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The changing face of Mount Vernon’s South Main Street
MVNU Hunter Hall exterior
MVNU’s buchwald center and newly acquired corner lot
On our cover...
Mount Vernon’s South Main Street is enjoying
a renaissance as downtown campuses are being
created for Central Ohio Technical College (COTC)
and Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU).
As is typical for our community the effort has been
propelled by effective collaboration of the two institutions, generous private donors and, of course,
The Community Foundation. Our cover photo
reveals COTC’s Ariel Hall in mid-renovation in the
lower right corner and, to the left on the west side
of South Main Street, MVNU’s new Hunter Hall,
opening in the fall of 2011 as the new home of the
“BAKER BROS.” cafe in MVNU’s new Hunter Hall
MVNU School of Nursing. The Buchwald Center,
immediately to the north of Hunter Hall opened in
September of 2009 housing the MVNU Department
of Art and Schnormeier Gallery; however, a fall
2010 blaze that destroyed the former retail and office building on the southwest corner of South Main
and Gambier Streets forced its temporary closure.
MVNU acquired the razed corner property and is in
the process of creating a mixed-use cityscape.
One block north on South Main Street other
Foundation-assisted projects are giving Downtown
Mount Vernon a new look, such as the renovation of
the Odd Fellows Hall as a home for the Renaissance
Foundation, and improvements to the Place at the
Woodward performance space, part of the larger
Woodward Opera House Restoration, which has
also enjoyed significant Foundation support.
COTC’s Ariel hall ground floor renovation in progress
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2010 Community Foundation of
Mount Vernon & Knox County
Annual Report
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Table of contents
2010 year in review..............................................................................2
Retiring Chairman Mark Ramser looks back...........................................5
Index of Community Foundation funds................................................. 6
Community Foundation fund directory................................................. 9
Financial statements and auditors’ report............................................ 23
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Ramser, Godfrey complete board tenures............................................24
Community Foundation Board of Directors ......................................... 25
Staff and investment management .................................................... 25
Acknowledgements
The Foundation Board of Directors acknowledges the research efforts of Cheri
Butcher, Cynthia Merrin and Gina Stephens of the First-Knox National Bank Trust
Department, as well as those of former investments manager Ian Watson. Without their assistance the task of preparing this report would have been impossible.
How to contact us
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Sam Barone, Executive Director
The Community Foundation
of Mount Vernon & Knox County
P.O. Box 1270 • One South Main Street
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
Telephone: 740.392.3270 • Fax: 740.399.5296
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.mvkcfoundation.org
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Assets surpass $35 million
in comeback year for the
Community Foundation
Adherence to sound investment practices, coupled with more
than $1.5 million in new donor investment, propelled the Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County to a record high
year-end asset value of $35,670,127 on December 31, 2010. Like
other philanthropic organizations operating in this unpredictable
economy, the Foundation looks to protect its gains by emphasizing
fundamentals: maintaining a well-structured investment portfolio,
controlling costs, and demonstrating great value to prospective
donors.
On the grant making side of operations, Foundation board
members continue to scrutinize applications for unrestricted fund
grants with the goal of effecting the greatest benefit for the greatest number of Knox County residents. Listed further below are the
beneficiaries of more than $400,000 distributed in our competitive
grants program, while the remaining recipients
of nearly $1.9 million in total grants are detailed
in the alphabetical directory of scholarship, designated, donor-advised and unrestricted funds,
beginning on page 9.
The board and staff of the Community Foundation are most
gratified that, economic conditions notwithstanding, contributions
to our more than 288 funds have sustained at, or near, historic
levels. In 2010 we were pleased to add 12 new named funds to the
Foundation and, as in years past, we are pleased to recognize them
in this annual report to the community.
The Geraldine “Gerri” Dennis Scholarship Fund, for the benefit of Mount Vernon High School graduates, created by Kenneth E.
Dennis, family and friends, in memory of Gerri Dennis;
The Beverly Jo Dremann Early Childhood Education Scholarship Fund, established by Arthur K. Dremann in memory of his late
wife, for the benefit of Fredericktown High School graduates;
The Blake and Chloris Fritz Scholarship Fund, created by
Blake Fritz and friends in memory of Chloris A. Fritz, for the benefit
of graduating seniors of Mount Vernon High School; and
The Justin T. Richert Scholarship Fund, established in memory of Justin T. Richert by family members, to benefit a graduating
member of the Mount Vernon High School golf team, of which
Justin had been a member.
The Vaughn Wiester Music Scholarship Fund was established
at year-end in honor of Wiester’s extraordinary music career since
graduating from Mount Vernon High School in the early 1960s.
The fund will provide scholarships to aspiring musicians from Knox
County high schools. Beginning in 2011 proceeds from an annual
benefit concert in the Knox County Memorial Theater, featuring
the Vaughn Wiester Famous Jazz Orchestra, will contribute to the
fund’s principal.
Three new organization funds also came into
existence in 2010, extending the benefits of
pooled investing within the Community Foundation to three additional non-profit organizations.
These included: the Sandra K. Barrick Fund for the Knox County
Humane Society, the Community Concerts Association of Knox
County Fund, and the Faith Lutheran Church Mission Fund. The
assets of all three funds are accessible by the organizations according to guidelines they establish with the Foundation’s consent at
the time of fund creation. Long-term adherence to these distribution guidelines is assured by oversight of the Community Foundation Board of Directors.
Contributions from Carolyn Allar and Toma Lord created the
Carolyn Lord Knox County Symphony Fund for the Double Bass,
a designated fund which will provide an annual stipend for a Knox
County Symphony musician.
Finally, the Community Foundation was pleased to welcome
Noel and Suzanne Parrish as contributors to its Legacy Society
Fund. Members of our Legacy Society have the opportunity to
establish a charitable fund with a minimum initial gift of $1,000,
and add to their fund with periodic contributions of any amount,
until fund maturity is reached at the $5,000 level, at which time
distributions may be made. (Please contact us, if you are interested
in learning more about our Legacy Society Fund.)
Year in review
New Funds of the Foundation
Seven of the new funds augment our already impressive
scholarship category, which in 2010 accounted for $728,000 in
post-secondary awards to Knox County high school seniors and
non-traditional students. Scholarship funds added in 2010 were:
The Aljian-Barnes Scholarship Fund, established by Gregory
and Dee Barnes to assist graduates of Fredericktown High School
with medical-related studies;
The American Legion Post #136 Scholarship Fund, created
by the trustees of Post #136 for children, grandchildren and stepchildren of members of a Knox County veterans’ organization;
Five remembered with
new Foundation funds
New Community Foundation funds
were established in 2010 as perpetual
memorials to these community activists, volunteers and family loved ones.
They were (from left) The Sandra K.
Barrick Fund for the Knox County Humane Society, The Geraldine “Gerri”
Dennis Scholarship Fund, The Beverly
Jo Dremann Early Childhood Education Scholarship Fund, The Blake and
Chloris Fritz Scholarship Fund, and
The Justin T. Richert Scholarship
Fund. Named foundation funds can
be created with establishing gifts of
$5,000 or more.
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Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County
• Knox County Education Service Center – Good Choices
Unrestricted fund distributions total $540,000 in 2010
Program,
$2,000
The Community Foundation was pleased to receive an array
• Knox County Park District – Wolf Run Regional Park picnic
of competitive grant applications that addressed educational,
shelter, $1,850 (from the William and Peggy Stroud Fund)
social, cultural, recreational and capital needs throughout Knox
County. The Foundation’s two-stage application review process
• United Way of Knox County – Dolly Parton Imagination
usually requires a presentation before the Distribution Committee
Library sponsorship, $2,000
by prospective grantees for requests of $20,000 or more; however,
• Collaboration with Mount Vernon-Knox County Chamber of
the application process for smaller grants is designed to be easily
Commerce, Knox County Area Development Corporation and
accessible to organizations that lack specialized grant writing
Knox Community Hospital to produce promotional video, $5,000
expertise. All grant making decisions ultimately are made by our
(from the Harold C. and Roberta C. Johnson Fund)
12-member volunteer board of
• 2010 Economic Stabilidirectors.
zation Grant to Behavioral
In 2010 the Community
Healthcare Partners of CenFoundation reviewed 61 requests
tral Ohio, $30,000
for financial assistance, ap • Knox County Education
proving grants to the following
Service Center – Youth Enrichorganizations:
ment Series (Y.E.S.) sponsor
• Fredericktown Commuship, $5,000
nity Development Foundation
• CareNet Pregnancy Ser– Stadium Safety and Rehabilitavices – Ultrasound initiative,
tion Project, $50,000
$26,500
• Ohio Eastern Star Home
• The Village Network
– Glenn Gallagher Community
– Improving Quality of Life
Center construction, $50,000
program, $9,200
• Knox County Renaissance
• Centerburg High School
Foundation – Odd Fellows Hall
Music Boosters – Band unirestoration, $20,000 (from the
form replacement, $7,500
Harold C. and Roberta C. Johnson
Fund)
• East Knox Local Schools
– Weight room equipment,
• The Main Place – Facility
$1,000
improvements, $4,000
• Centerburg Local Schools
• College Township Trust– Frisbee golf course installaees – Emergency generator
The Faith Lutheran Church Mission Fund, established in 2010 with a
tion, $2,500
replacement, $7,494
contribution of $122,400, will support outreach and other activities
• Kokosing Gap Trail – Capi
• Ronald McDonald House
of the local congregation, while enjoying the advantages of pooled
tal improvements, $3,000
Charities – Event sponsorship,
investment with similar organization funds of the Foundation.
$5,000
• City of Mount Vernon –
Foundation Park land acquisi
• HopeNow – Storage facility expansion, $5,000
tion,
$10,000
(from
the
William
and
Peggy
Stroud Fund)
• Pathways of Central Ohio – Knox County 211 implementa
• Knox Performing Arts Council – Place at the Woodward
tion, $1,000
lighting and sound equipment, $3,000
• Knox County Symphony Association – R13 Prestige Clarinet
• Mount Vernon Nazarene University – School of Nursing
purchase, $5,315
downtown
renovations, $15,000 (from the Harold C. and Roberta C.
• OSU Alumni Club of Knox County – Event sponsorship,
Johnson
Fund)
$1,000
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The Community Foundation sponsored a concert by the Grammy
Award winning “Riders in the Sky,” presented by the Community Concerts Association of Knox County, a new organization fund partner.
Sale of the longtime
West Chestnut Street
home of American
Legion Post 136 enabled
creation of a scholarship
fund that will annually
assist the child or grandchild of any active member of a Knox County veterans’ organization. Post
136 members continue to
meet in the Knox County
Memorial Building.
Following more than
40 years of double bass
performance with the
Knox County Symphony,
and with predecessor
ensembles, Carolyn Lord
Allar, with addtional
contributions from Toma
Lord, established a fund
to provide an annual stipend for a Knox County
Symphony musician.
Fredericktown High School graduates pursuing degrees in medicine
or nursing, with preference to those attending the Northeastern Ohio
Universities College of Medicine, will benefit from the new AljianBarnes Scholarship Fund created in 2010 by Dee and Greg Barnes.
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• Boy Scouts of America, Muskingum Valley Council – Beltloopapalooza sponsorship, $1,000
• Knox County Chapter, American Red Cross – Leadership
Knox scholarship, $695
• Touchepointe Marriage and Family Resources – Capacity
building grant, $3,000
• Mount Vernon YMCA – Fitness equipment project, $3,000
• Fredericktown Local Schools – Voices of History program
audio equipment, $300
• Knox County Career Center – Adult Basic Literacy Project,
$1,000
• Knox County Chapter, American Red Cross – Parking Lot
Project, $1,600
• Kenyon Review – Knox County Reads sponsorship, $1,000
• Hospice of Knox County – Leadership Knox scholarship, $795
• Knox County Chapter, American Red Cross /Mount Vernon
Fire Department – Smoke detector project, $1,500
• Knox County District, Family, Career, and Community
Leaders of America – Conference sponsorship, $1,000
• Equine Assisted Therapy – Horse shelter construction,
$1,000
• Knox County Education Service Center – Play to Talk Conference sponsorship, $3,000
• Fredericktown Local Schools – Native Ohio Plants Project,
$1,000
• Knox County Education Service Center – Preschool Therapeutic Listening curriculum, $3,000
• Mount Vernon Rotary Foundation – Fiscal agent for Mount
Vernon Youth Basketball Start-Up project, $1,000
• St. Paul’s Episcopal Church –Carpeting public space used for
hosting Alcoholics Anonymous and Hot Meals programs, $2,272
• Knox County 4-H Canine Council – Agility equipment,
$2,014
• Ohio Grantmakers Forum – Portion of association dues
reportable as a charitable contribution, $2,602
• OSU Alumni Club of Knox County – OSU Men’s Glee Club
February 2011 concert sponsorship, $2,000
• Food For the Hungry – Program sponsorship, $1,000
Grants awarded in 2009, but paid in 2010, included:
• Kenyon College – Fine arts complex, $125,000, and
• Mount Vernon YMCA – Pool improvements, $50,000
Additional grant making activities
Not to be overlooked are substantial recurring annual distributions from the Community Foundation’s many designated funds.
The foresight of generous donors, who typically created these
funds with gifts from their estates, was responsible for approximately $243,000 in 2010 grants to churches, schools, social services
organizations, and others. Scholarship awards of more than
$750,000, and donor-advised distributions of some $465,000, accounted for the remainder of nearly $2 million of total Foundation
grant making during the year.
New board members elected in 2010
The Foundation Board of Directors elected three new members to fill vacancies due to term limits which occurred between
December 2009 and December 2010. Newly elected to the board
were: Gene Jackson, manager of the Mount Vernon branch of PNC
Bank, nominated by the Chamber of Commerce to replace Joan
Jones; Marsha Rinehart, Executive Vice President of Kokosing
Construction Co., selected at-large by the board to replace Ronald
Godfrey; and Gordon E. Yance, nominated by First-Knox National
Bank to replace Mark Ramser. You will find our complete board
membership on the inside back cover of this report.
Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County
Retiring Chair Mark Ramser
reflects on the Foundation’s
increased community profile
Three grant making areas come to mind that have had a
tremendous impact on the Knox County community in recent
years. First, grants have been made to Central Ohio Technical
College, Kenyon College, and Mount Vernon Nazarene
University, with the majority of those funds invested in
physical facilities in downtown Mount Vernon.
Second, the Foundation has made important contributions
to the acquisition of land for Foundation Park, Wolf Run
Regional Park, Fredericktown’s Mill Street Park, and The
Falls at Honey Run. I cannot reference the Foundation’s
green space acquisition efforts without giving due credit to
another of my predecessors as chair, William “Bill” Stroud. Bill
established a “Special Projects Fund” with annual set-asides
from our general fund grants budget to enable the Foundation
to seize upon opportunities for
park land acquisition, and the
aforementioned properties were
all purchased with these funds.
Finally, with respect to grant
making, the number and dollar
amount of academic scholarships
has significantly increased,
financially assisting Knox County
students in achieving their
academic goals. Scholarships in
1997 totalled $170,000 compared
to more than $750,000 awarded in
2010.
During the last 14 years I have been privileged to serve
on the board of The Community Foundation of Mount Vernon
and Knox County and its predecessor organization, the Mount
Vernon/Knox County Community Trust. In the process of
composing my final observations as Chair of the Foundation, I
looked back on more than a decade’s worth of annual reports
and was reminded of the significant changes that transpired
during those years.
The first of these dramatic
transformations is reflected in the
name of the organization itself.
Then a “Community Trust,” now a
“Community Foundation,” the change
is more than superficial.
The number of board members –
five, plus a secretary – had remained
unchanged since the “Trust” was
founded in 1944. The addition of six
at-large members between 1999
and 2002 has enhanced the board’s
geographic base and expertise. The
change to a corporate Foundation
structure also allowed for the
Foundation built on generosity
employment of our first-ever partThe growth of the Community
time executive director in 2002. Sam
Foundation results from people
Barone continues in that role today,
with philanthropic mind sets
and is doing an excellent job, now on
donating money and other
a full-time basis. First-Knox National
assets. Certainly the most notable
Bank, one of the five original trustees
of these “other assets” is a
of the organization, also continues
substantial portion of the acreage
to provide administrative support
comprising Schnormeier Gardens
and investment expertise, as well
near Gambier. Ted and Ann
as office space for the Foundation.
Schnormeier have created a worldMy immediate predecessor as
class horticultural and artistic
chair, Maureen Buchwald, deserves
destination, ownership of which
due recognition for pointing the
they are systematically transferring
former Community Trust down this
to a new supporting organization
path of institutional growth and
within the Community Foundation
development.
known as The Schnormeier
Retiring Foundation Chair Mark Ramser will be fondly
Gardens Foundation.
remembered by board colleagues for his insistence on
Endowment assets multiply
The extraordinary philanreading aloud every thank you note received from a
Another astounding change
thropic leadership of Karen
scholarship recipient or grantee organization.
– one we had hoped for and had
Buchwald Wright and the Ariel
anticipated with the expansion of our board and the hiring of
Corporation through their donor-advised and scholarship
professional staff – is the exponential increase in Foundation
funds is also worthy of special mention.
assets, from $12,483,387 in January 1997, to $35,670,127 at
I have been amazed at the diversity of donors to the
the close of 2010. Clearly word has gotten out to Knox County
Community Foundation. It is also important that the board
philanthropists that the Community Foundation is a flexible
members bring a diversity of community, education, and
and cost-effective vehicle for charitable giving. In 1997 the Trust
life experiences to prudently administer the assets of the
was comprised of 152 individual named funds, compared to the
Community Foundation and make wise decisions in the grants
288 funds which are catalogued in this 2010 annual report. The
made from unrestricted funds.
proliferation of funds is due primarily to the growing popularity
I have greatly enjoyed working with everyone associated
of donor-advised and scholarship funds.
with the Community Foundation and I look forward to a
More assets and more funds translate naturally to more
continued association with the organization in the years
grants. Our community foundation routinely distributes between
ahead as a trustee emeritus and partner in philanthropy.
$1.5 million and $2 million per year, as compared to typical
If you are not already familiar with the Community
annual distributions of about $600,000 in the late 1990s. During
Foundation, I encourage you to contact Executive Director
my 14-year stint on the board, I had the opportunity to vote on
Sam Barone, or the Trust Department at First-Knox National
total grant and scholarship distributions of nearly $18 million.
Bank, to learn how your own philanthropic goals can be
For a community of our size, that is a noteworthy charitable
realized by establishing a charitable fund.
investment in people, programs and facilities.
– Mark R. Ramser
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Index of Community
Foundation funds
A fund directory beginning on page 9 details each of the Community
Foundation’s 288 funds. The numeral listed after each fund in the following index will guide you to the appropriate directory page.
Arts & humanities funds
Ruth T. Bemis Knox County Symphony Orchestra Fund, 10
Knox County Historical Society Fund, 16
Carolyn Lord Knox County Symphony Fund for the Double
Bass, 17 (New Fund)
League of Friendship Fund, 14
Mount Vernon Theater Guild Fund, 18
Community improvement funds
Ariel Corporation Stacy Doyle Fund, 9
Community Improvement Fund, 11
Didinger Family Knox County Humane Society Fund, 13
Dorothy Farmer Pike Twp. Cemetery Fund, 13
Marjorie Fearn Fund, 13
Wilbur Gaunder Knox County Humane Society Fund, 14
Zack T. Hollister Bird Cemetery Fund, 16
Harold C. and Roberta C. Johnson Fund, 16
Humane Society-Barbara S. Jones Fund, 16
Kokosing Gap Trail Fund, 17
Emerson Laird Kokosing Gap Trail Fund, 17
Howard McDonald Friends Cemetery Fund, 17
Walter and Jane Rudin Family Fund, 21
Schnormeier Gardens Fund, 21
Kathryn A. Sheedy Sanctuary Memorial Fund, 21
Charles M. Zelkowitz Chamber of Commerce Fund, 22
Designated funds
George & Ruth Gelsanliter Memorial Fund, 14
W. Glenn Hess Fund, 15
Pauline Jamison Kartman Fund, 16
Harriet B. Lawler Memorial Fund, 17
Short Term Project Fund, 21
Amy Fairchild Williams Memorial Fund, 22
Beatty B. Williams Fund, 22
Helen E. Zelkowitz Fund, 22
Donor-advised funds
Ariel Corporation Donor-Advised Fund, 9
Donald T. and Carolyn A. Blizzard Family Fund, 10
Douglas & Patsy Brenneman Fund, 10
Aaron Christopher Donor-Advised Fund, 11
Edgar and Joan Clipse Family Fund, 11
Gary W. and Carol A. Didinger Fund, 13
Givens Family Fund, 15
Sheryl A. Hall Memorial Fund, 15
Lois and Burt Hanson Donor-Advised Fund, 15
Donald A. and Sigrid O. Harnsberger Fund, 15
Sgt. Benjamin J. Laymon Memorial Fund, 17
LeFurjah Family Donor-Advised Fund, 17
Judith K. and Leon E. Marlow Family Fund, 17
Mount Vernon Machine & Tool Fund, 18
Richard B. & Susan B. Murray Donor-Advised Fund, 18
Plocki-McManus Family Fund, 19
Dr. Clyde L. and Dora L. Purdy Fund, 19
Mark and Denise Ramser Family Fund, 20
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The Fredericktown Park District received Foundation support to purchase Mill Street property, adjoining Community Park and including a
spacious nature center. Parks Director Bill Whaley is pictured.
Ruby and Alan Riedel Fund, 20
Richard, Barbara & Travis Ritter Fund, 20
Schnormeier Family Fund, 21
William and Peggy Stroud Fund, 21
Totus Tuus Fund, 21
Carlos E. and Celestine A. Watkins Family Fund, 22
Education funds
Altrusa Club of Knox County, 9
Lester R. and Mildred E. Bennett Memorial Fund, 10
Central Ohio Technical College Fund, 11
Gordon & Roberta Chalmers Library Fund, 9
Early Learners’ Scholarship Fund, 13
Education & Scholarship Fund, 13
Wilbur Gaunder Nursing Scholarship Fund, 14
Gelsanliter Family Fund, 14
Richard Landers Fund for Knox County Career Center, 17
Harriett Buchanan Lawler Memorial Fund, 17
Ethel Lyman Memorial Fund, 17
Ida T. McHugh Pleasant St. Elementary School Library Fund, 17
Mount Vernon Academic Boosters Fund, 17
Mount Vernon High School Alumni Fund, 18
Wesley Judd Park Fund for MVNU, 19
Andy Ressing Memorial Fund, 20
James R. Westerheide Memorial Fund, 22
Beatty B. Williams Library Fund, 22
Charles M. and Helen E. Zelkowitz Soroptomist Fund, 22
Health and wellness funds
Robert Black Fund, 10
Rose M. Blair Cancer Society Fund, 10
Rose M. Blair Heart Association Fund, 10
Debes Heart Fund, 12
Didinger Family Knox Community Hospital Fund, 13
Wilbur Gaunder Hospice of Knox County Fund, 14
Wilbur Gaunder Knox County Red Cross Fund, 14
Margaret Louise Jamison YMCA Fund, 16
Knox County Society for Crippled Children & Adults Fund, 16
Knox County Medical Society Fund, 17
Mae S. Taylor YMCA Fund, 22
Beatty B. Williams YMCA Fund, 22
Human and social service funds
Didinger Family Fund for United Way, 13
Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County
Wilbur Gaunder Salvation Army Fund, 14
Ellen M. Heckler Fund, 15
Interchurch Social Services Fund, 16
Margaret Louise Jamison Interchurch Fund, 16
James K. Lyman Memorial Fund, 17
Zelkowitz Family Knox County United Way Endowment Fund, 22
Legacy Society funds
Sam and Paula Barone Legacy Fund, 10
Sally and Joe Nelson Legacy Fund, 18
Noel and Suzanne Parrish Legacy Fund, 19 (New Fund)
Ian and Charlotte Watson Legacy Fund, 22
Organization funds
Alcohol and Drug Freedom Center Fund, 9
Apple Valley Property Owners Association Fund, 9
Sandra K. Barrick Knox Co. Humane Society Fund, 10 (New Fund)
Christ Church at the Quarry Restoration Fund, 11
Community Concerts Association of Knox County
Fund, 11 (New Fund)
Danville Academic Achievement Fund, 12
Faith Lutheran Church Mission Fund, 13 (New Fund)
Friends Cemetery Association Fund, 14
Fredericktown Community Center Fund, 13
Fredericktown Community Fund, 13
Kiwanis Club of Mount Vernon Fund, 16
The Foundation for Knox Community Hospital Fund, 16
Knox County Parks Fund, 16
Knox County Symphony Association Fund, 16
Mount Vernon Board of Education Fund, 18
Mount Vernon Elks Lodge #140 Fund, 18
Mount Vernon Rotary Foundation Fund, 18
Mount Vernon YMCA Trust Fund, 18
Mount Vernon Youth Baseball Leagues Fund, 18
United Way of Knox County Fund, 22
Scholarship funds
John Ackerman Community Scholarship Fund, 9
Aljian-Barnes Scholarship Fund, 9 (New Fund)
American Legion Post #136 Scholarship Fund, 9 (New Fund)
Robert C. Appleton Fund, 9
Arck/Crowthers Fund, 9
Ariel Corporation Scholarship Fund, 9
Fred Barry Jr. Memorial Fund, 10
Chief Thomas E. Bartlett Scholarship Fund, 10
Elizabeth W. Bell Scholarship Fund, 10
Clark and Lucy Biggs Fund, 10
John Gordon Bone Jr. Student Aid Fund, 10
Karl W. Brown Scholarship Fund, 10
Phil Burghard Memorial Scholarship Fund, 11
Charles E. Cassaday Fund, 11
Helen Hope Cooke Scholarship Fund, 12
Norma J. Cornell Memorial Scholarship Fund, 12
Norma J. Cornell St. Vincent de Paul Parish Education Fund, 12
Harold B. “Cookie” Cunningham Fund, 12
Danville Masonic Lodge F&AM Scholarship Fund, 12
Geraldine “Gerri” Dennis Scholarship Fund, 12 (New Fund)
Martha Deppner Scholarship Fund, 13
Gary W. and Carol A. Didinger Scholarship Fund, 13
Joe Divelbiss Memorial Scholarship Fund, 13
Beverly Jo Dremann Early Childhood Education Scholarship
Fund, 13 (New Fund)
Marjorie Fearn Music Scholarship Fund, 13
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Ralph and Ara Flack Scholarship Fund, 13
Fredericktown Academic Loan Fund, 13
Pauline Freeman Scholarship Fund, 13
Blake and Chloris Fritz Scholarship Fund, 14 (New Fund)
Wilbur Gaunder Engineering Scholarship Fund, 14
Pauline L. Gordon Memorial Scholarship Fund, 15
Larry Hall Fund, 15
Donald A. and Sigrid O. Harnsberger Scholarship Fund, 15
Lillian C. Hickman Fund, 15
William S. Hunter Fund, 16
Cody L. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund, 16
Edwin Kaylor Scholarship Fund, 16
Knox County Fraternal Order of Police Scholarship Fund, 16
Ila Ward Kohl Scholarship Fund, 17
Barbara C. Lamb Fund IMO Rex M. Lamb, Jr., 17
Harriet B. Lawler Memorial Scholarship Fund, 17
John M. Lee Scholarship Fund, 17
Ruth Leedy Scholarship Fund, 17
Leedy Student Aid Fund, 17
Alexandra D. Letz General Scholarship Fund, 17
Alexandra D. Letz Nursing Scholarship Fund, 17
Kathryn Ann Levering Memorial Scholarship Fund, 17
Roy McKinley Scholarship Fund, 17
Meharry Family African-American/American-Indian Nursing
Scholarship Fund, 17
Anna B. and Ralph V. Mowery Scholarship Fund, 18
Ohio’s Junior Miss Scholarship Fund, 18
Edna Osborn Fund, 18
The Ohio State University Knox County Alumni Club
Scholarship Fund, 18
Arthur J. Packard Jr. Memorial Fund, 19
Dolly Mae Paige Scholarship Fund, 19
Richard T. Poling Scholarship Fund, 19
William E. & Helen F. Pond Fund, 19
Sarah Karolin Pressler Memorial Scholarship Fund, 19
Psi Iota Xi Scholarship Fund, 19
Caitlin C. Pugh Scholarship Fund, 19
Dr. Clyde L. and Dora L. Purdy Scholarship Fund, 19
J. R. and Lorene Purdy Scholarship Fund, 19
Charles Pursel Scholarship Fund, 20
John P. and Agnes D. Rentz Scholarship Fund, 20
Justin T. Richert Scholarship Fund, 20 (New Fund)
Pauline S. Riel Scholarship Fund, 20
Mary Catherine Ritter Scholarship Fund, 20
Roelofs Family Scholarship Fund, 20
Panoramic campus vistas are enjoyed from the main lobby of the
Foundation-supported Graham Gund Gallery, a 31,000 sq. ft. art history and exhibition facility at Kenyon College opening fall 2011.
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Unrestricted funds
Mount Vernon native jazz musician Vaughn Wiester was honored in
2010 with the creation of a new scholarship fund for graduating Knox
County high school students pursuing instrumental or vocal music
performance. Wiester’s “Famous Jazz Orchestra” performed its first
annual scholarship benefit concert in February 2011.
Hugh Cameron Roelofs Scholarship Fund, 20
Larry A. Schisler Memorial Scholarship Fund, 21
Fred Schuller Scholarship Fund, 21
Rick L. Scott Memorial Scholarship, 21
Charles F. & Zella H. Simpson Scholarship Fund, 21
Sims-Rose Scholarship Fund, 21
Nancy L. Sinclair Scholarship Fund, 21
Dean & Audrey Spearman Rollin’ Buckeye Fund, 21
Strang Memorial Fund, 21
Student Scholarship Fund, 21
Carlos E. Watkins First-Knox Scholarship Fund, 22
Vaughn Wiester Music Scholarship Fund, 22 (New Fund)
Jay M. and Sarah L. Wilson Scholarship Fund, 22
William E. Wing Scholarship Fund, 22
Charles M. Zelkowitz Community Service Scholarship Fund, 22
Charles M. and Helen E. Zelkowitz Fund, 22
Stephen W. Zelkowitz Scholarship Fund for Ohio’s Junior Miss, 22
Stephen W. Zelkowitz Scholarship Fund, 22
Spiritual growth funds
Sterling B. and Edna B. Braddock Fund, 10
Hannah Browning Home Fund, 11
Garfield & Mazie Colgin Memorial Fund, 11
Helen Hope Cooke Fund, 12
Fletcher M. Devin Fund, 13
Didinger Family St. Luke Catholic Church Fund, 13
First Congregational Church Building Fund, 13
First Congregational Church Fund, 13
Wilbur Gaunder Harcourt Episcopal Church Fund, 14
H. Grant Heckler Memorial Fund, 15
Thomas E. Heine Memorial Fund, 15
Ethel V. Jamison Fund, 16
Margaret Louise Jamison Church Fund, 16
F. William Kahrl Fund, 16
R. B. Kincaid Fund, 16
Kiracofe Family Fund, 16
Daniel Pealer Memorial Fund, 19
J. R. and Lorene Purdy Fund, 20
George H. and Eleanor M. Ralston Memorial Fund, 20
Arthur E. and Grace E. Rawlinson Fund, 20
Delbert C. Schmidt Fund, 21
Walter T. Starr Memorial Fund, 21
Howard S. Tarr First Congregational Fund, 21
Zenno E. & Mae S. Taylor Memorial Fund, 22
Martha Turner Walker Memorial Fund, 22
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Ariel Corporation Fund, 9
Frank L. and Anna Beam Fund, 10
Henry L. Beecher Fund, 10
Luke B. Biggs Fund, 10
Ralph L. and Doris Boyer Fund, 10
Donald W. Clutter Fund, 11
Charles F. Colville Fund, 11
Community Foundation Memorial Fund, 11
Ellen Grant Crawford Fund, 12
George Culbertson Fund, 12
M. Elizabeth Cummings Fund, 12
Samuel D. and Marie D. Cureton Fund, 12
Cutler Memorial Fund, 12
James H. Debes Fund, 12
Jennie J. Debes Fund, 12
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Fairchild Memorial Fund, 13
Harry M. and Lovella R. Foster Memorial Fund, 13
General Fund and Unrestricted Grants Fund, 14
Dorothea M. George Fund, 15
Morton M. Hansen Fund, 15
Knox County Savings Bank Fund, 16
Lamb Glass Company Fund, 17
Robert B. and Helen W. Lantz Fund, 17
Lawrence and Josephine Lewis Fund, 17
James A. McElroy Fund, 17
John and Genevieve Minor Foundation Fund, 17
William. L. Moore and Geraldine Moore Fowler Fund, 17
The Mount Vernon Bridge Company Fund, 18
Ohio Magazine Fund, 18
Nancy J. Page Fund, 19
Havilah Phelps Fund, 19
Margaret Polahar Memorial Fund, 19
Pond Motors Sales Fund, 19
J. R. and Lorene Purdy Memorial Fund, 20
Russell E. Ramser Jr. Memorial Fund, 20
Residential Homes of Knox County Fund, 20
Rudin Company Fund, 21
J. W. Rudin Jr. Fund, 21
J. W. Rudin Sr. Fund, 21
W. M. Rudin Fund, 21
Sanderson-Salisbury Memorial Fund, 21
Berta H. Schnebly Fund, 21
Kathryn A. Sheedy Memorial Fund, 21
Belle Shrontz Fund, 21
Special Projects Fund, 21
Mrs. Walter J. Sperry and Family Fund, 21
Blanche Stevenson Fund, 21
Mary Blanche Stuckey Fund, 21
Frederick and Carol Surlas Fund, 21
Zenno E. and Mae S. Taylor Fund, 22
Perry and Louise Trinkner Fund, 22
Jean Ann Wagner Fund, 22
Beatty B. Williams Memorial Fund, 22
Edith Hindley Williams Fund, 22
Lawrence F. and Ruby Williams Fund, 22
Arthur C. and Ada B. Wolfe Memorial Fund, 22
Youth enrichment funds
Character Building Fund, 11
Paul G. Crawford Fund, 12
Greg Farmer Memorial Knox County 4-H Clubs Fund, 13
Alice Jewell Memorial Fund, 16
Mount Vernon Livestock Cooperative Association Fund, 18
YWCA Girls’ Fund, 22
Zelkowitz Family YMCA Endowment Fund, 22
Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County
Fund values, contributions and distributions at year-end 2010
Community Foundation fund directory
Abbreviations used in fund listings:
(D) Designated Fund • (DA) Donor-Advised Fund • (L) Legacy Fund • (O) Organization Fund • (S) Scholarship Fund
• (U) Unrestricted Fund • (CHS) Centerburg High School • (DHS) Danville High School • (EKHS) East Knox High School • (FHS) Fredericktown High School • (KCCC) Knox County Career Center • (MVA) Mount Vernon Academy • (MVHS) Mount Vernon High School •
(Year) fund was established • (IMO) In memory of
John Ackerman Community Scholarship Fund
(S - 2008) Market Value: $13,615; Contributions: $750; Contributors: Ms. Loretta Ackerman and Mr. Earl Bechtel, Ms. Melana L.
Ackerman, Ms. Melisa A. Ackerman; Distributions: $500; Grantees: Sara Semerar (FHS), Walsh University, $500.
Alcohol and Drug Freedom Center Fund
Market Value: $21,375; Contributions: $15,500; Contributors: Alcohol and Drug Freedom Center of Knox County, Mr.
and Mrs. David F. McCoy, Mather Fund.
(O - 2009)
Aljian-Barnes Scholarship Fund
(S - 2010) Market Value: $6,094; Contributions: $6,000; Contributors: Mr. and
Mrs. Gregory W. Barnes; Distributions:
$500; Grantees: Danielle Goeppinger
(FHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene University,
$500.
Contributors: Ariel Corporation, Ms. Karen Buchwald Wright;
Distributions: $315,028; Grantees: Foundation Park Conservancy,
$99,000; Knox County Humane Society, $5,000; Alcohol and Drug
Freedom Center of Knox County, $5,000; Kokosing Gap Trail,
$50,000; Mount Vernon City Auditor, $96,842; Mount Vernon City
School District, $17,185; YMCA of Mount Vernon, $17,000; LaLeche
League International, $25,000.
Ariel Corporation Stacy Doyle Fund
(D - 1998)
Market Value: $58,431; Distributions: $2,338; Grantees: Kokosing Gap
Trail, $2,338.
Ariel Corporation Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $351,144; Contributions: $375,000; Contributors: Ariel
Corporation, Ms. Karen Buchwald Wright;
Distributions: $359,500; Grantees: JuliaSorina S. Apostolescu (Luke), Kent State
Altrusa Club of Knox County
University – Stark, $2,500; Bethany R.
(D - 1997) Market Value: $14,552; DisAshcraft (Central Crossing), Ohio Wesleyan
tributions: $628; Grantees: Knox County
University, $5,000; Brittany M. Auker
Career Center, $210; Mount Vernon City
(FHS), University of Charleston, $2,500;
School District, $210; Public Library of
Megan E. Bailey (Clear Fork), The Ohio
Mount Vernon & Knox Co., $210.
State University, $2,500; Matthew D. Bardeen (Olentangy Liberty), Ohio University,
American Legion Post #136 Scholarship
$5,000; Nathan D. Bartley (Utica), Central
Fund
Ohio Technical College, $2,500; Michelle
(S - 2010) Market Value: $65,097; ContriR. Bissey (Klein, TX H.S.), University of
butions: $60,000; Contributors: AmeriTexas Austin, $5,000; Jenna I. Bittner
can Legion Post #136.
(Westerville Central), Ohio Northern
Apple Valley Property Owners AssociaUniversity, $5,000; Garrett J. Blue (DHS),
tion Fund
Muskingum University, $5,000; William J.
(A - 2005) Market Value: $4,835; ContriBoling (Ellet), University of Akron, $5,000;
butions: $240; Contributors: Apple Valley
Benjamin A. Boner (MVHS), Central
Fish Club, Apple Valley Garden Club, Mr.
Ohio Technical College, $1,500; Justin T.
and Mrs. Carl Holmes (in memory of Donna
Bragwell (Uniontown Lake), University of
Chapman and Bill Wangler); Distributions:
Akron, $2,500; Kevin D. Burdulis (MVHS),
$1,000; Grantees: Scott E. Martin (EKHS),
University of Findlay, $2,500; Bradley
Carnegie Mellon University, $1,000.
R. Burke (New London), Virginia Marti
College of Art, $2,500; Kevin D. Burke
Robert C. Appleton Fund
(New London), North Central State Col(S - 1980) Market Value: $129,423; Distrilege, $2,500; David E. Burt (MVHS), The
butions: $5,000; Grantees: Alec W. Curry
Ohio State University, $5,000; Ashley E.
(MVHS), Miami, $2,000; Caleb D. DeVolld
Cannon (FHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene
The Ariel Corporation, with its headquarters
(MVHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene UniverUniversity, $5,000; Robert G. Cannon (FHS),
and principal manufacturing operations in
sity, $1,000; Sean T. Buchanan (MVHS),
University of Toledo, $2,500; Chelsea E.
Mount Vernon, funds a generous companyUniversity of Cincinnati, $2,000
Clark (EKHS), Denison University, $5,000;
based scholarship program. In 2010 nearly
Arck/Crowthers Fund
Kyle W. Clinedinst (MVHS), Muskingum
$360,000 was awarded in varying amounts,
(S - 1992) Market Value: $5,667.
based on scholastic performance and selection University, $5,000; Donald A. Crow (DHS),
Bradford School, $2,500; Natalie R. Dalton
of post-secondary degree paths.
Ariel Corporation Fund
(DHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene University,
(U - 1997) Market Value: $224,469; Con$5,000; Katherine N. Doup (MVHS), Ohio University, $2,500; Wiltributions: $250; Contributors: Ms. Melodee Kornacker; TRANSliam R. Doup (MVHS), The Ohio State University, $2,500; BritFER TO UNRESTRICTED GRANTS FUND: $10,701.
tany L. Drews (MVHS), The Ohio State University, $5,000; Craig
P. Drews (MVHS), The Ohio State University, $5,000; Anna C.
Ariel Corporation Donor Advised Fund
Easterday (Chardon), College of Wooster, $2,500; Clay C. Easterday
(A - 2006) Market Value: $3,763,969; Contributions: $375,000;
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(Chardon), Oberlin College, $5,000; Ryan S. Egle (Pickerington
North), Kent State University, $5,000; Tasha S. Elkins (FHS), Miami
University, $5,000; Joshua P. Eshelman (Minerva), Kent State
University, $2,500; David M. Fernandez (MVHS), ITT Technical,
$2,500; John P. Fernandez (MVHS), Ohio Northern University,
$5,000; William C. Gallagher (MVHS), Ohio Northern University,
$2,500; Alex A. Griffith (Crestview), Wittenberg University, $5,000;
Clayton A. Grubb (Tuslaw), Cedarville University, $5,000; Justin K.
Hershberger (Northmor), The Ohio State University, $5,000; David
P. Horn (CFHS), North Central State College, $2,500; Katie L. Huff
(Loudonville), Ashland University, $5,000; Megan S. Iverson (DHS),
The Ohio State University, $5,000; Austin D. Jamieson (MVHS),
The Ohio State University Newark, $2,500; Benjamin S. Johnson
(Blue Valley West), Brigham Young University, $5,000; Rachel M.
Johnson (Northridge), Brigham Young University - Idaho, $5,000;
Chad S. Knoch (Lake), Kent State University, $2,500; Jay F. Kunzi
(Watkins Memorial), Ashland University, $5,000; Rebecca E. Laux
(Woodridge), University of Akron, $5,000; Jonathon C. Lear (EKHS),
Ohio University, $2,500; Chance E. Lee (Loudonville), The Ohio
State University – Mansfield, $5,000; Rebecca A. Ligon (Green),
University of Akron, $5,000; Steven C. Lilly Jr. (EKHS), Denison
University, $2,500; John A. Lortie (MVHS), Ohio University, $5,000;
Marcus A. Magers (MVHS), Ohio University, $5,000; Nathan C.
Maloney (MVHS), Owens Community College, $1,500; Nicholas
B. Maloney (MVHS), University of Cincinnati, $2,500; Douglas V.
Masters (Big Walnut), University of Kentucky, $2,500; Aubrey C.
McClure (West Holmes), The Ohio State University, $5,000; Erin
M. McClure (MVHS), The Ohio State University, $5,000; Katelyn S.
McCombs (DHS), Walsh University, $2,500; Andrew J. McGough
(MVHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene University, $5,000; Chelsea N.
Megyes (Manchester), Walsh University, $5,000; Emily A. Megyes
(Manchester), Kent State University – Stark, $5,000; Shalissa M.
Myers (Highland), North Central State College, $2,500; Allison M.
Nauman (MVHS), Milligan College, $5,000; Candee R. Neibarger
(CHS), North Central State College, $2,500; Amy M. Newman
(FHS), Miami University, $10,000; Jonathan A. Newman (FHS),
University of Cincinnati, $5,000; Andre C. Nixon (MVHS), The Ohio
State University, $5,000; Leanne M. Nixon (MVHS), The Ohio State
University, $5,000; Amelia B. Nyhart (DHS), The Ohio State University, $5,000; Kaylee A. Ohler (Mount Gilead), MedCentral College
of Nursing, $2,500; Benjamin G. Phillippi (MVHS), Ohio University,
$5,000; Zachary D. Phillippi (MVHS), Ohio University, $5,000;
Dylan R. Schnormeier (MVHS), University of Cincinnati, $5,000;
Dustin D. Sherman (Utica), Otterbein College, $2,500; Bethany K.
Smith (Utica), Mount Vernon Nazarene University, $2,500; Brandon
A. Smith (MVHS), Bowling Green State University, $5,000; Britney
R. Smith (MVHS), Ohio Wesleyan University, $2,500; Braelyn Snow
(Mount Gilead), Indiana Wesleyan University, $5,000; Caitlin Stahl
(EKHS), Chamberlain College of Nursing, $5,000; Zechariah D.
Thompson (MVHS), The Ohio State University – Newark, $5,000;
Evan M. Todd (Beechcroft), The Ohio State University, $10,000;
Michael T. Tyson (Hillsdale), Capital University, $5,000; Aubry N.
Vonck (MVHS), The Ohio State University, $5,000; Shawna A.
Weiland (Hoover), Ashland University, $5,000; David E. Weyhmeller
(CFHS), University of Akron, $5,000; Maxwell D. Whitney (MVHS),
Ohio University, $5,000; Kolton H. Wilson (MVHS), The Ohio State
University – Newark, $2,500; Brittany N. Worth (Fairfield Union),
Hocking College, $2,500; Scholarship Refunds: $1,000.
Sam and Paula Barone Legacy Fund
(A - 2004) Market Value: $5,545; Contributions: $348; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Barone, Ms. Anna M. Barone.
Sandra Barrick Knox County Humane Society Fund
(O - 2010) Market Value: $54,485; Contributions: $50,000; Contributors: Knox County Humane Society.
Fred Barry Jr. Memorial Fund
(D - 1993) Market Value: $34,502; Distributions: $1,490; Grantees: Kenyon College, $1,490.
Chief Thomas E. Bartlett Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $14,471; Contributions: $300; Contribu-
(S - 2006)
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tors: Mr. and Mrs. Lee E. Black, Ms. Candis Bartlett, Mr. Howard
Workman, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Heffernan; Distributions: $500;
Grantees: Caleb D. DeVolld (MVHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene
University, $500.
Frank L. and Anna Beam Fund
Market Value: $18,659; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $891.
(U - 1979)
Henry L. Beecher Fund
(U - 1944)
Market Value: $7,017; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $335.
Elizabeth W. Bell Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $10,613.
(S - 2005)
Ruth T. Bemis Knox County Symphony Orchestra Fund
Market Value: $24,477; Distributions: $1,054; Grantees: Knox County Symphony Association, $1,054.
(D - 2006)
Lester R. and Mildred E. Bennett Memorial Fund
Market Value: $43,927; Distributions: $1,897; Grantees: East Knox Local Schools, $1,897.
(D - 1993)
Clark and Lucy Biggs Fund
Market Value: $243,196; Distributions: $10,000;
Grantees: Kierra D. Dye (CHS), The Ohio State University, $500;
David M. Hebenthal (CHS), Grove City College, $2,000; Alexander
S. Hudson (CHS), Miami University, $1,500; Chelsea C. Katzeman
(CHS), Kenyon College, $2,000; Amy E. Rice (MVHS), College of
Wooster, $2,000; Skyler J. Simpson (CHS), Baldwin-Wallace College, $2,000.
(S - 1991)
Luke B. Biggs Fund
(U - 1991)
Market Value: $175,005; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $8,354.
See “Zack T. Hollister Bird Cemetery Fund”
Robert Black Fund
(D - 1989)
Market Value: $109,163; Distributions: $4,714; Grantees: Mental Health America of Knox County, $4,714.
Rose M. Blair Cancer Society Fund
Market Value: $1,927; Distributions: $83; Grantees:
American Cancer Society, $83.
(D - 1959)
Rose M. Blair Heart Association Fund
(D - 1959) Market Value: $1,927; Distributions: $83; Grantees:
Knox County Heart Association, $83.
Blizzard Family Fund
(A - 2009)
Market Value: $11,030.
John Gordon Bone Jr. Student Aid Fund
(S - 1983) Market Value: $673,397; Distributions: $27,702; Grantees: Kenyon College, $20,776; Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Development, $6,926.
Ralph L. and Doris Boyer Fund
Market Value: $180,570; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $8,620.
(U - 1987)
Sterling B. and Edna B. Braddock Fund
Market Value: $10,679; Distributions: $461; Grantees:
Ebenezer United Methodist Church, $461.
(D - 1984)
Douglas & Patsy Brenneman Family Fund
(A - 2006) Market Value: $11,336; Contributions: $1,000; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Douglas O. Brenneman.
Karl W. Brown Writing Award
(S - 2003) Market Value: $11,882; Contributions: $900; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. William E. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Hules,
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Brueshaber, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Brueshaber, Mr.
and Mrs. Gary Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Brueshaber, Mr. and Mrs.
John Stone; Distributions: $500; Grantees: Lauren Snyder (FHS),
Ashland University, $500.
Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County
Hannah Browning Home Fund
(D - 1998) Market Value: $570,255; Distributions: $26,809;
Grantees: Faith Lutheran Church, $4,468; First Congregational
United Church of Christ, $4,468; First Presbyterian Church of Mt
Vernon, $4,468; Gay Street United Methodist Church, $4,468; Mulberry Street Methodist Church, $4,468; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
$4,468.
Phil Burghard Memorial Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $23,952; Distributions: $1,000; Grantees: Justin Staton (Highland), Otterbein College, $1,000.
(S - 2004)
See: “Rose M. Blair Cancer Society Fund”
Charles E. Cassaday Fund
(S - 1990)
Market Value: $5,231.
Central Ohio Technical College Fund
(D - 2006) Market Value: $55,810.
Gordon & Roberta Chalmers Library Fund
Market Value: $207,680; Distributions: $8,702; Grantees: Kenyon College, $8,702.
(D - 1955)
See: “Charles Zelkowitz Chamber of Commerce Fund”
Character Bldg. Fund
(D - 1945)
Market Value: $4,353.
Christ Church at the Quarry Restoration Fund
Market Value: $7,715; Contributions: $1,986; Contributors: Ms. Beverly Morse and Mr. Brian Miller, Gannett Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Stone, Ms. Judith M. Johnson (in memory of Mary Johnson), Friends
of the Quarry Chapel, Mr. and Mrs. David H. Cannon, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul S. Zerges Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Enck, Mrs. Phyllis J.
Baldeschwiler, Mr. and Mrs. James J. Zeyen; Distributions: $1,657;
Grantees: College Township Trustees, $1,657.
(O - 2009)
Aaron Christopher Donor Advised Fund
Market Value: $6,076; Distributions: $150; Grantees:
Sew Special Network, $150.
(A - 2006)
Edgar and Joan Clipse Family Fund
(A - 2007) Market Value: $5,188.
Donald W. Clutter Fund
(U - 2008)
Market Value: $57,476; Contributions: $11,390;
Contributors: Donald W. Clutter Trust; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $2,140.
Garfield & Mazie Colgin Memorial Fund
Market Value: $98,483; Distributions: $3,989; Grantees: Messiah Church, $3,989.
(D - 1971)
Charles F. Colville Fund
(U - 1959)
Market Value: $1,865; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $89.
Community Concerts Association of Knox County Fund
Market Value: $44,212; Contributions: $40,000; Contributors: Community Concerts Association of Knox County.
(O - 2010)
Community Foundation Memorial Fund
(U - 1944) Market Value: $26,296; Contributions: $200; Contributors: Ms. Lee Ann Crider, Mr. and Mrs. John DeCosky, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert F. Devlin, Mrs. and Ms. Janice Lybarger, Mr. and Mrs.
John C. Goeppinger. Please see list of honorees at right; TRANSFER TO
UNRESTRICTED GRANTS FUND: $1,225.
Community Improvement Fund
(F - 2004) Market Value: $103.
Helen Hope Cooke Scholarship Fund
(S - 1994) Market Value: $713,021; Distributions: $28,000;
Grantees: Robert G. Cannon (FHS), The University of Toledo,
$1,000; Morgan L. Dilts (FHS), University of Findlay, $4,000; Trey
2010 Annual Report
Community Foundation
Memorial Fund Honorees
The Community Foundation is pleased to recognize the
following individuals in whose name a memorial or honorary contribution has been made the General Fund during the
past year, as well as those who have been remembered with a
qualifying contribution of $250 in prior years.
g
Helen Armstrong • William and Frances
Arnold • Thomas D. Badger • Timothy Barnes
• Herbert L. Belden • Ruth Bemis • Blaine
Bower • Arlene Bross • Karl Brown • John L.
Burgoon • Clyde G. Conley • Leona Culbertson • Elizabeth Devalon • Margaret Devalon
• Justin E. Devalon • Joseph Divelbiss • Stacy
Doyle • Beverly Dremann • Andrew Dudgeon
• Norma Duquette • Stephen Elliott • Owen
Ernsthausen • Carl Fritz • Joyce Garvic •
William Gillogly • Bonnie Glass • Bohdan Gudz
• Marie Haas • Mike Haas • Robert Harnsberger • Josephine Haschak • The Ralph Headington Family • H. Grant Heckler • Departed
Friends of Mr. & Mrs Howard Hollinger • Dr.
George and Lucille Imhoff • William and Jennie Johnson • Fred W.Kahrl • Philip Kozlow •
R. M. Lamb • Sgt. Benjamin Laymon • Marie
McClay • Joe McDonough • James McElroy •
Robert McLeod • John E. Mickley • John M.
Miller • Robert Nitzel • Elda Patrick • Daniel
Pealer • George Perry • Jean Prosser • Charles
Pursel • Agnes Devalon Rentz • Frederick J.
Rentz • John D. Rentz • Stephen P. Rentz •
Thomas Ritter • David Mark Rose • George
Sasser • Hazel Scott • Nancy Sinclair • Kenneth Sisk • Paul E. Slaughter Jr. • Annie Sommerville • Harry Strodtbeck • Ed Studer • Fred
A. Surlas • Departed member of the Symposiarchs • James W. Tighe • James K. Tighe
• Lewis Treleaven • Claude F. Turben • Mildred Van Aman • Karen Vonck • William Kay
Walker • Esther Weller • Kay Wiggins • Justine
Devalon Williams • “Wilson” the dog • Richard
Wolford • Helen Zelkowitz • Jack Zeller
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A. Divelbiss (FHS), The Ohio State University, $4,000; Tyler C. Fox
(FHS), The University of Toledo, $5,000; Kirsti N. Lepley (FHS ),
MedCentral College of Nursing, $1,000; Sara E. Semerar (FHS),
Walsh University, $1,000; Rebecca L. Shaffer (FHS), Capital University, $2,000; Rachael B. Stephen (FHS), Ohio University, $1,000;
Gary A. Williams (FHS), North Central State College, $1,000; Kaitlyn M. Boggs (FHS), The Ohio State University, $3,000; Courtney
R. Briegel (FHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene University, $2,000; Miss
Maggie Brown (FHS), University of Findlay, $3,000.
Helen Hope Cooke Fund
(D - 1994)
Market Value: $584,670; Distributions: $24,739;
Grantees: First Congregational United Church of Christ, $24,739.
Harold B “Cookie” Cunningham Fund
Market Value: $15,822; Distributions: $700; Grantees:
Alec W. Curry (MVHS), Miami University, $700.
(S - 1996)
Norma J. Cornell Memorial Fund
(S - 2001) Market Value: $272,840; Distributions: $11,000;
Grantees: Carter A. Cassell (MVHS), Lewis University, $2,000;
Rachel A. Hartong (MVHS), Marietta College, $4,000; Erin M. Miller
(MVHS), Houghton College, $2,000; Megan E. O’Sullivan (CHS),
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, $1,000; Aaron J. Augello
(MVHS), Indiana Wesleyan University, $2,000.
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Norma J. Cornell Memorial Saint Vincent dePaul Parish Education Fund
(S - 2001) Market Value: $266,780; Distributions: $10,694;
Grantees: Saint Vincent De Paul School, $10,694.
Paul G. Crawford Fund
(D - 2005)
Market Value: $25,239; Distributions: $1,090; Grantees: Mount Vernon City School District, $1,090.
See: “Knox County Society for Crippled Children & Adults Fund”
Ellen Grant Crawford Fund
Market Value: $36,680; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $1,734.
(U - 2008)
George Culbertson Fund
(U - 1967)
Market Value: $10,336; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $493.
M. Elizabeth Cummings Fund
Market Value: $263,196; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $12,221.
(U - 2009)
Samuel and Marie D. Cureton Fund
Market Value: $276,193; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $12,953.
(U - 2008)
Cutler Memorial Fund
(U - 2006)
Market Value: $17,948; Contributions: $1,000; Contributors: Mr. Herbert Rock; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED GRANTS
FUND: $782.
Danville Academic Fund
(O - 2009)
Market Value: $2,105; Contributions: $1,000; Contributors: Mr. Joseph Harlett.
Danville Masonic Lodge F&AM Scholarship Fund
(S - 2003) Market Value: $31,948; Distributions: $1,200; Grantees: Bria H. Knight (EKHS), Ashland University, $600; Marcus A.
Magers (DHS), Ohio University, $600.
James H. Debes Fund
(U - 1969)
Market Value: $186,430; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $8,899.
Debes Heart Fund
(D - 1969)
Market Value: $28,297; Distributions: $1,222; Grantees: Knox County Heart Association, $1,222.
Jennie J. Debes Fund
(U - 1969)
Market Value: $275,537; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $13,153.
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Mount Vernon News Photo
Admiring the new emergency generator for the College Twp. Volunteer
Fire Department are (from left) Foundation Executive Director Sam
Barone, and Jim Kousoulas and Chief Bill Smith of the department.
Geraldine “Gerri” Dennis Scholarship Fund
(S - 2010) Market Value: $14,327; Contributions: $13,145; Contributors: Mr. Kenneth E. Dennis, Dennis & Schisler CPAs, Inc.,
Potemkin Industries, Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Atwell, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Barone, Ms. Roselyn B. Beery, Mr. and Mrs. E. Allen Craigo,
Ms. Judy Divelbiss, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Huff, Dr. and Mrs. Wayne
T. Mahar, Ms. Carolyn Metcalf, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mullendore,
Mr. and Mrs. Marc J. Odenweller, Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Ramser, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Rauzi, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Reynolds, Mr. and
Mrs. Theodore H. Schnormeier, Ms. Carole J. Tannehill, Mr. and Mrs.
Chris Well, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon E. Yance, Ross Brothers Salvage,
Inc., Mrs. Sally Nelson and Mr. Joseph Nelson, Ms. Norma J. Allen,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Arsenault, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Brown, Mr.
and Mrs. Craig M. Capwell, Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Christ, Mr. and Mrs.
Timothy K. Crouch, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene T. Curatti, Mr. Thomas E.
Curatti, Mr. and Mrs. James Earlywine, Ms. Anna Mack, Ms. Mable
A. Melick, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Norman T.
Nordberg, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Rolletta, Ms. Judy A. Sargent,
Ms. Barbara Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Spreng, Ms. Dianna
K. Wise, Mr. and Mrs. James O. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
A. Zehner, Ralston Art Memorial, Southgate Company Limited
Partnership, Mr. Richard Compton, Mr. James A.. Laymon and Ms.
Kathy L. Zabar, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Reeder, Ms. Renee McDaniel,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Haudenschild, Mr. and Mrs. George Haudenssch, Ms. Mary Lou Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Laslo, Mr. Thomas F.
McHugh, Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Randy D. Arsenault, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Revennaugh, Mr. and Mrs. Robert D.
Miller, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Conroy, Mr. Dennis Mack, Mr. and Mrs.
James P. Buchwald, Mr. F. Steven Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis McElroy, Mr. and Mrs. David McElroy, Mr. and Mrs. Galen Smith, Dr. and
Mrs. Perry Trinkner, Ohio’s Distinguished Young Women Inc., Mr.
and Mrs. George Kopscick, McDevitt, Mayhew & Maleck, L. P. A.,
Wilson, Shannon & Snow, Inc., Ms. Janice Compton, Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Jannot, Mr. and Mrs. Gail Stenger, Mount Vernon Machine
and Tool, Inc., Wunderlich Securities, Inc., Mrs. Grace E. Hoagland,
Mr. John Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cordial, Dr. and Mrs. Robert
W. Ronk, Mr. and Mrs. Don White, Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Murray,
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Haughton, Dr. and Mrs. Alan Fairchild, Dr. and
Mrs. William Mako, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Dilley, Mr. and Mrs. Doug
Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Heffernan, Dumbaugh Insurance Agency,
Ms. Loretta A. Isue, Ms. Barbara Jones, Ms. Joan Mertz, Ms. Glenna
Pealer, Ms. Bonnie Miller, Ms. Suzanne Parrish, Ms. Ina Schubert,
Ms. Phyllis Fairchild, Ms. Mary Ann Houghton, Ms. Janice Widrig,
Ms. Connie Jannot, Ms. Charlotte Duffield, Ms. Connie Thompson,
Ms. Pam White, Randy and Beth Schwalm, Tracy and Scott Wagner.
Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County
Martha Deppner Scholarship Fund
(S - 2005) Market Value: $51,748; Contributions: $8,077; Contributors: Ms. Martha Deppner. Note: a $1,000 scholarship was
awarded and subsequently was refunded.
Fletcher M. Devin Fund
(D - 1961)
Market Value: $1,022; Distributions: $44; Grantees:
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, $44.
Gary W. and Carol A. Didinger Fund
Market Value: $52,310.
(A - 2004)
Gary and Carol Didinger Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $83,800; Distributions: $2,400; Grantees: Jennifer A. Mickley (DHS), Mount Carmel College of Nursing,
$1,200; Emily R. Wells (EKHS), University of Findlay, $1,200.
(S - 2008)
Didinger Family Saint Luke’s Catholic Church Fund
Market Value: $20,296; Distributions: $876; Grantees:
Saint Luke Catholic Church, $876.
(D - 2007)
Didinger Family Knox County Humane Society Fund
Market Value: $20,296; Distributions: $876; Grantees:
Knox County Humane Society, $876.
(D - 2007)
Didinger Family Fund for United Way
Market Value: $20,296; Distributions: $876; Grantees:
United Way of Knox County, $876.
(D - 2007)
Didinger Family Knox Community Hospital Fund
Market Value: $20,296; Distributions: $876; Grantees:
Knox Community Hospital Foundation, $876.
(D - 2007)
Joe Divelbiss Memorial Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $5,904; Contributions: $430; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Ron Hules, Ms. Virginia Duve, Mr. and Mrs. Jason
Parker; Distributions: $500; Grantees: Danielle Goeppinger (FHS),
Mount Vernon Nazarene University, $500.
(S - 2007)
See: “See Ariel Corporation Stacy Doyle Fund”
Beverly Jo Dremann Early Childhood Education Scholarship
Fund
(S - 2010) Market Value: $6,728; Contributions: $6,250; Contributors: Mr. Arthur K. Dremann; Distributions: $500; Grantees:
Kellie Miner (FHS), Flagler College, $500.
Early Learners’ Scholarship Fund
(D - 2007) Market Value: $99,522; Contributions: $5,061; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gladding, Ms. Carol A. Navin,
Anonymous, Mr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth Grove Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon C. Coe, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Rodstrom, Anonymous, Dr.
and Mrs. Larry C. Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Highnam, Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Maurer, Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. Burley, Ms. Sara L. Main, Mr.
and Mrs. Keith A. Holtrey, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher E. Fowler, Mrs.
Sally Nelson and Mr. Joseph Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Laslo,
Exchange Club of Mt. Vernon/Knox County, Ms. Delores Melvin, Mr.
and Mrs. Gregory R. Lortie, Anonymous, Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Rupp, Mr. and Mrs. Barry L. Gunderson, Flexicom LLC DBA Wireless, Anonymous, Mr. and Mrs. K. Lee Rhoades, Mr. and Mrs. Randy
R. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Kockentiet, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Denzer, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Salva, Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Packer,
Mr. and Mrs. Duane L. Siekkinen, Dr. and Mrs. William F. Pomputius
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Laudeman Jr., Ms. Beverly Morse and
Mr. Brian Miller, Ms. Monica L. Hite, Hon. and Mrs. Paul E. Spurgeon, Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Blackledge, Central Ohio Technical
College, Mr. and Mrs. James F. Harezga, Anonymous, Anonymous,
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Stokes, Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Locke, Mr.
and Mrs. Todd E. Burson, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn E. Lyons, Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce E. Hawkins, Ms. Mary L. Rodstrom, Dr. and Mrs. David A.
Baker, Ms. Kay Culbertson; Distributions: $3,611; Grantees: Knox
County Educational Service Center, $3,611.
See: “Mount Vernon Elks Lodge #140 Fund”
East Knox Community Scholarship Fund
2010 Annual Report
(S - 2010)
Market Value: $3,385; Contributions: $3,068; Contributors: East Knox Local Schools.
Education & Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $1,187.
(F - 2004)
Mr and Mrs Frank L. Fairchild Memorial Fund
(U - 1959) Market Value: $2,799; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $134.
Faith Lutheran Mission Fund
Market Value: $132,556; Contributions: $122,400;
Contributors: Faith Lutheran Church.
(O - 2010)
Greg Farmer Memorial Knox County 4-H Clubs Fund
Market Value: $59,058; Distributions: $2,549; Grantees: 4-H Clubs of Knox County, $2,549.
(D - 2006)
Dorothy Farmer Pike Twp. Cemetery Fund
Market Value: $19,746; Distributions: $852; Grantees:
Pike Township trustees, $852.
(D - 2006)
Marjorie Fearn Music Scholarship Fund
(S - 2008) Market Value: $13,120; Contributions: $750; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. James Braddock, Mrs. Jean Carter, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Dudgeon, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Huff, Mr. and Mrs. Morris
James, Mr. and Mrs. John Lantz, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Snyder, Ms.
Betty I. Barton, Ms. Lois M. Huff, Ms. Mary K. Rock, Mr. and Mrs.
James A. Rousseau, Fredericktown Senior Citizens, Mr. Thomas H.
Updike, Fredericktown United Methodist Church, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Pfingsten, Mr. James Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Richard O. Wells, Ms.
Margery J. Stoodt, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Goeppinger, Mr. Dale Black,
Mr. Roy Black, Mr. and Mrs. Giles T. Dunn, Ms. Nancy J. Hollifield,
Mr. and Connie Aaron X. Zhu; Distributions: $500; Grantees: Kaitlyn Boggs (FHS), The Ohio State University, $500.
First Congregational Church Building Fund
(D - 1959) Market Value: $2,264; Distributions: $98; Grantees:
First Congregational United Church of Christ, $98.
First Congregational Church Fund
Market Value: $3,187; Distributions: $138; Grantees:
First Congregational United Church of Christ, $138.
(D - 1966)
See: “Howard S. Tarr First Congregational Fund”
See: “Carlos E. Watkins First-Knox Scholarship Fund”
Ralph and Ara Flack Scholarship Fund
(S - 2000) Market Value: $23,838; Distributions: $1,000; Grantees: Caitlin Stahl (EKHS), Chamberlain College of Nursing, $1,000.
Harry M. and Lovella R. Foster Memorial Fund
Market Value: $108,686; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $5,188.
(U - 1992)
See: “Greg Farmer Memorial Knox County 4-H Clubs Fund”
See: “Knox County Fraternal Order of Police Scholarship Fund”
See: “Alcohol and Frug Freedom Center Fund”
Fredericktown Community Fund
Market Value: $18,560; Contributions: $4,858; Contributors: Fredericktown Community Foundation.
(O - 2003)
Fredericktown Community Center Fund
(O - 2008) Market Value: $349,225.
Fredericktown Academic Loan Fund
Market Value: $9,669.
(S - 2006)
Pauline Freeman Scholarship Fund
(S - 1982) Market Value: $949,118; Distributions: $41,500;
Grantees: Kaitlin Q. Durbin (DHS), Ohio Northern University,
$1,500; Aarin D. Frazee (EKHS), Kent State University, $2,000;
Megan S. Iverson (DHS), The Ohio State University, $3,000; Scott
E. Martin (EKHS), Carnegie Mellon University, $5,000; Janelle A.
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Mickley (DHS), Walsh University, $2,000; Robert M. Moreland
(DHS), The Ohio State University, $4,000; Kaitelyn E. Morris
(DHS), Heidelberg University, $2,000; Natashia N. Mundy (EKHS),
Wilmington College, $3,000; Felicia E. Robbins (EKHS), National
University of Ireland Galway, $2,000; Morgan L. Stull (DHS), Bradford School, $2,000; Ashley A. Vess (DHS), Ohio University, $1,000;
Jonathan R. Washatka (EKHS), Eastern University, $3,000; Robin K.
Alden (DHS), The Ohio State University, $5,000; Tabytha K. Arthur
(DHS), Denison University, $3,000; Luke T. Branstool (EKHS), AEC/
IEC, $3,000; Scholarship refunds: $4,000.
Friends Cemetery Association Fund
(O - 2008) Market Value: $19,064; Contributions: $472; Contributors: The Friends Cemetery Association.
See: “Howard McDonald Friends Cemetery Fund”
League of Friendship Fund
Market Value: $2,451; Distributions: $106; Grantees:
Knox County Historical Society, $106.
(D - 1992)
Blake and Chloris Fritz Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $10,671; Contributions: $10,630; Contributors: Mr. Blake M. Fritz, Mount Vernon High School Staff,
Ms. R. Joyce Skocic, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Barone, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert C. Burelli, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce White, Ms. Lavonne Elwood,
Ms. Dena M. Hooley, Mr. and Mrs. Allen E. Earnest Jr, Mr. and Mrs.
Jeffrey Butcher, Mount Vernon High School Guidance Staff, Mr. and
Mrs. David Carter, Mr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth Grove Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
Edward C. Hohman, Ms. Cherryl Pursel, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L.
Lawson, Ms. Lynn E. Apple, Mr. and Mrs. Allan B. Szenas.
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Wilbur Gaunder Salvation Army Fund
(D - 1999) Market Value: $87,889; Distributions: $3,793; Grantees: The Salvation Army - Mount Vernon, $3,793.
Wilbur Gaunder Engineering Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $1,152,402; Distributions: $65,426;
Grantees: Thomas J. Cramer (FHS), University of Akron, $8,000;
Michael B. Gregg (FHS), Purdue University, $15,000; Dean R.
Morningstar (EKHS), University of Akron, $8,000; Leanne M. Nixon
(MVHS), The Ohio State University, $5,000; Daniel A. Shaffer
(MVHS), Cedarville University, $5,000; Mason R. Smith (MVHS),
West Virginia University, $5,000; Andrew L. Toms (FHS), Ohio
Northern University, $15,000; Bryan A. Bunnell (FHS), The Ohio
State University, $6,000; Scholarship refunds: $1,574.
(S - 1999)
(U - 1944)
Market Value: $2,017,997; Contributions: $4,984;
Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Ron Godfrey, Snyder Funeral Homes,
Nelson & Nelson, CPAs, Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Ramser, Mount
Vernon Nazarene University, First-Knox National Bank Marketing
Dept., PNC Financial Services Group, Columbia Gas, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert F. Devlin, Mr. and Mrs. James N. Imel, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
Bumpus, Ms. Patricia Mickley, Ms. Laurie Thompson, Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Mack, Mr. David M. Rowe and Mrs. Pamela G. CamerraRowe, Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Meier; Interfund Contributions:
$101,683 (Administrative cost sharing); Interfund Gr ants: $25,000
to Special Projects Fund; Distributions: $395,655; Grantees:
Ronald McDonald House of Charities, $5,000; Knox County Educational Service Center, $5,000; Knox County Educational Service
Center, $2,000; Hope Now Inc, $5,000; Pathways of Central Ohio,
$1,000; Knox County Symphony Association, $5,315; Knox County
Educational Service Center, $1,000; College Township Trustees,
$7,494; Ohio Eastern Star Home, $50,000; United Way of Knox
County, $2,000; Care Net Pregnancy Services, $26,500; Fredericktown Community Development Foundation, $50,000; Knox County
Performing Arts Council, $3,000; East Knox Local Schools, $1,000;
Centerburg Local Schools, $7,500; Ohio Grantmakers Forum,
$2,602; Kokosing Gap Trail, $3,000; The Village Network, $9,200;
Kenyon College, $75,000; American Red Cross of Knox County,
$695; TouchPointe Marriage & Family Resources, $3,000; Centerburg Local Schools, $2,500; Hospice of Knox County, $795; YMCA
of Mount Vernon, $3,000; American Red Cross of Knox County,
$1,600; The Main Place, $4,000; Fredericktown Local Schools, $300;
Kenyon Review, $1,000; Behavioral Healthcare Partners, $30,000;
American Red Cross of Knox County, $1,500; Knox County Career
Center, $1,000; YMCA of Mount Vernon, $50,000; Mount Vernon
City School District, $1,000; Equine Assisted Therapy, Inc., $1,000;
Fredericktown Local Schools, $1,000; Knox County Educational
Service Center, $3,000; Boy Scouts of America Muskingum Valley,
$1,000; Food For The Hungry, $1,000; The Ohio State University
School of Music, $2,000; Mount Vernon Rotary Foundation, $1,000;
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, $2,272; Grant refunds: $718; General
Fund Scholarships: Trevor L. Clark (CHS), University of St. Francis,
$1,000; Matthew T. Eley (Home School ), University of Richmond,
$1,000; Jacob S. Gregg (MVHS), Miami University, $2,500; Christopher A. Ingersol (MVHS), Olivet Nazarene University, $2,500;
Wilbur Gaunder Nursing Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $97,298; Distributions: $3,914; Grantees: Knox Community Hospital, $3,914.
(D - 1999)
Wilbur Gaunder Harcourt Episcopal Church Fund
Market Value: $92,204; Distributions: $3,980; Grantees: Harcourt Parish Episcopal Church, $3,980.
(D - 1999)
Wilbur Gaunder Knox County Humane Society Fund
Market Value: $87,889; Distributions: $3,793; Grantees: Knox County Humane Society, $3,793.
(D - 1999)
Wilbur Gaunder Hospice of Knox County Fund
Market Value: $92,204; Distributions: $3,980; Grantees: Hospice of Knox County, $3,980.
(D - 1999)
Wilbur Gaunder Knox County Red Cross Fund
Market Value: $92,204; Distributions: $3,980; Grantees: American Red Cross of Knox County, $3,980.
(D - 1999)
Gelsanliter Family Fund
(S - 1965)
Market Value: $14,426; Distributions: $583; Grantees:
Kenyon College, $583.
George & Ruth Gelsanliter Memorial Fund
(D - 1997) Market Value: $19,501; Distributions: $844; Grantees:
Hospice of Knox County, $422; Interchurch Social Services, $422.
General Fund and Unrestricted Grants Fund
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Sporting new uniforms, purchased in part with a grant from the Foundation, are Centerburg High School band members (from left) Hannah Haines, Hannah Valente, Christina Valente and Thomas Thatcher.
Additional funding was provided by Centerburg area businesses.
Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County
Zachary M. Liston (CHS), Miami University, $2,000; Roger L. Melick
(MVHS), Dartmouth College, $5,000; Ian P. Richardson (MVHS),
Kenyon College, $3,000; Sarah E. Rowe (MVHS), Williams College,
$2,100; Thomas C. Schuster (CHS), The Ohio State University,
$1,000; Candee R. Neibarger (CHS), North Central State College,
$1,000; Frederick N. Lorey General Fund Journalism Scholarship:
Chelsea C. Katzeman (CHS), Kenyon College, $1,000. See photos of
General Fund supported projects below.
Dorothea M. George Fund
(U - 2007) Market Value: $26,841; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $1,246.
Givens Family Fund
(A - 2006)
Market Value: $5,284; Distributions: $300; Grantees:
Cuttington University Alumni, $100; Knox Community Hospital
Foundation, $50; Mount Vernon Rotary Foundation, $150.
Pauline L. Gordon Memorial Scholarship Fund
(S - 2007) Market Value: $17,052; Distributions: $1,000; Grantees: Alexandra N. Mattox (MVHS), Malone University, $1,000.
Larry Hall Fund
(S - 2009)
Market Value: $3,568.
Sheryl A. Hall Memorial Fund
(A - 2006) Market Value: $38,428; Contributions: $4,045; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. James Meliotes, Mr. and Mrs. Greg Goudy,
Mr. and Mrs. David F. McCoy, Ms. Diane J. Page, Mr. and Mrs. Ian
Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Barone, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. Jason Hall, Ms. Janice Compton, Mr. Greg Bailey,
Ms. Vickie Marra, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Curran,
Mr. Roger Marra, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tanner, Mr. F. Steven Hall.
Morton M. Hansen Fund
(U - 2003)
Market Value: $194,780; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $9,298.
Lois and Burt Hanson Donor Advised Fund
Market Value: $11,181; Contributions: $4,175; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Burton Hanson.
(A - 2004)
Market Value: $11,089.
Donald A. & Sigrid O. Harnsberger Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $45,244; Distributions: $10,000; Grantees: Massachussetts Institute of Technology, $5,000; Princeton
University, $5,000.
(S - 2000)
See: “Rose M. Blair Heart Association Fund”
See: “Debes Heart Fund”
Ellen M. Heckler Fund
(D - 1969)
Market Value: $3,274; Distributions: $141; Grantees:
Eastern Star Home, $141.
H. Grant Heckler Memorial Fund
(D - 1970) Market Value: $5,035; Distributions: $217; Grantees:
Gay Street United Methodist Church, $217.
Thomas E. Heine Memorial Fund
(D - 2002) Market Value: $4,445; Distributions: $192; Grantees:
Zion Lutheran Church of Jelloway, 192.
W. Glenn Hess Fund
(D - 1983)
Market Value: $390,435; Distributions: $16,111;
Grantees: American Red Cross of Knox County, $2,014; Bladens-
burg Church of Christ, $2,014; Brinkhaven Church of Christ, $2,014;
Danville Church of Christ, $2,014; Martinsburg Church of Christ,
$2,014; The Salvation Army - Mount Vernon, $2,014; United Way of
Knox County, $2,014; Utica Church of Christ, $2,014.
Lillian C. Hickman Fund
(S - 1996)
Market Value: $414,560; Distributions: $17,000;
Grantees: Perry B. Devlin (MVHS), University of Miami, $3,000;
Kelsey M. Durbin (DHS), The Ohio State University, $2,000; John
R. Herald (MVHS), Wright State University, $5,000; Erin J. McIlvain
(MVHS), Earlham College, $2,000; Jonathan M. Pozderac (CHS),
Wittenberg University, $2,000; Craig E. Sykes (CHS), Heidelberg
University, $3,000.
(A - 2005)
See: “Knox County Historical Society Fund”
See: “Wilbur Gaunder Harcourt Episcopal Church Fund”
Zack T. Hollister Bird Cemetery Fund
Market Value: $1,962; Distributions: $85; Grantees:
Bird Cemetery, $85.
Don and Sigrid Harnsberger Fund
(D - 1980)
Mount Vernon News Photo
In the foreground (from left) East Knox Schools Superitendent Matt Caputo, donor Gaylord Rine, Community Foundation Executive Director
Sam Barone, Knox County Park District Director Kim Marshall, and former East Knox Schools Superintendent John Marschhausen take part
in the ribbon cutting for the Bladensburg fitness trail, partial funding for which was provided by the Community Foundation. Looking on from
behind are Richard Miller of R & D Superior Concrete, Steve Gallwitz, local Sertoma Club president and Ron Bostic of The Energy Cooperative.
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See: “Wilbur Gaunder Hospice of Knox County Fund”
See: “Barbara S. Jones Knox County Humane Society Fund”
William S. Hunter Fund
(S - 1990)
Market Value: $18,042; Distributions: $800; Grantees:
Patrick Q. Schuster (CHS), St. Johns University, $800.
Interchurch Social Services Fund
(O - 1986) Market Value: $96,980; Contributions: $496; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Hawthorne; Distributions: $4,376;
Grantees: Interchurch Social Services, $4,376.
See: “Margaret Louise Jamison Interchurch Fund”
Margaret Louise Jamison
YMCA Fund
(D - 2002)
Market Value:
$37,123; Distributions: $1,603;
Grantees: YMCA of Mount Vernon, $1,603.
Margaret Louise Jamison Interchurch Fund
(D - 2002)
ees: Kara A. Mills (DHS), Otterbein University, $4,000.
R. B. Kincaid Fund
(D - 1985)
Market Value: $45,214; Distributions: $1,953; Grantees: First Congregational United Church of Christ, $1,953.
Kiracofe Family Fund
(D - 1995)
Market Value: $10,065; Distributions: $435; Grantees:
First Congregational United Church of Christ, $435.
Kiwanis Club of Mount Vernon Fund
Market Value: $7,549; Contributions: $820; Contributors: The Kroger Company, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon C. Coe (in memory
of Lexie Morr), Mr. and Mrs. Marc J. Odenweller, Ariel Coporation
(in memory of Lexie Morr), Ms.
Vicki A. Carney (in memory of
Lexie Morr), Ms. Cleta Kidwell,
Ms. Norma Demorest, Ms.
Reva M. Robertson (in memory
of Lexie Morr); Distributions:
$3,100; Grantees: Kiwanis Club
of Mount Vernon, $100; United
Way of Knox County, $3,000.
(O - 2005)
Market Value:
Knox County Fraternal Order
of Police Scholarship Fund
$37,123; Distributions: $1,603;
Grantees: Interchurch Social
Services, $1,603.
(S - 2003)
Ethel V. Jamison Fund
(D - 1987)
Market Value:
$6,703; Distributions: $289;
Grantees: First Congregational
United Church of Christ, $289.
Knox County Historical
Society Fund
(O - 1994)
Margaret Jamison Church Fund
Market Value:
$12,408; Contributions: $15;
Contributors: Ms. Gail L.
Elder; Distributions: $535;
Grantees: Knox County Historical Society, $535.
(D - 2002)
Market Value:
$222,564; Distributions: $9,615;
Grantees: First Congregational
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Market Value:
$10,463; Distributions: $500;
Grantees: Thomas C. Schuster
(CHS), The Ohio State University, $500.
United Church of Christ, $9,615.
Alice Jewell Memorial Fund
Market Value: $849;
Distributions: $37; Grantees:
Heart of Ohio Girl Scouts, $37.
(D - 1955)
See: “Didinger Family Knox
County Humane Society
Fund”
Cody L. Johnson Memorial
Scholarship Fund
See: “Barbara S. Jones Knox
County Humane Society
Fund”
(S - 2003)
Market Value:
$9,865; Contributions: $922;
The Knox County Humane Society is the beneficiary of several ComContributors: Ms. Lisa Lyons,
munity Foundation Funds, including the Barbara S. Jones Fund, which
John Hinderer Honda, Mr. and
supports operations of the recently improved KCHS Cat Shelter.
Mrs. Larry J. Schafer; Distributions: $500; Grantees: Brandon
Wilson (DHS), University of Northwestern Ohio, $500.
Community Hospital Foundation.
Harold C. and Roberta C. Johnson Fund
Market Value: $1,838,416; Distributions: $40,000;
Grantees: Mount Vernon Nazarene University Development,
$15,000; Knox Community Hospital, $5,000; Knox County Renaissance Foundation, $20,000.
(D - 2008)
Barbara S. Jones Knox County Humane Society Fund
Market Value: $133,457; Distributions: $3,589; Grantees: Knox County Humane Society, $3,589. See photo above.
(D - 1999)
F. William Kahrl Fund
(D - 1964)
Knox Community Hospital
Foundation Fund
(O - 2004)
Market Value:
$63,144; Contributions:
$50,000; Contributors: Knox
Knox County Medical Society Fund
(D - 1991) Market Value: $1,827.
Knox County Parks Fund
(O - 2007)
Market Value: $6,632; Contributions: $1,591; Contributors: CES Credit Union.
Knox County Savings Bank Fund
(U - 1962) Market Value: $7,464; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $356.
Knox County Society for Crippled Children & Adults Fund
Market Value: $93,908; Distributions: $4,055; Grantees: Knox County Society for Crippled Children/Adults, $4,055.
Market Value: $3,213; Distributions: $139; Grantees:
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, $139.
(D - 2004)
Pauline Jamison Kartman Fund
(D - 2002) Market Value: $37,255; Distributions: $1,609; Grantees: First Congregational United Church of Christ, $804; Knox
County Society for Crippled Children/Adults, $804.
(O - 2008)
Edwin Kaylor Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $86,264; Distributions: $4,000; Grant-
See: “Ruth T. Bemis Knox Symphony Orchestra Fund”
(S - 2005)
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Knox County Symphony Association Fund
Market Value: $44,789; Contributions: $1,600; Contributors: Mr. Bonita B. Warren, Knox County Symphony Association, Mr. and Mrs. Ian Watson.
Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County
Ila Ward Kohl Scholarship Fund
(S - 1983) Market Value: $6,087; Distributions: $1,200; Grantees:
Krystine M. Schillinger (EKHS), Muskingum University, $1,200.
and Mrs. Daniel E. Almendinger; Distributions: $750; Grantees:
Hunter A. Huvler (FHS), Hope College, $750.
Kokosing Gap Trail Fund
(U - 1991)
L. Slonczewski, Ms. Beverly Morse and Mr. Brian Miller, Ms. Betsy
Heer; Distributions: $188; Grantees: Kokosing Gap Trail, $188.
See: “Beatty B. Williams Library Fund”
Emerson Laird Kokosing Gap Trail Fund
(D - 1993) Market Value: $5,593; Distributions: $242; Grantees:
Kokosing Gap Trail, $242.
(D - 2010)
Barbara C. Lamb Fund IMO Rex M. Lamb, Jr.
(S - 1985) Market Value: $57,575; Distributions: $2,000; Grantees: Samantha D. Nuce (MVHS), The Ohio State University, $2,000.
(D - 1955)
(D - 1994)
Market Value: $5,886; Contributions: $600; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Noell, Mr. Michael Barich and Ms. Joan
Lamb Glass Company Fund
(U - 1946) Market Value: $9,327; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $445.
Richard Landers Fund for Knox County Career Center
(D - 1994) Market Value: $4,451.
Robert B. and Helen W. Lantz Fund
(U - 2006) Market Value: $38,797; Contributions: $5,148; Contributors: Mr. Robert B. Lantz; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED GRANTS
FUND: $1,532.
Lawrence and Josephine Lewis Fund
Market Value: $36,630; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $1,749.
Carolyn Lord Double Bass Chair Fund
Market Value: $5,756; Contributions: $5,500; Contributors: Ms. Toma Lord, Ms. Carolyn Allar.
Ethel Lyman Memorial Fund
Market Value: $5,470; Distributions: $236; Grantees:
Public Library of Mt. Vernon & Knox County, $236.
James K. Lyman Memorial Fund
Market Value: $269; Distributions: $12; Grantees:
American Red Cross of Knox County, $12.
(D - 1959)
Judith and Leon Marlow Family Fund
(A - 2009) Market Value: $776,104; Distributions: $22,000;
Grantees: Grace Centers of Hope, $1,600; Zion Evangelistic Temple, $1,600; Faith in Action Caregivers, Inc, $3,200; YMCA of Mount
Vernon, $3,000; YMCA of Mount Vernon, $3,000; Wheeling YWCA,
$3,200; Campus Crusade for Christ, $600; Pregnancy Resource Center of Athens County, $1,000; Richland United Methodist Church,
$600; Young Life, $1,000; HeartBeat of Morrow County, $3,200.
Harriet B. Lawler Memorial Scholarship Fund
(S - 1986) Market Value: $87,145; Distributions: $4,000; Grantees: Alexander M. Jones (CHS), University of Cincinnati, $2,000;
Glynis K. Schumacher (MVHS), Kenyon College, $2,000.
Howard McDonald Friends Cemetery Fund
Market Value: $21,931; Distributions: $944; Grantees:
The Friends Cemetery Fund, $944.
Harriet B. Lawler Memorial Fund
(D - 1986) Market Value: $146,308; Distributions: $6,708; Grantees: Gay Street United Methodist Church, $6,708.
(U - 2009)
Harriett Buchanan Lawler Memorial Fund
Market Value: $97,539; Distributions: $4,472; Grantees: Muskingum College, $4,472.
(D - 1986)
Sgt. Benjamin J. Laymon Memorial Fund
Market Value: $8,166; Distributions: $297; Grantees:
Mount Vernon City Auditor (community pool memberships), $297.
(A - 2008)
(D - 2001)
James A. McElroy Fund
Market Value: $6,486; Contributions: $1,200; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. James P. Buchwald, Mr. and Mrs. Carl E.
Neal; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED GRANTS FUND: $240.
Ida T. McHugh Pleasant Street Library Fund
Market Value: $3,821; Contributions: $200; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Max W. Dorfmeister, Mr. Thomas F. McHugh;
Distributions: $156; Grantees: Pleasant Street School Library,
$156.
(D - 2008)
Market Value: $13,684; Distributions: $3,000; Grantees: Andrea K. Moore (FHS), Columbus State Community College,
Roy McKinley Scholarship Fund
(S - 2008) Market Value: $9,347; Contributions: $5; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Carmon L. Weller; Distributions: $500; Grantees: Maggie Brown (FHS), University of Findlay, $500.
Ruth Leedy Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $100,822.
Meharry Family African-American/American Indian Nursing
Scholarship Fund
(S - 2006) Market Value: $7,269; Contributions: $100; Contributors: Mr. Ronald L. Meharry.
Leedy Student Aid Fund
(S - 2005)
$1,000; Derrick D. Morrison (FHS), North Central State College,
$1,000; Kayla C. Perkins (FHS), Kent State University, $1,000.
(S - 2005)
John M. Lee Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $9,890.
(S - 2002)
LeFurjah Family Donor Advised Fund
(A - 2007) Market Value: $9,941; Contributions: $2,000; Contributors: Mr. Francis R. Le Furjah; Distributions: $4,000; Grantees:
Gay Street United Methodist Church, $2,000; Saint Labre Indian
School, $2,000.
Alexandra D. Letz General Scholarship Fund
(S - 1985) Market Value: $25,587; Distributions: $1,000; Grantees: Kolton H. Wilson (MVHS), The Ohio State University Newark,
$1,000.
Alexandra D. Letz Nurses Scholarship Fund
(S - 1984) Market Value: $39,286; Distributions: $1,500; Grantees: Andre C. Nixon (MVHS), The Ohio State University, $1,500.
Kathryn Ann Levering Memorial Scholarship Fund
(S - 2001) Market Value: $20,086; Contributions: $255; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Levering, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hall, Mr.
2010 Annual Report
See: “Knox County Medical Society Fund”
See: “Community Foundation Memorial Fund”
John and Genevieve Minor Foundation Fund
(U - 1993) Market Value: $5,687.
William L. Moore & Geraldine Moore Fowler Fund
Market Value: $4,850; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $232.
(U - 2002)
Mount Vernon Academic Boosters Fund
Market Value: $2,211.
(D - 1993)
Mount Vernon Board of Education Fund
Market Value: $76,311; Contributions: $7,457; Contributors: Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
(O - 2003)
The Mount Vernon Bridge Company Fund
(U - 1945) Market Value: $13,995; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $668.
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Mount Vernon Elks Lodge #140 Fund
(O - 2004) Market Value: $131,396; Contributions: $5,682;
Contributors: Mount Vernon Elks Lodge #140 (in memory of Don
Reagh), Mr. James A. Laymon and Ms. Kathy L. Zabar; Distributions: $7,000; Grantees: Evan M. Dusthimer (DHS), Kenyon College, $500; Kierra D. Dye (CHS), The Ohio State University, $500;
Brandt J. Lambert (CHS), University of Cincinnati, $500; Carolyn
R. Lennington (MVHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene University, $500;
Kirsti N. Lepley (FHS), MedCentral College of Nursing, $500; Bryan
N. Moore (MVHS), University of Northwestern Ohio, $500; Skyler
J. Simpson (CHS), Baldwin-Wallace College, $500; Rachael B. Stephen (FHS), Ohio University, $500; Morgan L. Stull (DHS), Bradford
School, $500; Jonathan R. Washatka (EKHS), Eastern University,
$500; Emily R. Wells (FHS), University of Findlay, $500; Kaitlyn M.
Boggs (FHS), The Ohio State University, $500; Matthew Boucher
(MVHS), Miami University, $500; Maggie Brown (FHS), University of
Findlay, $500.
Mount Vernon High School Alumni Fund
(D - 1998) Market Value: $1,048.
Mount Vernon Livestock Coop. Association Fund
(D - 1957) Market Value: $4,779.
Mount Vernon Machine & Tool Fund
(A - 2007) Market Value: $21,507; Contributions: $5,000; Contributors: Mount Vernon Machine and Tool, Inc.
See: “Wesley Judd Park Fund for Mount vernon Nazarene
University
Mount Vernon Rotary Foundation Fund
(O - 2006) Market Value: $41,293.
Mount Vernon Theater Guild Fund
Market Value: $603.
(D - 1963)
Mount Vernon YMCA Trust
Market Value: $1,085,047; Distributions: $28,119;
Grantees: Mount Vernon YMCA, $28,119.
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LTD, The Kroger Company, Ohio’s Distinguished Young Women,
Morrow County Junior Miss, Ohio’s Distinguished Young Women,
The Kroger Company, Ohio’s Distinguished Young Women, Mr.
and Mrs. Larry J. Gessner, Mr. and Mrs. Blake M. Fritz, The Kroger
Company, Mr. and Mrs. Olen Jackson, Mr. Samuel Vucelich and Mrs.
Dana Ullom-Vucelich, Ms. Carole J. Tannehill, Dr. and Mrs. Robert A.
Atwell, Clement E. King, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Mack, Mr. Robert
B. Lantz, Ariel Coporation, Ms. Brandi A. Shepard, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack W. Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Nick V. Rosian, Mr. and Mrs. James J.
Cullers, Ms. Janice Compton, Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Gessner, Mr. and
Mrs. L. Craig Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce White, Mr. and Mrs. John
G. Owens, Levering Management, Inc., Ms. Mary L. Rodstrom, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph E. Shepard, T-Shirt Express, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
A. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Marc J. Odenweller, Ms. Martha De Laurentiis, Ms. Marilyn Nagy, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Butcher, Ms. Donna
Creamer, The Kroger Company, Mr. and Mrs. Robb J. Hauck, Mr.
and Mrs. Bradley S. Snow, Mr. and Mrs. Allan B. Szenas, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas R. Fosnaught, Ms. J. Darlene Robbins and Mr. Robert
M. Erickson, Mr. Joseph F. Smarrella, Mrs. Virginia R. Barry, Country
Club Retirement Campus II; Interfund Contributions: $100, from
Stephen W. Zelkowitz Scholarship Fund; Distributions: $22,000;
Grantees: Yelena Arishina (CHS), Troy University, $5,900; Lauren
Gessner (Canfield), University of South Alabama, $6,200; Sarah R.
Hohman (MVHS), Capital University, $300; Jenna Vucelich (Olentangy Liberty), Miami University, $600; Alison Qizhou Ge (Ursuline),
Stanford University, $1,750; Melissa Redick (Mount Gilead), The
Ohio State University Marion, $400; Jalessa Brown (Washington),
Ashland University, $400; Jeanette Logan (Mount Gilead), Indiana Wesleyan University, $1,750; Abby Brown (Versailles), Liberty
University, $800; Brittany Flannigan (Olentangy Liberty), Miami
University, $500; Cassidy Artz (Hathaway Brown), Northwestern
University, $1,000; Melissa Fink (Fairbanks), Otterbein University,
$350; Jessica Johnson (Northridge), Marietta College, $100; Sarah
N. Escape (Westerville South), University of Pennsylvania, $1,950.
(O - 1996)
See: “Stephen W. Zelkowitz Scholarship Fund for Ohio’s Junior
Miss
Mount Vernon Youth Baseball Leagues Fund
(O - 2004) Market Value: $4,352.
(S - 1969)
Anna B. and Ralph V. Mowery Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $55,334; Distributions: $2,000; Grantees: Maria L. Hansen (DHS), Brigham Young University - Idaho,
$1,000; Ryan P. Bell (DHS), Otterbein University, $1,000.
(S - 1989)
Richard B. & Susan B. Murray Donor-Advised Fund
Market Value: $11,222; Contributions: $3,490; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Murray.
(A - 2008)
Sally and Joe Nelson Legacy Fund
(A - 2004) Market Value: $5,655.
Ohio Magazine Fund
(U - 1994)
Market Value: $4,285; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $205.
Ohio’s Junior Miss Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $4,673; Contributions: $23,780; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. James J. Reed, Richland Co Jr. Miss Program,
Eyecare Professionals, Inc., First-Knox National Bank, MAC dba
Cara J. Colarossi, Mr. and Mrs. James J. Cullers, Mr. and Mrs. Keith
A. Burley, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Mack, Dr. and Mrs. Robert A.
Atwell, Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Gessner, Mr. and Mrs. Eric M. Rhode,
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Owens, Ms. Janice Compton, T-Shirt Express,
Mr. and Mrs. Austin B. Swallow Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Dailey, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack W. Atkinson, Dr. and Mrs. David A. Pressler D.D.S.,
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon E. Yance, Mrs. Virginia R. Barry, Mr. Steve A..
Pletcher, Mr. Kenneth E. Dennis, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Shepard,
Ms. Brandi A. Shepard, Mr. and Mrs. L. Craig Wright, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Barone, Mr. and Mrs. Jessie G. Wilson, Mrs. Maureen F.
Buchwald and Mr. James P. Buchwald, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P.
Rigas, TW General LTD, Levering Management, Inc., TW General
(S - 1987)
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Edna Osborn Fund
Market Value: $1,683.
The Ohio State University Knox County Alumni Club Scholarship
Fund
(S - 2007) Market Value: $32,875; Contributions: $11,173; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Dumaree, The Kroger Company,
Knox County OSU Alumni Club, Ms. Lynn E. Apple, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Crumm, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fithian, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Schutte, Anonymous, Ms. Linda Fritz, Ms. Melissa Howell, Donley
Ford Lincoln Mercury of Mt Vernon, Dumbaugh Insurance Agency,
Mohican Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Mr. John R. Albino, Mr.
and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Bills, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boone, Mr. Robert
E. Bunnell, Mr. and Mrs. Sean Cull, Mr. and Mrs. R. David Daniels,
Dr. and Mrs. John W. Ewalt, Ms. Colleen A. Gregg, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert W. Hamler Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Phil Herald, Dr. and Mrs. John
Heringhaus, Mr. and Ms. Robert Lee, Ms. Christine B. Lippe, Mr.
Fred Mankins, Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Garrett
Ressing, Ms. Beverly Riggs, Ms. Patricia Rinehart, Ms. Janet L.
Schild, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Schlairet, Ms. R. Joyce Skocic, Mr. and
Mrs. G. Richard Snow, Ms. Audrey Spearman, Hon. and Mrs. Paul E.
Spurgeon, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. John Thatcher, Mr.
and Mrs. Matthew Tripp, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Walker, Mr. and Mrs.
Carmon L. Weller, Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Westerheide, Mr. and Mrs.
Brent Winand, Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Wise, Anonymous, Mr. and
Mrs. Brian D. Breece, Mr. Ryan C. Bender, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs.
James S. Butcher, Ms. Bonny F. Buffington, Ms. Linda Fritz, Mr. and
Mrs. Philip E. Giehl, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan E. Green, Ms. Ericka L.
Lowe, Mr. Timm A. Mackley, Mr. and Mrs. Caspar Schmidt, Ms. Jana
L. Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. James Norris,
Mr. James F. Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. George Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
D. Daniels, Knox County OSU Alumni Club, Mr. and Mrs. Mark R.
Ramser (in memory of Dean Spearman).
Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County
The Community Foundation
once again collaborated with
The OSU (Ohio State University) Alumni Club of Knox
County and the Community
Concerts Association of Knox
County to provide quality
family entertainment for area
residents. A Community Foundation grant offset transportation expenses for the Ohio
State University Men’s Glee
Club benefit concert on Valentines Day 2011, in the R.R.
Hodges Auditorium at Mount
Vernon Nazarene University.
Proceeds from the event will
provide future scholarships for
Knox County students attending OSU.
Arthur J. Packard Jr. Memorial Fund
(S - 1992) Market Value: $20,088; Distributions: $750; Grantees:
Carolyn R. Lennington (MVHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene University,
$750.
Nancy J. Page Fund
(U - 1987)
Market Value: $219,999; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $10,502.
Dolly Mae Paige Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $23,978; Distributions: $1,000; Grantees: Sarah Chaney (MVA), Central Ohio Technical College.
(S - 2007)
Wesley Judd Park Fund for Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Market Value: $9,150; Distributions: $361; Grantees:
Mount Vernon Nazarene University Development, $361.
(D - 2008)
Noel and Suzanne Parrish Legacy Society Fund
Market Value: $1,068; Contributions: $1,000; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Noel C. Parrish; Lawrence “Buss” and Noreen
Daoust Johnson.
(A - 2010)
Daniel Pealer Memorial Fund
Market Value: $5,443; Distributions: $216; Grantees:
Mulberry Street Methodist Church, $216.
(D - 2001)
Havilah Phelps Fund
(U - 1995)
Market Value: $7,118; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $340.
Plocki-McManus Family Fund
Market Value: $101,127.
(A - 2004)
Margaret Polahar Memorial Fund
Market Value: $3,819; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $182.
(U - 1995)
Richard T. Poling Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $82,516.
(S - 1992)
William E. & Helen F. Pond Fund
(S - 1996) Market Value: $14,615; Distributions: $500; Grantees:
Kathryn E. Merrilees (MVHS), University of Cincinnati, $500.
Pond Motors Sales Fund
(U - 1950)
FUND: $36.
Market Value: $746; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED GRANTS
Sarah Karolin Pressler Memorial Scholarship Fund
(S - 2002) Market Value: $11,563; Contributions: $600; Con-
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tributors: Dr. and Mrs. David A. Pressler D.D.S., Mrs. Sally Nelson
and Mr. Joseph Nelson, Ms. Kay Culbertson; Distributions: $500;
Grantees: Melissa E. Downs (MVHS), Ohio Dominican University,
$500.
Psi Iota Xi Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $20,170; Contributions: $1,000; Contributors: Psi Iota Xi Sorority; Distributions: $750; Grantees:
Alexander J. Ashbrook (MVHS), Columbia College - Chicago, $750.
(S - 2007)
Caitlin C. Pugh Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $15,355; Contributions: $1,075; Contributors: Ms. Sabrina Pugh, Ms. Rebecca Mitchell, 4-H Camp
Ohio, Ms. Margie C. Armstrong (in memory of G. Ruth Bone, Darrell
Collins, Homer Mavis Jr., Jerry Lang, Robert D.Letts, Viola Lamb,
Owen Galloway, Nevadel Young, Joyce Ernsthausen and Caitlin Pugh;
and in honor of Delee McNaul’s 90th birthday); Distributions: $500;
Grantees: Lauren Stump (FHS), The Ohio State University, $500.
(S - 2007)
Dr. Clyde L. and Dora L. Purdy Fund
Market Value: $15,725; Distributions: $640; Grantees:
Gay Street United Methodist Church, $640.
(A - 1997)
Dr. Clyde L. and Dora L. Purdy Scholarship Fund
(S - 1997) Market Value: $17,311; Contributions: $50; Contributors: Dr. Clyde L. Purdy (in memory of Dean Spearman); Distributions: $750; Grantees: Gabriel E. Coleman (MVHS), The Ohio State
University College of Veterinary Medicine, $750.
J. R. and Lorene Purdy Scholarship Fund
(S - 2001) Market Value: $950,103; Distributions: $38,000;
Grantees: Julie A. Chapman (MVHS), Central Ohio Technical College, $2,000; Cheryl A. Feasel (EKHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene
University, $1,000; Christian M. Galoski (FHS), Central Ohio Technical College, $2,000; Dawn D. Giehl (MVHS), Central Ohio Technical College, $4,000; Anne K. Green (Home School), Knox County
Career Center, $2,000; Tina M. Grewell (CHS), Knox County Career
Center, $3,000; Alissa L. Guitner (CHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene
University, $2,000; Amanda L. Rogers (MVHS), The Ohio State
University, $4,000; Michael W. Smith (Worthington H.S.), University
of Dubuque, $1,000; Tina A. Theaker (FHS), Central Ohio Technical
College, $5,000; Kristen N. Yerxa (MVHS), Central Ohio Technical
College, $5,000; Norita D. Yoder (Peniel Holiness H.S.) The Ohio
State University - Newark, $3,000; Jacob W. Anderson (CHS),
University of Toledo, $2,000; Lisa R. Bowers (Fort Meade, FL H.S.),
Central Ohio Technical College, $2,000.
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J. R. and Lorene Purdy Fund
(D - 2001) Market Value: $90,072; Distributions: $3,891; Grantees: Danville United Methodist Church, $3,891.
J. R. and Lorene Purdy Memorial Fund
Market Value: $822,556; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $39,265.
(U - 2000)
Charles Pursel Memorial Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $36,650; Contributions: $12,037;
Contributors: Ariel Coporation, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Tripp, Mr.
Michael Dewitt Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Jason McCulloch, Mr. and Mrs.
Scott Craigo, Clover Oil LLC, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Connell, Mr. and Mrs.
Steven R. Tier, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Rhoades, Sapp’s Fat Fender
Farm, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Levenson, Mr. Harold M. Hanna Jr., Ms.
Cherryl Pursel, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Yarman, Mr. Donald F. Harmon,
Jennings-Meredith-Tullis, Inc., Mr. and Mrs. H. Allen Pursel, Mr.
and Mrs. Stephen J. Milillo, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Reynolds, Mr.
Jeff Holt, Mr. Brett Sarver, Mr. and Mrs. William Pursel, Matandy
Steel and Metal Products LLC, Ver-Mac Industries, Jemison Demsey
Metals LLC, Drake Metal Services, Inc, Mr. and Mrs. Blake M. Fritz,
Jordan for Commissioner, Ms. Patricia Pursel, Mr. and Mrs. David P.
Lieberth, Clippership Ltd., Medquest Evaluators, LLC, Arbon Steel
& Services Co., Inc., Killbuck Savings Bank Co, Dr. and Mrs. Wayne
T. Mahar, First-Knox National Bank Marketing Dept., Koch Filter
Corporation, Nelson & Nelson, CPAs, Mr. T. J. Melonic, Brenneman
Lumber Company, AAA Ohio Club, Gault’s Plaza Cleaners & Laundromat, LLC, J & L Wire Cloth LLC, Mr. and Mrs. John DeCosky,
FPT Cleveland LLC, Mount Vernon Packaging Inc., Ohio Funeral
Support Services, Mount Vernon Schools Golf Teams, Anonymous,
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen McMains; Distributions: $1,000; Grantees:
John Fleming (MVHS), Miami University, $500; Kathryn E. Merrilees
(MVHS), University of Cincinnati, ($500); Fund Expenses: $4,575.
(S - 2000)
See: “Christ Church at the Quarry Restoration Fund”
George H. and Eleanor M. Ralston Memorial Fund
Market Value: $4,183; Contributions: $50; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Vail; Distributions: $177; Grantees:
First Congregational United Church of Christ, $177.
(D - 2007)
Russell E. Ramser Jr. Memorial Fund
Market Value: $16,084; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $768.
(U - 1996)
Mark and Denise Ramser Family Fund
Market Value: $18,150; Distributions: $12,500; Grantees: Jacob A. Doup (CFHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene University,
$1,000; Katherine E. Graumlich (Home School), Central Ohio
Technical College, $1,000; Jessica D. Harris (Homeschool), Mount
Vernon Nazarene University, $1,000; Zachary M. Harris (MVHS),
Mount Vernon Nazarene University, $1,000; Melanie R. Morningstar (EKHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene University, $1,000; Kimberly
G. Shaffer (MVHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene University, $1,000;
Kailey A. Bradley, $1,000; Paige J. Bragg (MVHS), Central Ohio
Technical College, $1,000; Emily J. Branstool (EKHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene University, $1,000; Melissa M. Byrdy ($1,000), Mount
Vernon Nazarene University, $1,000; Ashley E. Cannon (FHS),
Mount Vernon Nazarene University, $1,000; Community Concert
Association of Knox County, $1,500; Kailey A. Bradley (MVHS), College of Wooster, $1,000.
(A - 2003)
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Arthur E. and Grace E. Rawlinson Fund
Market Value: $23,901; Distributions: $1,032; Grantees: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, $1,032.
(D - 1971)
John P. and Agnes D. Rentz Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $5,563.
(S - 2006)
Residential Homes of Knox County Fund
(U - 1999) Market Value: $19,248; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $919.
Andy Ressing Memorial Fund
Market Value: $9,648.
(D - 1994)
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Justin T. Richert Scholarship Fund
(S - 2010) Market Value: $9,020; Contributions: $8,221; Contributors: Richard I. and Arlene J. Landers Foundation, Mount Vernon
High Jacket Boosters, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Stout, Ms. Kelsey R.
Gamble, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Richert, Mr. Charles E. Everett, Ms. Rea
McGough, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Scott, Ms. Jean Marie Gordon, Mr.
and Mrs. Matthew S. Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Pappas, Mr.
and Mrs. Anton J. Reinhard, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Jordan, Mr.
and Mrs. Douglas E. Dove, Mrs. Shelia C. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Doug
Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Lester E. Aurand, Ms. Christina M. Hawkins.
Ruby and Alan Riedel Fund
Market Value: $19,613; Contributions: $5,000; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Alan Riedel; Distributions: $4,500; Grantees: Ohio Eastern Star Home, $4,500.
(A - 2003)
Pauline S. Riel Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $9,185; Distributions: $500; Grantees:
Braelyn Snow (Mount Gilead), Indiana Wesleyan University, $500.
(S - 2003)
Mary Catherine Ritter Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $19,548; Distributions: $1,000; Grantees: Donald E. Shobe II (MVHS), College of Wooster, $1,000.
(S - 2004)
Thank you to our scholarship
committee members
The Community Foundation in 2010 was privileged
to have the volunteer services of the following
invidividuals, who collectively evaluated more than
250 applications, resulting in the award of more
than $750,ooo in college scholarships.
Sandra Beidelschies
Philip Butta
Terry Divelbiss
Dr. David Dyck
Tom Fosnaught
Marc Hawk
Bruce Hawkins
Joan Jones
Beverly Morse
Dr. Amy Murnen
Sally Nelson
Dr. Brent Nimeth
Tom Parker
Mark Ramser
Tom Rastin
Dr. Deborah Reeder
Dr. Brad Smith
Steve Tracht
Karen Buchwald Wright
Richard, Barbara & Travis Ritter Fund
Market Value: $5,598.
(A - 2004)
Roelofs Family Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $2,755.
(S - 2005)
Hugh Cameron Roelofs Scholarship
Market Value: $5,488.
(S - 2005)
See: “Dean and Audrey Spearman ‘Rollin Buckeye’ Fund”
See: “Mount Vernon Rotary Foundation Fund”
J. W. Rudin Jr. Fund
(U - 1947) Market Value: $1,865; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $89.
J. W. Rudin Sr. Fund
(U - 1977)
Market Value: $4,049; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $193.
Rudin Company Fund
(U - 1947)
Market Value: $18,659; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $891.
W. M. Rudin Fund
(U - 1960)
Market Value: $1,865; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $89.
Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County
Walter and Jane Rudin Family Fund
(D - 2000) Market Value: $87,721; Distributions: $3,788; Grantees: Mount Vernon City Auditor, $3,788.
See: “Didinger Family St. Luke’s Catholic Church Fund”
See: “Norma J. Cornell Memorial St. Vincent dePaul Fund
See: “Wilbur Gaunder Salvation Army Fund”
Sanderson-Salisbury Memorial Fund
Market Value: $52,502; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $2,506.
(U - 1968)
Larry A. Schisler Memorial Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $35,071; Contributions: $450; Contributors: Ms. Janice Compton, Ms. Kay Culbertson; Distributions:
$1,500; Grantees: Rachel A. Hartong (MVHS), Marietta College,
$1,000; Charles D. Peters II (MVHS), Ashland University, $500.
(S - 2002)
Delbert C. Schmidt Fund
(D - 1992)
Market Value: $5,206; Contributions: $100; Contributors: First-Knox National Bank; Distributions: $220; Grantees:
Faith Lutheran Church, $220.
Schnormeier Gardens Foundation Supporting Organization Fund
Market Value: $1,922,246; Contributions: $113,807;
Contributors: Ms. Joyce Carson, Anonymous, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Schnormeier; Fund Expenses: $15,432.
(O - 2005)
Schnormeier Family Fund
(A - 1998) Market Value: $669,055; Distributions: $34,000;
Grantees: Community Concert Association of Knox County, $1,000;
First Congregational United Church, $8,000; Knox Community Hospital Foundation, $5,000; Knox County Art League, $1,000; Knox
County Symphony Association, $1,000; Mental Health America of
Knox County, $1,000; Mount Vernon Nazarene University Development, $10,000; MTVarts, Inc., $1,000; New Directions, $1,000;
Steve Brenn SMART Reading Fund, $5,000.
Berta H. Schnebly Fund
(U - 1992)
Market Value: $26,906; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $1,058.
$500.
Nancy L. Sinclair Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $3,254; Contributions: $2,500; Contributors: Ms. Lisa Sinclair; Distributions: $500; Grantees: Andre
C. Nixon (MVHS), The Ohio State University, $500.
(S - 2008)
Dean & Audrey Spearman Rollin Buckeye Fund
(S - 2000) Market Value: $167,068; Contributions: $6,040; Contributors: Ms. Janet L. Schild, Knox County Association of Garden
Clubs, Ms. Audrey Spearman; Distributions: $6,000; Grantees:
Kelsey M. Durbin (DHS), The Ohio State University, $1,500; Kierra
D. Dye (CHS), The Ohio State University, $1,500; Chase M. Ledin
(MVHS), The Ohio State University, $1,500; Lauren Stump (FHS),
The Ohio State University, $1,500.
Special Projects
(U - 1989)
Market Value: $166,020; Interfund Contributions:
$25,000, from General Fund; Distributions: $62,000; Grantees:
Mary Miller Life Estate, $12,000; Kenyon College, $50,000.
Mrs. Walter J. Sperry and Family Fund
(U - 1966) Market Value: $5,237; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $250.
Walter T. Starr Memorial Fund
Market Value: $2,601; Distributions: $112; Grantees:
First Congregational United Church of Christ, $112.
(D - 1965)
Blanche Stevenson Fund
(U - 1993)
Market Value: $18,020; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $860.
Strang Memorial Fund
(S - 1905)
Market Value: $24,156; Distributions: $1,000; Grantees: Kimberly S. Telek (MVHS), The Ohio State University, $1,000.
William and Peggy Stroud Family Fund
Market Value: $228,081; Distributions: $11,850;
Grantees: Mount Vernon City for Foundation Park, $10,000; Knox
County Park District, $1,850.
(A - 2005)
Mary Blanche Stuckey Fund
Market Value: $17,026; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $813.
Fred Schuller Scholarship Fund
(S - 2007) Market Value: $22,691; Distributions: $1,000; Grantees: Tad M. Glibert (MVHS), Indiana Wesleyan University, $1,000.
(U - 1994)
Rick L. Scott Memorial Scholarship
(S - 1999) Market Value: $52,018; Contributions: $1,000;
Contributors: Madcap Memorial Fund; Distributions: $2,000;
Grantees: Tate B. Devlin (MVHS), University of North Carolina
Wilmington, $1,000; Benjamin P. Bennett (MVHS), University of
Findlay, $1,000.
(S - 1964)
Kathryn Sheedy Sanctuary Memorial Fund
Market Value: $47,669; Distributions: $2,069; Grantees: Morrow County Park District, $2,069.
See: “Ruth T. Bemis Knox County Symphony Orchestra Fund”
(D - 2005)
Kathryn A. Sheedy Memorial Fund
Market Value: $412,088; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $19,644.
(U - 2003)
Student Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $589.
Frederick and Carol Surlas Fund
Market Value: $5,139; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $245.
(U - 1974)
See: “Knox County Symphony Association Fund”
Howard S. Tarr First Congregational Fund
Market Value: $5,361; Distributions: $232; Grantees:
First Congregational United Church of Christ, $232.
(D - 1970)
Short Term Project Fund
Mae S. Taylor YMCA Fund
(D - 1975) Market Value: $22,392; Distributions: $1,287; Grantees: YMCA of Mount Vernon, $1,287.
Belle Shrontz Fund
(D - 1976)
Charles F. & Zella H. Simpson Scholarship Fund
(S - 1998) Market Value: $45,278; Distributions: $1,800; Grantees: Evan M. Dusthimer (DHS), Kenyon College, $1,800.
(U - 1976)
Sims-Rose Scholarship Fund
(S - 2002) Market Value: $11,717; Contributions: $1,109; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Kim M. Rose; Distributions: $500; Grantees: Lauren E. Tindall (MVHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene University,
(A - 2005)
(D - 2005)
Market Value: $0.
(U - 1983)
Market Value: $1,138,470; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $54,345.
2010 Annual Report
Zenno E. & Mae M. Taylor Memorial Fund
Market Value: $49,712; Distributions: $2,147; Grantees: First Congregational United Church of Christ, $2,147.
Zenno E. and Mae S. Taylor Fund
Market Value: $539,447; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $25,751.
Totus Tuus Fund
Market Value: $319,664; Contributions: $10,000;
Contributors: Anonymous; Distributions: $15,000; Grantees:
Care Net Pregnancy Services, $7,500; Care Net Pregnancy Services,
$2,500; Danville Local Schools, $5,000.
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Perry and Louise Trinkner Fund
(U - 1989) Market Value: $35,470; Contributions: $2,905; Contributors: Dr. and Mrs. Perry Trinkner; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $1,511.
Grantees: First Congregational United Church of Christ, $3,734;
National Board of Y. M. C. A., $3,734; United Way of Knox County,
$3,734; YMCA of Mount Vernon, $3,734; Community General Fund,
$3,734.
United Way of Knox County Fund
Market Value: $192,939.
(D - 1959)
(O - 1996)
See: “Didinger Family Fund for United Way”
See: “Zelkowitz Family Knox County United Way Fund”
Jean Ann Wagner Fund
(U - 1998)
Market Value: $70,765; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $3,378.
Martha Turner Walker Memorial Fund
Market Value: $1,013; Distributions: $44; Grantees:
First Presbyterian Church of Mt Vernon, $44.
(D - 1980)
Carlos E. Watkins First-Knox Scholarship Fund
(S - 2006) Market Value: $632,238; Contributions: $75,000; Contributors: Ms. Celestine Watkins; Distributions: $36,000; Grantees: Kelsey R. Gamble (MVHS), Miami University, $5,000; Lesley R.
Hall (Northridge), The Ohio State University Newark, $4,000; Scott
E. Henley (West Holmes), Bowling Green State University, $5,000;
Shawn S. Painter (Utica), Shawnee State University, $5,000; Brittany M. Sant (MVHS), Mount Vernon Nazarene University, $4,000;
Kristen A. Sapp (MVHS), Otterbein University, $4,000; Casey S.
Simon (Ashland), North Central State College, $4,000; Jessica L.
Bartkiewicz (EKHS), Otterbein University, $5,000.
Carlos E. and Celestine A. Watkins Family Fund
Market Value: $17,077; Distributions: $10,500; Grantees: Hospice of Knox County, $500; Knox Community Hospital
Foundation, $3,000; Knox County Symphony Association, $500;
Mount Vernon Nazarene University Development, $500; Public
Library of Mt. Vernon & Knox County, $3,000; United Way of Knox
County, $3,000.
(A - 1997)
Ian and Charlotte Watson Legacy Fund
Market Value: $6,497.
(A - 2004)
James R. Westerheide Memorial Fund
(D - 1985) Market Value: $5,474; Contributions: $250; Contributors: Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Westerheide; Distributions: $173;
Grantees: Saint Vincent De Paul School, $173.
Vaughn Wiester Music Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $258; Contributions: $250; Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Vail, Mr. Robert Crise, Mr. Betty J.
Phillippi, Ms. Sue D. Hillier, Ms. Ann R. Hudson, Mr. John R. Burkhart, Dr. Clyde L. Purdy.
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Beatty B. Williams Library Fund
Market Value: $77,550; Distributions: $3,349; Grantees: Public Library of Mt. Vernon & Knox County, $3,349.
Jay M. and Sarah L. Wilson Scholarship Fund
Market Value: $80,490; Contributions: $1,250; Contributors: Mr. Jay M. Wilson; Distributions: $4,000; Grantees:
Timothy F. Ursich (Home School), The Ohio State University – Newark, $2,000; Aleta G. Bouchard (MVHS), The Ohio State University,
$2,000.
(S - 2000)
William E. Wing Scholarship Fund
(S - 1990) Market Value: $15,833; Distributions: $500; Grantees:
Kimberly L. Reitsma (MVHS), Cedarville University, $500.
Arthur C. and Ada B. Wolfe Memorial Fund
(U - 1969) Market Value: $37,318; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $1,781.
See: “Mount Vernon YMCA Trust”
See: “Mae S. Taylor YMCA Fund”
See: “Beatty B. Williams YMCA Endowment Fund”
See: “Zelkowitz Family YMCA Endowment Fund”
YWCA Girls’ Fund
(D - 1984)
Market Value: $17,171; Distributions: $742; Grantees:
YMCA of Mount Vernon, $742.
Charles Zelkowitz Chamber of Commerce Fund
Market Value: $24,015.
(D - 2007)
Charles M. Zelkowitz Community Service Fund
(S - 1973) Market Value: $34,074; Distributions: $1,000; Grantees: Maggie Brown (FHS), University of Findlay, $1,000.
Charles M. and Helen E. Zelkowitz Fund
Market Value: $22,913.
(S - 1969)
Charles M. and Helen E. Zelkowitz Soroptomist
(D - 2006) Market Value: $10,733; Distributions: $500; Grantees:
Soroptimists International-Mount Vernon, $500.
(S - 2010)
Zelkowitz Family Knox County United Way Endowment Fund
(D - 2007) Market Value: $15,894; Distributions: $699; Grantees:
United Way of Knox County, $699
Beatty B. Williams Community Endowment Fund
(D - 1974) Market Value: $256,216; Distributions: $14,938;
Grantees: YMCA of Mount Vernon, $14,938.
(D - 2007)
Beatty B. Williams Memorial Fund
(U - 1986) Market Value: $954,818; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $45,579.
(D - 2000)
Edith Hindley Williams Fund
Market Value: $19,641; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $938.
(U - 1973)
Lawrence F. and Ruby Williams Fund
(U - 2009) Market Value: $282,115; TRANSFER TO UNRESTRICTED
GRANTS FUND: $13,467.
Amy Fairchild Williams Memorial Fund
(D - 1953) Market Value: $235,541; Distributions: $13,914;
Grantees: First Congregational United Church of Christ, $2,366; The
Salvation Army - Mount Vernon, $3,200; YMCA of Mount Vernon,
$8,348.
Zelkowitz Family YMCA Endowment Fund
Market Value: $16,643; Distributions: $718; Grantees:
YMCA of Mount Vernon, $718.
Helen E. Zelkowitz Fund
Market Value: $104,292; Distributions: $4,250; Grantees: American Red Cross of Knox County, $1,000; Food For The
Hungry, $1,000; Mount Vernon Nazarene University Development,
$1,000; New Directions, $250; Psi Iota Xi Sorority, $250; Soroptimists International-Mount Vernon, $500; The Salvation Army Mount Vernon, $250.
Stephen W. Zelkowitz Scholarship Fund - OJM
Market Value: $1,657; Interfund Grants: $100 to
Ohio’s Junior Miss Scholarship Fund.
(S - 2007)
Stephen W. Zelkowitz Ethics Scholarship Fund
(S - 1993) Market Value: $35,382; Distributions: $1,500; Grantees: Sara E. Hill (MVHS), Moore College of Art and Design, $1,500.
Beatty B. Williams Fund
(D - 1974)
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Market Value: $324,824; Distributions: $16,801;
Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County
Community Foundation of
Mount Vernon & Knox County
Community Foundation of
Mount Vernon & Knox County
For the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 (restated)
For the year ended December 31, 2010
Statement of activities
Statement of financial position
Assets
2010
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Revenues, gains & other support
2009
$ 2,183,378
$ 3,180,917
Certificates of deposit, at cost
Investments, at fair value
Marketable equity securities
Marketable debt securities
Marketable certificates of deposit
Mutual funds
Investment in Commonfund partnership
150,514
150,000
17,685,880
5,893,176
531,121
5,080,824
1,050,725
14,767,978
6,119,463
472,659
4,618,754
923,487
30,241,726
26,902,341
0
0
32,575,618
30,233,258
954,442
904,442
1,634,469
1,634,469
40,000
150,000
315,598
40,000
0
286,708
Total current investments
Note receivable – current portion
Total current assets
Noncurrent assets
Note receivable – less current portion
Real estate
Noncurrent investments
Nonmarketable equity securities
Certificates of deposit, at cost
Investment in Commonfund partnerships
Total noncurrent investments
505,598
326,708
3,094,509
2,865,619
$ 35,670,127
$ 33,098,877
Total noncurrent assets
Total assets
Liabilities & net assets
Liabilities
Grants payable
Funds held as agency funds
Total liabilities
$
87,014
$ 183,000
2,253,068
1,857,977
2,340,082
2,040,977
10,885,343
10,251,669
6,6160,521
7,585,852
8,698,329
5,732,445
7,741,273
7,332,513
33,330,045
31,057,900
0
0
33,330,045
31,057,900
$ 35,670,127
$ 33,098,877
Net assets
Unrestricted
Undesignated
Designated
Donor advised
Designated
Scholarship
Total unrestricted
Temporarily and permanently restricted
Total net assets
Total liabilities & net assets
Public support
Contributions Investment income
Dividends & interest
Realized & unrealized gains (losses)
Miscellaneous revenues
Less: Amounts received for agency funds
Total revenues, gains & other support Total
$ 1,500,053
888,520
2,510,632
14,143
(451,209)
$ 4,462,139
Expenses
Program services
Grants & scholarships $ 1,857,645
Less: Awards made for agency funds
(32,495)
General & administrative
Investment management fees
Personnel
Consulting & professional services
Schnormeier Gardens Fund expenses
Special events
Development & marketing
Other administrative costs
218,490
93,442
22,745
15,451
11,682
4,555
22,102
388,467
(23,623)
Total general and administrative
Less: allocated to agency funds
Total expenses $ 2,189,994
Change in net assets
Net assets, beginning of year
2,272,145
31,057,900
Net assets, end of year
$ 33,330,045
Note to the financial statements:
The Community Foundation is following the provisions of FASB
ASC 958-605-50 Transfers of Assets to a Not-for-Profit Organization
or Charitable Trust that Raises or Holds Contributions for Others. This
provision establishes standards for transactions in which a community
foundation accepts a contribution from a donor and agrees to transfer
those assets, the return on investment of those assets, or both to
another entity that is specified by the donor. Under this provision, if a
not-for-profit organization establishes a fund at a community foundation with its own funds and specifies itself as the beneficiary of that
fund, the community foundation must account for the transfer of such
assets as a liability. The Foundation refers to such funds as agency or
“organization” funds. The Foundation maintains variance power and
legal ownership of agency funds and as such continues to report the
funds as assets of the Foundation. However, in accordance with FASB
ASC 958-605-50, a liability has been established for the fair value of
the funds.
Independent auditors’ report for 2010
To the Board of Directors of
The Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County,
We have audited the accompanying statement of financial position of the Community Foundation of Mount Vernon &
Knox County (the Foundation) as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related statements of activities and cash flows for
the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Foundation’s management. Our responsibility
is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America.
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits
provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
the Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the results of operations
and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America.
As described in Note 9 to the financial statements, the Foundation has restated the 2009 financial statements to reflect
assets held by the Foundation that are funds held as custody funds as a liability on the financial statements, rather than as net
assets of the Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County.
Dennis & Schisler, Inc. CPAs
Mount Vernon, Ohio
July 20, 2011
Ramser, Godfrey conclude service on Foundation Board
Two Community Foundation board members completed their terms in 2010. Board Chair Mark Ramser (left) had served since January
1997 when he was nominated by First-Knox National Bank to complete the unexpired term of Kenneth Stevenson. He subsequently
served two terms of his own, assuming the chairmanship of the Foundation in 2000 upon the retirement of Chair Maureen Buchwald.
Ronald Godfrey joined the Foundation Board in July 2001 as a member of an “expansion class” which increased membership to its
current levels. Both Ramser and Godfrey served with distinction on the Foundation’s Distribution subcommittee during their tenures.
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Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County
2010
Board of
Directors
Members
serve without
compensation
Godfrey
Ramser
Brenneman
Nelson
Rauzi
Bumpus
Divelbiss
Hawk
Hawkins
Jackson
Murnen
Rinehart
Wright
Members and Terms
Mark R. Ramser, Chair
President, Ohio Cumberland Gas Co.
Appointed by First-Knox National Bank
Term expires: December 31, 2010
Douglas O. Brenneman, Vice Chair
CEO, Retired, Brenneman Lumber Co.
Appointed by the Foundation Board
Term expires: June 30, 2011
Sally A. Nelson, Treasurer
Managing Partner, Nelson & Nelson, CPAs
Appointed by the Foundation Board
Term expires: June 30, 2011
Terry L. Divelbiss, Member
President, Divelbiss Corporation
Appointed by the Foundation Board
Term expires: June 30, 2013
Dr. Amy D. Murnen, Member
Family Practice Physician
Appointed by the Foundation Board
Term expires: June 30, 2014
Ronald G. Godfrey, Member
Past President & CEO, Kahrl & Co. Insurance
Appointed by the Foundation Board
Term expires: June 30, 2010
Marsha Rinehart, Member
Vice President, Kokosing Construction Co.
Appointed by the Foundation Board
Term expires: June 30, 2015
Marc C. Hawk, Member
President, ECR Computer, Network,
Web Design & Cartridge Services, a Div. of ECR
Appointed by the Judges of the Knox County
Courts of Common Pleas
Term expires: December 31, 2012
Karen Buchwald Wright
President & CEO, Ariel Corporation
Appointed by the Foundation Board
Term expires: June 30, 2012
Robert L. Rauzi, Secretary
Partner, Murray & Rauzi, Ltd.
Appointed by the Foundation Board
Reappointed annually
Bruce E. Hawkins, Member
CEO, Management Council of Ohio
Education Computer Network
Appointed by Mount Vernon City Council
Term expires: December 31, 2013
R. Leroy Bumpus, Member
CEO, Retired, First Federal Savings
and Loan of Centerburg
Appointed by Knox County Commssioners
Term expires: December 31, 2011
Gene Jackson, Member
Branch Manager, PNC Bank, Mount Vernon
Appointed by the Chamber of Commerce
Term expires: December 31, 2014
Foundation Staff
Samuel Barone, Executive Director
Appointed by the Foundation Board
Cheri L. Butcher, Investments Mgr.
Vice President & Trust Officer
First-Knox National Bank
Gordon E. Yance
President, First-Knox National Bank
(First-Knox is a division of Park National Bank)
Past Board Members: J. Gordon Bone • Maureen Buchwald • Clyde G. Conley • Winslow Curry • Dr. John C. Drake • John D. Ellis • Dr. E.
LeBron Fairbanks • Thomas R. Fosnaught • Dale E. Foster • Ronald G. Godfrey • J. Abbott Herron • Stanley E. Johnson • C. R. Jones • Joan
E. Jones • L. Bruce Levering • Frederick N. Lorey • Bert W. Martin • Thomas McDowell • E. L. Miller • J. R. Purdy • Dr. Deborah J. Reeder •
John W. Rudin • Dr. Richard L. Smythe • Dennis L. Snyder • O. W. Stanley • Donald E. Steele • Kenneth W. Stevenson • William A. Stroud
• Beatty B. Williams • Helen Zelkowitz.
Past Board Secretaries: Fred Barry, Jr. • James J. Cullers • Charles M. Zelkowitz.
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Let us explain how effortlessly you can establish a named fund that could provide college scholarships, funds for
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Our mission
• To improve the
quality of life in Mount
Vernon and Knox
County through
charitable giving
• To provide a vehicle
for donors of varied
interests to support
charitable and
community activities.
• To assess and
respond to emerging
and changing
community needs in
the fields of education,
youth services,
recreation, arts and
culture, social services,
and civic and community development.
• To develop
a permanent
endowment for the
community, and to
serve as a catalyst for
the initiation of vital
projects.
The
Community Foundation
of Mount Vernon
& Knox County
P.O. Box 1270
One South Main Street
Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050
(Ph.) 740.392.3270
(Fax) 740.399.5296
www.mvkcfoundation.org
A similar perspective of South Main Street from the 1920s shows the
former Dowds Rudin Company, now known as The Buchwald Center,
home of the MVNU Art Department and Schnormeier Gallery. (Postcard
courtesy of Knox County Historical Society)