The Des Moines, IA-based LCS Foundation raised more than $300,000 last year from 523 donors to support efforts that advance Alzheimer’s care and research as well as collegiate partnerships and scholarships, according to the foundation’s new annual report for 2023.
The monies also support the foundation’s colleagues in need through emergency relief funds.
Highlights from 2023 include the foundation donating more than $97,000 for scholarship and collegiate partnerships, including to the Granger Cobb Institute for Senior Living at Washington State University; providing more $80,000 in employee relief funds to 36 employees; and continuing the foundation’s multi-year position as a platinum level-national team for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, participating in 100 of the Alzheimer’s Association events across the country. The LCS Foundation and the LCS family of companies also supported the Purple Soirée Gala as a co-sponsor to benefit the Greater Iowa Alzheimer’s Association Chapter.
The foundation continues to partner with Waukee High School in central Iowa on its Aspiring Professional Experience, or APEX, program, which provides an opportunity for students to explore careers in healthcare. In 2023, the LCS Foundation donated almost $5,000 so the APEX laboratory could purchase an automated cell counter to expand the training available to students, according to the report.
The LCS Foundation was founded in 2017 by CEO then-Ed Kenny and his wife, Sue. Since then, the foundation has awarded more than $450,000 in scholarships and professional development programs, including programs in senior living administration concentration at George Mason University, a Master of Arts degree in senior living hospitality at the University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, an undergraduate degree in senior living management in University of Central Florida’s Rose College of Hospitality Management, and Boston University’s concentration in senior living in the Masters of Management in Hospitality degree program.
