• OMC Legacy Fund

About the Fund

The OMC Foundation was a not-for-profit organization that was founded in 1945 (originally as the Ole Evinrude Foundation).

As a result of the 2001 liquidation of Outboard Marine Corporation, the board of the OMC Foundation elected to dissolve the foundation and distribute the remaining assets to benefit communities affected by the liquidation as a positive, long-term legacy.

The Kenosha Community Foundation, which received some of the funds (along with other not-for-profits such the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the Racine Community Foundation) created the OMC Legacy Fund.

Focus of the OMC Legacy Fund

With proceeds from OMC Legacy Fund, the Kenosha Community Foundation supports programs that align with the philanthropic focus established by the former OMC Foundation – specifically, to give priority given to programs that address a broad range of basic human needs being impacted within the Kenosha Community by the current downturn in economic conditions.

In 2011, the OMC Legacy Fund supported the following not-for-profit organizations:

• Kenosha Area Family & Aging Services, Inc. (KAFASI) to support the "RSVP" program that places 55 & older volunteers to mentor at-risk kindergarten through 8th grade students in the Kenosha Unified School District.
• Women & Children's Horizon (WCH) of Kenosha WI to purchase equipment and materials used in presentations at this shelter for women and children.
• The Sharing Center of Salem, WI to support the administration of the food donation for low-income residents of Western Kenosha County.
• Lemon Street Gallery & Artspace to support a project for Washington Middle School students to learn about mosaic art and create a permanent public artwork in Union Park.

 

Ole Evinrude (right) on his boat powered by an Evinrude motor . Photo courtesy BRP Evinrude.