GO TO GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION The Knox County Foundation staff and leadership have been working diligently in the last week to launch and award a Non-profit Emergency Grant Funding program in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. Ten applications we received in the first week. Additional applications are anticipated over the next six weeks or more.…
LINK TO ONLINE APPLICATION The Knox County Foundation announced it is now accepting emergency funding requests from nonprofit organizations which provide essential community services that are in jeopardy due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. One-time grants of up to $10,000 may be applied for using an online application. Knox County Foundation staff Monday conferred with…
First-year MVNU student Taryn King will perform along with Vaughn Wiester’s Famous Jazz Orchestra, which will also feature Columbus Jazz vocalist Dick Mackey, at the 10th annual music scholarship benefit concert Saturday, Feb. 22, in the Knox County Memorial Theater. Admission to the 7:30 p.m. concert is free to the public on a first-come basis…
Submissions will be accepted through April 15, 2020, at the Knox County Foundation for the 10th Annual Vaughn Wiester Music Scholarship competition. 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 prize scholarship, which has been increased to $3,000…
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…
Knox County Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Initiative is accepting grant applications from non-profit organizations serving the youth of Knox County. Organizations may apply for grants up to $5,000 through Tuesday, Dec. 31, for projects or programs serving Knox County youth, ages 0 to 18. Additionally, the Youth Philanthropy Initiative invites students to submit applications of up…
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…