Anyone making a donation of $10,000 or more may have a Guild fund named after them or their beloved ones. Currently there are ten named funds:

The Dodie Brown fund

The Richard Carrothers/Dennis Hennessey fund

The Don Knotts fund

The Patricia McIlrath fund

The McDowell Family fund

Tthe Virginia Kelley fund

The Julia Boutross fund

The TNT Guild fund

The Mary Wyram Family Scholarship fund

The Michelle Bushman fund

100 percent of all donations go into the scholarship monies managed by the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. Currently, The Guild's Advisory Committee has decided that the nearly $400, 000 (varies with the stock market) should be divided into 70 percent stock and 30 percent bonds.

The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation has recommended a rule of thumb for the distribution from the money held with them. They suggest that 5 percent of the average of the ending balances of the last three years at the Community Foundation be available for distribution to theatre arts student scholarships.

This year (2007 -2008) The Guild awarded a total of $15000 to the three university theatre departments currently recognized by The Guild: the University of Kansas, the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and the University of Central Missouri. It is the decision of each theatre department head as to whom the final student recipients should be. The Guild feels that the department head has a day-to-day contact with the students, and is better equipped to decide the final recipients. The scholarships are generally awarded at a theatre banquet held on-stage at each university theatre near the end of each school year. It is such a thrill to attend these banquets and to present the student recipients with their scholarships!

If you are interested in making a donation to the scholarship fund, please contact: John Pearce, 913-381-1356 or by email at afhq369@sbcglobal.net.