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“When you give money to the Foundation, we make it clear that this should be given to the Foundation for Pierce College,” Norm Chapman, a board member, said. “If given to the college instead of the Foundation, we have no idea what they will do with it

‘Downtown’ because that becomes District money, when you give it to the Foundation, absolutely if someone wants to support the Agriculture Department or the Music Department, the Foundation has to legally give it to that organization or entity in the college.”

Chapman said they have $700,000 of restricted funds that the board cannot touch.

“All of us feel this way, it has to be done the way the donor says it has to be done when the money is given to the Foundation,” Chapman said.

Many organizations on the campus use their funds from the Foundation to run their programs, one being the Farm.

“The Farm would not exist without the Foundation, the Farm Walk would not exist without the Foundation, the students who work at The Farm would not be there without the Foundation,” said Leland Shapiro, department chair of agriculture and natural resources.

Borzenkova suggested that the Foundation needs an attorney to help with contracts. Other members also suggested bringing more people with fundraising experience onto the Board of Directors.

Brian Chase, the previous parttime director of the Foundation in 2010 was approved as a new board member at Wednesday’s meeting.

The meeting took place Wednesday at the request of the Board Chair of the Foundation’s Board of Directors, Donna “Obie” Slamon, as she will be out of town Thursday.

“If the administration is not here, I don’t want people thinking that they don’t support us or they didn’t want to be here,” said Slamon. “They have a regular schedule. Hopefully somebody will be here.”

Rolf Schleicher, vice president of Administrative Services and Kathleen Burke, president of Pierce College were unable to be reached for comment.

“If you have a strong Foundation, it’s a great support system for the school and we can do a lot more than what the school could do on its own,” said Slamon.