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King Family to be Recognized
2022 Legacy Hall of Fame The Bartlesville Community Foundation will again recognize the impactful contributions of three local families during its annual Legacy Hall of Fame gala. The event will be held on Saturday, May 14 at the Bartlesville Community Center....
BCF Awards Fall Grants
The Bartlesville Community Foundation is excited to celebrate this holiday season with the awarding of more than $60,000 in grant monies. These awards are a result of the Foundations’ annual fall grant cycle. Each year, the Bartlesville Community Foundation hosts two...
BCF to Honor Vaclaw Family
Bartlesville has been home to the Vaclaw family for 100 years. Walenty “Joseph” Vaclaw arrived as a Polish immigrant in 1920. His original name was Waclaw, but he changed the spelling because a “W” sounds like a “V” in the Polish dialect. Walenty and his wife,...
BCF to Honor Lyon Family
Emile Hubert Lyon was born on March 26, 1906 in Elmo, TX, forty miles east of Dallas. After graduating high school, he attended Texas A&M College where he played on the football team. When he was a freshman, his teammates called him “Ted” after Chicago White Sox...
BCF to Honor Dunlap Family
The Dunlap family has been in Bartlesville since 1937. Originally from Hardy, Arkansas, Ray and Lucile Dunlap and their young son, Ken, moved to Bartlesville when Ray had an opportunity to work for his uncle who was a home builder in town. Ray went on to found Dunlap...
Spence Rigdon Memorial Scholarship
The Bartlesville Community Foundation is humbled to help honor the legacy of Spence Edward Rigdon with the establishment of the Spence Rigdon Memorial Scholarship Fund. Rigdon was born and raised in Bartlesville before attending Kansas Community College in Kansas City...
Year-End Giving Time
It is difficult to believe that Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner! Before we know it, we will be turning the calendar to 2021. It is at this time of year when we pause to express thanks for the blessings we have received and make plans for the...
BCF Welcomes Dr. L. Kent Thomas AIM Scholarship
The Bartlesville Community Foundation is proud to announce its newest scholarship to be available for 2021-2022 scholarship awarding year, the Dr. L. Kent Thomas AIM Fund Scholarship. The Dr. L. Kent Thomas AIM Fund was established by the family and friends of...
Virtual FAFSA Workshop and Scholarship Panel
Bartlesville Community Foundation this fall will again partner with Bartlesville Public Schools Foundation to offer FAFSA Workshop and Scholarship Panel events to area high school seniors and their parents. To accommodate as many students as possible and respect...
BCF Adds Wagon Wheel Scholarship
The Bartlesville Community Foundation (BCF) exists to help everyone realize their philanthropic goals. BCF is able to accomplish this by offering many types of funds such as Donor Advised, Scholarship, and Designated Funds. These and several others provide...