Organizations wishing to apply for funding from the Youth Philanthropy Initiative in 2017 may download the application using the link below.Last year YPI members awarded nearly $20,000 in charitable support to organizations providing services to Knox County youth, from 0 to age 18. The Youth Philanthropy Initiative is composed of students representing all Knox County High…
MOUNT VERNON – Dave and Ellen Culbertson have a personal stake in the battle against drug abuse. In February 2009, following the accidental overdose death of their son Carl, the Culbertsons founded the Arms of an Angel Foundation to heighten awareness of the personal and family tragedy that surrounds substance abuse. This week the Culbertsons…
Applications are now being accepted for Class of 2019 Youth Philanthropy Initiative membership from Knox County high school students. The Community Foundation-sponsored organization plans to admit one new member from each local high school and one home school student for the upcoming YPI program year. The Youth Philanthropy Initiative engages in fundraising for its permanent endowment…
The Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County has a new and improved portal for on-line giving that offers its donors more convenience, and the Foundation dramatically lower transactions fees. The new “Donate Now” button above is fully functioning for those wanting to contribute to one of our more than 350 component charitable funds. Donors can…
Trumpet player Gregg Mendel, 2015 winner of the Vaughn Wiester Music Scholarship, will be featured at the sixth annual scholarship benefit concert by Vaughn Wiester’s Famous Jazz Orchestra April 16 in the Knox County Memorial Theater. Admission to the 7:30 p.m. concert is free to the public on a first-come basis until the auditorium’s capacity…
Submissions will be accepted through April 15, 2016, at the Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County for the Fifth 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. Preference will…
The Universal Scholarship Application for both traditional and non-traditional students is now available on the Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County website www.knoxcf.org. The 2016 submission deadline is March 1, and all scholarship announcements will be made in May. Traditional students include those who are enrolled, or will enroll, in college within two…
The Youth Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) of the Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County is inviting applications for youth-centered programs and projects in Knox County. The deadline for submitting the two-page application for funding is Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, and the application is available for easy download under the Youth Philanthropy tab at www.knoxcf.org…
The 2015 Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County Scholarship Program is officially underway with the release of a redesigned and streamlined “Universal Application,” for both traditional and non-traditional students. In 2014 more than $680,000 in college scholarship assistance was awarded by the Community Foundation, and that amount is expected to be exceeded in…
MOUNT VERNON – Small grants will be a bit larger, and large grants will be available later in the calendar year, under new guidelines being put in place for 2015 by the Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County. Executive Director Sam Barone said these first major changes in foundation grantmaking guidelines in…