Kennecott charitable foundation
On the banks of the Jordan River sits the Kennecott Nature Center – right in the center of wetland, dryland and aquatic ecosystems. Since 1999, more than 70,000 children in the Murray School District have participated in hands-on learning at the Center. They enhance their understanding of the environment while collecting seeds, observing wildlife, exploring habitat and studying the natural world around them. The Kennecott Nature Center is a long-standing partnership between the Murray Education Foundation and Kennecott Utah Copper.
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Kennecott Bingham Canyon Mine Visitors Center Charity Foundation
The Bingham Canyon Mine Visitor Center opened in 1992 and since then has hosted more 3,000,000 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 $2,600,000 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:
- Jack Welch, Manager, Cash and Investments/Assistant Treasurer Rio Tinto
- Julie Cummings, Manager, Tax Compliance and Audit, Kennecott Utah Copper
- Ted Himebaugh, General Manager- Bingham Canyon Mine, Kennecott Utah Copper
- 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
Brian Davis
Community and External Relations
4700 Daybreak Parkway
South Jordan, UT 84095
801.204.2908
The Foundation must receive all proposals by October 15 of each year. Please complete the form in its entirety Download Kennecott Utah Copper Charitable Foundation form. Your proposal must be in writing and on the form provided. It 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.
