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Morland Community Foundation Morland, Kansas

What the foundation owns, runs, and funds.

The Morland Community Foundation is a volunteer-run 501(c)(3) that has served Morland, Kansas since 2011. We own and operate four properties in town, and we fund projects around Morland. All of it is listed below.

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4Buildings owned and maintained in Morland
1915The year the Mercantile building first sold groceries
3Jobs the store brought back to town
2018The year the Mercantile began standing on its own

What the foundation does

What we do.

The foundation’s stated purpose is to promote the social welfare of the community and enhance the quality of life for the citizens of Morland. That has taken three forms.

How the foundation works

The Morland Mercantile storefront on Main Street
The Mercantile and Aunt Faye’s Community Kitchen share one building on Main Street.
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We own and operate

The foundation holds title to buildings in town and runs what is in them: a grocery store, a licensed commercial kitchen, a workspace, and a local history collection.

Two

We fund projects

The veterans memorial, improvements at Antelope Lake, and the murals on Main Street. These are projects with no other obvious source of funding.

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How the money is held

Gifts are held and spent for Morland. The board decides where they go.

Our projects

Projects.

Some of these the foundation owns and runs day to day. Others it funds. Each entry below says which.

Owned and operated by the foundation Funded or supported
The Morland Mercantile storefront on Main Street 502 W. Main

Owned & operated

The Morland Mercantile

Grocery · 502 W. Main

Morland’s only grocery store, in a building that has sold groceries since 1915. It closed in 2006 when the owner retired and no buyer came forward, leaving the town eight years without one. The foundation bought it, refurbished it with a $140,000 Community Development Block Grant, and reopened it in 2013.

It stocks Kansas products where it can, including meat from Rock Creek Ranch in Penokee and cheese from Alma. It also sells newspapers and stamps.

502 West Main Street · (785) 627-4040 · Placeholder

Community Kitchen and Morland Mercantile signs on the same storefront 504 W. Main

Owned & operated

Aunt Faye’s Community Kitchen

Licensed · 504 W. Main

A licensed commercial kitchen in the storefront next to the Mercantile, under the same roof. It makes hot food daily, sold over the counter until it runs out.

It also gives local producers a licensed place to work. Food made in a home kitchen can’t legally be sold; food made here can, and it goes on the Mercantile’s shelves.

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Cottonwood Digs, a brick storefront on Main Street in Morland 511 W. Main The carved brick relief on the front of the building.

Owned & operated

Cottonwood Digs

Workspace · 511 W. Main

A workspace on Main Street, in a building the foundation renovated for the purpose. Desks, meeting space, and an internet connection for people who work remotely or run a business from home. It is also the foundation’s own office.

511 West Main Street · Wi-Fi network: tigerdigs

The Old Bank Building in Morland 100 N. Tiger

Owned & maintained

The Old Bank Building

Local history · 100 N. Tiger

The foundation owns and maintains the old bank building on Tiger Avenue, where Morland’s local history collection is kept.

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Bronze airman at the Ray Toll Veterans Memorial City Park

Funded

Ray Toll Veterans Memorial

Morland

A bronze airman on a concrete plaza in the city park, with the flag of each service branch flying around it and memorial plaques at either end. The plinth is inscribed to the U.S. Army Air Corps. It sits near the pool and the ball field.

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Antelope Lake Antelope Lake

Funded

Antelope Lake

Nearest lake to town

The nearest lake to Morland, and the closest place to spend a day outdoors. The foundation has helped pay for improvements there.

Murals on Main Street in Morland Main Street

Funded

Main Street murals

Morland

Painted murals on the buildings along Main Street, funded by the foundation. Placeholder

Ray Toll Veterans Memorial

The memorial in the city park.

A bronze airman on a concrete plaza, with the flag of each service branch flying around it and memorial plaques at either end. The plinth is inscribed to the U.S. Army Air Corps.

The foundation helped pay for it, and it is the first thing many people photograph when they come back to town.

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Give

You don’t have to live here to be from here.

Most people who grew up in Morland don’t live in Morland anymore — and a good number of them still call this home. We’re not asking anyone to move back. We’re asking you to help keep the place standing.

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Happening now · October 2026

Match Month: every dollar given this month is matched.

Gifts to the foundation are matched dollar for dollar, up to $100,000, through the end of October.

Every gift is acknowledged. The Morland Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 48‑1140372, and gifts are deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Ways to give

Five ways, all of them straightforward.

Online

Give by card or bank transfer. Your receipt arrives by email immediately.

Give online

By mail

Morland Community Foundation
P.O. Box 44
Morland, KS 67650

Include your email for an electronic receipt. We acknowledge every gift.

Stock or IRA

Gifts of appreciated stock and qualified charitable distributions from an IRA are both accepted. Contact us and we’ll send the transfer details.

In your will

A bequest costs nothing now and keeps working here later. We’ll send suggested language for your attorney.

In memory or honor

Give in memory of someone from Morland, or in honor of someone still here. We notify the family and never disclose the amount.

About the foundation

How this works, and who decides.

What we’ve put into Morland

The store was the largest single investment: a $140,000 Community Development Block Grant toward buying and refurbishing the building, and an operating subsidy carried from 2013 until the Mercantile stood on its own in 2018. It brought three jobs back to town.

Gifts are unrestricted unless a donor directs otherwise, which lets the board put money where it’s needed most — often the least glamorous item on the list.

Governance and accountability

The foundation is governed by a board of directors who live in and around Morland.

The Morland Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 48‑1140372, recognized by the IRS in 1994. Its active work dates from the Mercantile project and the years since. Gifts are deductible to the extent allowed by law. Our Form 990 is available from the IRS; financial statements are available on request.

Who runs this

Board of directors.

Nine directors, all living in or near Morland.

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