1978 - Seed grant from Gebbie Foundation to establish CRCF
1980 - Assets reach $660,000 and first fund established (Roger C. Seager Memorial Scholarship Fund)
1982 - Assets reach $1 million. Axel W. Carlson Memorial Fund established.
1985 - Assets grow to over $3 million and First Axel W. Carlson Award recipient honored (David Robbins)
1988 - After only ten years of existence, Foundation assets total nearly $10 million
1993 - First Year of Expo: Funding an Education. First Annual John D. Hamilton Award Banquet held (recipient, John D. Hamilton)
1998 - 20th Anniversary, assets total $34 million, 419 scholarships awarded
2003 - 25th Anniversary, assets total $42 million, 644 scholarships awarded, 374 total funds, and over $1.8 millions awarded in grants.
2005 - Foundation eclipses $50 million in assets, complies with Council on Foundations National Standards for all U.S. community coundations.