  management and school finance may be supported
• Functions related to organizations such 
  as ASBO International will be supported
• A permanent endowment may grow to guarantee perpetual
  financial support of Foundation activities in the future

Foundation Scholarships and Recognitions

See a list of available scholarships and awards

• Celebrate individuals at the leading edge of creating best practices in school business management and school districts whose innovations add value to the operation of education.
• Provide recipients with college funds that are awarded to high school seniors of their choice.
• Scholarships awarded to students from districts of award recipients.
• Awards bring funds to foundations or district initiatives of recipients.
• Provide scholarships to students in school business management programs.
• Support Illinois ASBO sponsorship of events at other organization conferences.
• Promote the profession through charitable donations to organizations, research and policy initiatives and charities that benefit children.

Award Winners Speak: Read interviews with the 2012 Foundation Award Winners:
Emmert Dannenberg, Distinguished Service Award Winner
Ken Florey, Above and Beyond Award Winner
Gary Stanley, Lighthouse Award Winner

Foundation Financing
Activities supported by voluntary donations from Illinois ASBO members, special fund-raising events, funds appropriated by Illinois ASBO Board of Directors and interest earned from a permanent endowment fund. All donations are tax deductible.

All donations and funds used according to the following:

• No less than 60 percent for scholarships, research and policy
  development or charitable contributions
• No more than 20 percent deposited
  in a permanent endowment fund
• Approximately 10 percent for certificates, plaques
  and other recognition tokens for recipients
• Approximately 10 percent for marketing and
  administering the recognition programs
• Illinois ASBO sponsorship of events at
  other organization conferences

12 Member Board of Governance

• Executive Director (Administrator of the Foundation)
• Assistant Executive Director
• Service Associate Advisory Committee Chair
• Service Associate Advisory Committee Member
• Treasurer and Past President (2)
• Active Members (4)
• Service Associate Members (4)