{"id":11,"date":"2023-07-30T22:44:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T05:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/new-foundation-dev\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-08-28T08:44:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:44:39","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/443\/2023\/08\/20230216-Health-Wellness-NFobes-026_1400x600px-1024x439.jpg\" alt=\"Students attend class at BC.\" class=\"wp-image-126 img-fluid \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/443\/2023\/08\/20230216-Health-Wellness-NFobes-026_1400x600px-1024x439.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/443\/2023\/08\/20230216-Health-Wellness-NFobes-026_1400x600px-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/443\/2023\/08\/20230216-Health-Wellness-NFobes-026_1400x600px-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/443\/2023\/08\/20230216-Health-Wellness-NFobes-026_1400x600px.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Financial Realities for BC Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bellevue College is tax-assisted, not tax-supported. Nearly one-third of our students are in need of financial assistance, but do not receive aid. With only 24% of BC\u2019s revenue coming from the state, the funds we raise directly support BC students and their programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bellevue College Leads Progress in Our Community<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We at the Foundation are passionate about our work assisting Bellevue College students because we know it matters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>BC contributes $172M into the King County economy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Local businesses benefit from investing in BC students because 56% of the students in BC\u2019s Workforce Education programs are hired locally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Learn more about the BC Foundation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/about-us\/board-of-directors\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"14\">Board of Directors<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/about-us\/staff\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"16\">Staff <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/about-us\/documents\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"18\">Documents<\/a> and how we assist BC students on the path to achieving their goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-row row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-column col-md\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-button\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/about-us\/board-of-directors\/\" aria-disabled=\"false\">Explore our Board<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-column col-md\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-button\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/about-us\/staff\/\" aria-disabled=\"false\">Learn About our Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-column col-md\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-button\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/about-us\/documents\/\" aria-disabled=\"false\">Browse our Documents<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-row row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-column col-md\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Donate to the BC Foundation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/host.nxt.blackbaud.com\/donor-form\/?svcid=renxt&amp;formId=7bf45e8d-8c5b-4f92-b4a1-9c2ce96c0360&amp;envid=p-dZzSmbByc0Gj_EzWwBqL5g&amp;zone=usa\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/host.nxt.blackbaud.com\/donor-form\/?svcid=renxt&amp;formId=7bf45e8d-8c5b-4f92-b4a1-9c2ce96c0360&amp;envid=p-dZzSmbByc0Gj_EzWwBqL5g&amp;zone=usa\">Make your gift now<\/a> to support student success and educational excellence at Bellevue College! Generous and varied donors like you support us all in our pursuit of excellence \u2013 thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-button\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary   \" href=\"https:\/\/host.nxt.blackbaud.com\/donor-form\/?svcid=renxt&amp;formId=7bf45e8d-8c5b-4f92-b4a1-9c2ce96c0360&amp;envid=p-dZzSmbByc0Gj_EzWwBqL5g&amp;zone=usa\" aria-disabled=\"false\"><strong>Donate Now<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-column col-md\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/443\/2023\/08\/campus-life_800x972px-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"Students chat outside on the BC campus.\" class=\"wp-image-584 img-fluid \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/443\/2023\/08\/campus-life_800x972px-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/443\/2023\/08\/campus-life_800x972px-768x933.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/443\/2023\/08\/campus-life_800x972px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial Realities for BC Students Bellevue College is tax-assisted, not tax-supported. Nearly one-third of our students are in need of financial assistance, but do not receive aid. With only 24% of BC\u2019s revenue coming from the state, the funds we raise directly support BC students and their programs. Bellevue College Leads Progress in Our Community <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/about-us\/\">...more about About Us<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3261,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2080,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/2080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}