Several BKD Wichita employees volunteer for YEK, so it was a natural next step for BKD Foundation to sponsor the band
at last summer's high-profile Big Biz Bang fundraiser for YEK. Nearly 600 people enjoyed dinner, dancing and live and silent auctions, and the event raised $115,000. BKD's gift was so graciously received—and the party so much fun—that we will return as a sponsor of next year's fundraiser.
BKD’s charitable foundation, BKD Foundation, enriches our local communities with financial support and the gift of time from BKD volunteers. Whenever possible, we strive to support local charitable organizations in which our own personnel are already involved. Since its inception, BKD Foundation has given more than $2.3 million to many qualifying 501(c)(3) charitable organizations in our 27 locations.
Each BKD office has a foundation committee that develops a process for determining and selecting beneficiaries. For more information on BKD Foundation in your community, contact the appropriate partner in charge in our Locations section.
Our Foundation dollars and time are one way we support our communities, but our local offices have other community involvement activities above and beyond the local BKD Foundation initiatives. You’ll find our personnel represented on civic and charitable boards; involved in churches, synagogues and other religious organizations; and sponsors of a wide variety of community-based special events. Our BKD Matching Gift Program also provides financial support to colleges and universities from which we recruit accounting personnel.
Representative BKD Foundation Beneficiaries
Boys & Girls Club
Boys & Girls Town
Breast Cancer Foundation
Citizen's Scholarship Foundation of America
Developmental Center of the Ozarks
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Habitat for Humanity
James McDonnell USO
Junior Achievement
Lake Regional Hospital Foundation
Marillac Center
National Kidney Foundation
Rotary Club of Leawood, Kansas
The Freeman Foundation
The Villages
United Way
Variety Club
Wilson Creek National Battlefield Foundation
YMCA
