Kennecott Copper: Charitable foundation

Charitable foundation

Kennecott Bingham Canyon Mine Visitors Center Charity Foundation

The Bingham Canyon Mine Visitor Center opened in 1992 and since then has hosted over 2,600,000 visitors. Each year the fees collected from visitors to the Visitors Center are donated to local charities. Since inception of the Charity Fund, the Kennecott Foundation has donated more than $2,000,000 to local community charities and non-profit organizations.

Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon Mine Visitors Center is open to the public seven days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. April 1 to October 31, weather permitting.

Tax deductible admission fees are:

Passenger vehicles, $5.00.

Mini tour buses $25.00.

Tour buses $50.00.

There is no admission charge for school buses.

The Kennecott Utah Copper Charitable Foundation is responsible for the administration and disbursement of all charitable contributions from this fund. The Foundation “is organized as a non-profit corporation exclusively for public welfare, community improvement, and charitable purposes, which shall be limited to providing help to the poor and needy…” with an emphasis on the disabled, children, and the elderly. The Foundation consists of nine trustees who represent the greater Salt Lake area and Kennecott Utah Copper.

Foundation Trustees are listed below:

Jack Welch, Manager, Cash and Investments/Assistant Treasurer Rio Tinto
Julie Cummings, Manager, Tax Compliance and Audit, Kennecott Utah Copper
Ted Himebaugh, Manager Mining, Kennecott Utah Copper
Chris Buttars, Former Executive Director, Utah Boys Ranch in West Jordan and a Utah State Senator
Gary Curtis, Copperton Community Council
Scott Whipple, Director, Granite Education Foundation
Norm Fitzgerald, Member of Magna Area Council
Rev. Patrick Carley, St. Joseph the Worker Church, West Jordan

If your organization is interested in securing a contribution from the Foundation, please submit your proposal to:

Kennecott Utah Copper Charitable Foundation

Holly Robb
Senior Advisor, Government and Community Relations
4700 Daybreak Parkway

South Jordan, UT 84095
801.204.2908

holly.robb@riotinto.com

The Foundation must receive all proposals by October 15 of each year. Your proposal must be in writing and should specify need, amount requested, and proof of your organization’s charitable or non-profit status. Donations from the Foundation are usually made in December of each year.