The Lyndon State College Foundation was established in 1980 with the goal of connecting the community with the college and to involve the community in support of the college. The Foundation has long recognized the limited State funding of the College, resulting in higher tuition. For thirty-five years community members have served on the foundation raising funds in support of the college and providing scholarships to students from the Northeast Kingdom who attend Lyndon.

As a community-base private, nonprofit 501(c)3 organization we operate to receive, hold, invest and administer property, and to make expenditures to or for the benefit of the college. Our current focus is to raise the money for scholarships for NEK students attending the Lyndon Campus of the Northern Vermont University. This  is our way of providing them an affordable local option for college while also contributing to the economy of the area. In addition, many of these students graduate and work in the Northeast Kingdom providing additional vibrancy to the area.