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Community foundation announces $6M gift from Kansas couple

Courtesy photo -Dorothy and Lincoln Diehl
Courtesy photo -Dorothy and Lincoln Diehl

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — A Manhattan Foundation is receiving a $6 million donation from a couple’s estate.

The Manhattan Mercury  reports that the gift from the estate of Dorothy and Lincoln Diehl is the first installment in what could add up to more than $11 million for the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation.

A news release says the Diehls established two funds with the foundation. One supports Kansas State University’s Beach Museum of Art and another is a donor-advised fund to support community charitable causes focusing on the arts, youth and basic human needs. The estate gift will be added to the donor-advised fund.

The Diehls moved to Manhattan in 1979 to work at Kansas State after spending several years teaching abroad in a variety of countries including Turkey, Egypt, Iran and Ethiopia.

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