Knox County Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2020-2021 school year. For both traditional and non-traditional students intending to complete either an associates, bachelors, or medical degree, the Universal Scholarship Application is available online at https://knoxcf.awardspring.com. The 2020 submission deadline is March 1, with scholarship announcements in May. New for 2020 is an…
Executive Director, Knox County Foundation January, 2020 The Knox County Foundation (Ohio), founded in 1944 as the Mount Vernon Community Trust, is the region’s leading philanthropic organization and is nationally accredited by The Council on Foundations. Due to the announced retirement of its current Executive Director, who has served since 2002, the Foundation now seeks…
Knox County Foundation Executive Director Sam Barone announced today he will retire June 30 from the position he has held the past 18 years. Since sharing his retirement date with board members last summer, Barone has assisted the Foundation’s Executive Committee in developing a succession process, which will commence immediately, according to incoming Foundation Chair…
The Knox County Foundation, now in its 75th year, distributed more scholarship dollars and received more applications than ever in its history. The total amount awarded was $1,035,915. This is the second year in a row scholarship giving has surpassed $1 million. There were more than 550 applicants this year, including 14 non-traditional students who…
Written by Samantha Scoles, Coordinator of Communications/PR, Mount Vernon Nazarene University In 1966, Mount Vernon Nazarene College and the current campus of Mount Vernon High School/Middle school were cut from the cloth that was once Columbus Delano’s Lakeholm Farm. Fifty-three years later, pieces of that fabric are being woven back together in a progressive partnership…
Columbus Jazz vocalist Rachel Sepulveda will take The Woodward Opera House stage Saturday, April 27, with Vaughn Wiester’s Famous Jazz Orchestra for the ninth annual scholarship benefit concert. Admission to the 7:30 p.m. concert is free to the public on a first-come basis until capacity is reached. Reserved seating is available in advance to scholarship…
Submissions will be accepted through April 15, 2019, at Knox County Foundation for the ninth Annual Vaughn Wiester Music Scholarship. Any graduating high school senior residing in Knox County, who intends to continue the study of music at the college level, may apply for the $2,500 scholarship. Last year the eighth Vaughn Wiester Music Scholarship…
Knox County Foundation’s Program Manager Lisa Lloyd announced this week that the organization has achieved national accreditation from the national Council on Foundations, receiving the National Standards Seal. In 2014, the Foundation’s board of directors set a goal to become accredited in its 10-year visioning statement. The National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations accreditation process…
Non-profit organizations serving Knox County are invited to apply for financial assistance from the Knox County Foundation, formerly the Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County. Applications for both Major and Small grants for 2019 are now available online at www.knoxcf.org. The submission deadline for the first of two major grant rounds in 2019…
The Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County will embark on its 75th anniversary year with a more compact name and refreshed corporate branding, Executive Director Sam Barone announced today. Effective January 1, 2019, Knox County’s longest-operating provider of grants and college scholarships will become the “Knox County Foundation.” The change in name will…