The Alumni Association was organized as a nonprofit corporation in 1979.
Its purpose is to promote Itasca Commmunity College and its relationship
with ICC alumni. Membership is open to Itasca Community College
graduates, former students and staff and friends of the college upon
recommendation of the Board of Directors. It is governed by a 10 member
Board of Directors along with input from college staff as ex-officio members.

The Itasca Community College Foundation was established in 1972
when Will Backes, Itasca dean of students, Jack Freeman, owner and
manager of Kremer Co. Store, Grand Rapids and Ed Friedman, U. S.
Steel superintendent of mines, met to discuss the need to establish a
college foundation following the relocation of the college from Coleraine
to Grand Rapids. Articles and By-Laws were approved by the State of
Minnesota on June 21, 1972 and the IRS issued 501(c) 3 status to the
foundation on April 11, 1973. The development office was established
on July 1, 1986 when the Blandin Foundation awarded the foundation a
$30,000 one year grant to study, prepare and implement a deferred
giving/endowment fund program and update the alumni list.