Funds in the Foundation

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Community Foundation Endowments

The funds listed below demonstrate what a wide variety of interests people have. Each of them is established with a fund agreement, which directs how the donor wants grants used now and far into the future. The endowments are pooled for investment purposes but accounted for separately. Anyone can add to any of them at any time in any amount. What interests you?

Areas of Interest

Animals

• Jerry E. Andress Memorial Animal Shelter Endowment
• Friends of the Jefferson County Animal Shelter
• Madison-Jefferson County Humane Society, Inc. Audrey M. Smith Chapter Fund
• Spirit’s Fund (pet responsibility education for youth)

Community Conservation and Environment

• Broadway Fountain Endowment Fund
• Richard Tevis Heck/Ruth Irwin Heck Fund (Indiana Foresters)
• Frieda Suppes Jones/John Price Jones Memorial Fund (Jefferson County Environment)
• Madison Riverfront Endowment Fund

Community Service

• Community Foundation Administrative Fund
• Greg Cloud Memorial Endowment (fire companies)
• James T. & Jennie P. Ford Endowment for the Kent Volunteer Fire Co.
• Richard Tevis Heck/Ruth Irwin Heck Fund for the Hanover Volunteer Fire Co.
• Ladies’ Auxiliary of Kent Fire Department Endowment Fund
• Retired Seniors Volunteer Program Endowment
• Tri-Centennial Observance Fund (our Nation’s Tri-Centennial in 2076)
• Youth As Resources, Jefferson County, Endowment Fund

Education

• The Children’s Future Fund (Pope John Elementary School)
• Marty & Bea Ferguson Endowment (Prince of Peace Catholic Schools)
• Hanover Community Education Fund
• Madison Consolidated Schools Educational Foundation Funds
• MJHS Peer Counseling Endowment in Honor of Dianna Risk
• Madison-Jefferson County Public Library Endowment Fund
• Mickie Nethery Memorial Endowment (Dupont Elementary School)
• Deborah Lynn Taylor Memorial Endowment Fund (E.O. Muncie student assistance)
  
• Betty S. Wynn Memorial Fund (Business Teacher Professional Development at Madison Consolidated H.S.)

The Elderly

• Hagemann Endowment Fund for Meals on Wheels
• Lifetime Resources Senior Services Development Fund

Fine Arts & Religion

• Christ Episcopal Church Endowment Fund
• Community Endowment for the Arts
• Hanover Presbyterian Church Fund
• Hanover United Methodist Church Endowment Fund
• Richard Tevis Heck/Ruth Irwin Heck Fund for Madison Presbyterian Church
• Historic Hoosier Hills RC&D Endowment Fund
• Jefferson County Historical Society Endowment Fund
• Jefferson County Medical Society Endowment Fund fbo Dr. Hutching’s Office
  
• Kessler & Lawrence Family Endowment fbo Christ Episcopal Church
  
• Arleida R. Metz Memorial Fund (Prince of Peace Catholic Parish)
• Rogers Family Memorial Historical Research Fund
• Neida Rogers Memorial Endowment for Music
• Clifford O. Taylor Memorial Fund for the Performing Arts*
• The Weinberg Family Fund

Health

• Bethany Circle/Della Courtney Memorial Endowment Fund (KDH&HS)
• Centerstone Mental Health Fund for Jefferson County
• Developmental Services, Inc. Endowment Fund
• King’s Daughters’ Hospital Fund
• King's Daughters' Hospital/William G. Crosby Fund for Pediatrics
• Beverly McGuire Scott Memorial Fund (KDH - Oncology)

Youth

• Jefferson County 4-H Development Fund
• Gerald Amos Memorial Endowment Fund (mentally handicapped children)
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Jefferson County Endowment Fund
• Justin Geyman Memorial Endowment (Jefferson Co. Soccer Assn.)
• Delbert King Memorial Endowment Fund
• James M. Demaree Memorial Fund (Girls, Inc.)
• Girls Inc. of Jefferson County Endowment Fund
• Hanover Fund for Youth
• Jefferson County Youth Fund established by the Goodman’s
• Jefferson County Youth Shelter Endowment in memory of John Clapham
• Kentuckiana Girl Scout Council Endowment Fund
• Lide White Memorial Boys & Girls Club Endowment Fund
• Joyce Rawson Memorial Endowment (Englishton Park)

Multiple

• Carl J. & Mary M. Hoefling Fund (First Christian Church, Jefferson County Historical Society, Pilot Club, and Retired & Senior Volunteer Program)
• Larry & Charmaine Owens Endowment (Girls Inc., Madison-Jefferson County Public Library, Madison Rotary Club scholarship program)
• Schroeder Foundation Endowment Fund (local social service agencies)

Donor-Advised Funds

• Bethany Circle/Mary E. & Artz Ellis Memorial Fund
  
• Canida/Knox Family Fund
  
• Brok D. Hensler Memorial Endowment
  
• Kristen E. Kemper Memorial Endowment
  
• Kings’ Daughters’ Hospital & Health Services Community Health Initiatives Endowment
  
• Marsiglio/Cronen Family Endowment Fund
  
• Jefferson County Youth Fund
  
• Jon Menke Memorial Endowment
  
• Bill and June Nighbert Charitable Fund
  
• Madison Chemical Company, Inc. Employees Fund
  
• Morgan Family Advised Fund
  
• Skiles Family Endowment Fund
  
• Clifford O. Taylor Memorial Fund for the Performing Arts
  
• The Wallis Family Fund

Unrestricted Endowments

• Barbara Ann Cowan Memorial Fund
  
• Cronen/Marsiglio Family Unrestricted Endowment
  
• The Douglas & Ann Grahn Endowment
  
• Walter A. & Jean Graham Greiner Memorial Fund
  
• Jefferson County Enrichment Endowment
  
• The Lineburg Family Endowment
  
• Gil & Trudy McCoy Unrestricted Endowment
  
• The John Morgan Family Fund
  
• Rinda Rains Memorial Endowment
  
• Julius ‘Bud’ Ritter Memorial Endowment
  
• Tribute and Memorial Fund
  
• George Wagoner, MD & Marjorie Jefferies Wagoner, MD Fund
  
• Don R. Wallis Memorial Fund

Scholarships

Donors are providing financial assistance to students who want to continue their education after high school.

• Sharon Thom Alcorn Memorial Scholarship
  
• M.W. Anderson Scholarship
  
• Helyn Bishop Scholarship
  
• Ernie Brierly Memorial Scholarship
  
• Broadway School Alumni Scholarship
  
• Keith Brooks Memorial Scholarship
  
• Jeanne Bunton Memorial Scholarship
  
• Tiffany Lee Carter Memorial Scholarship
  
• Madison Chautauqua Scholarship For the Arts
  
• Lisa Cheatham Memorial Scholarship
  
• The Chan Chilton Memorial Scholarship
  
• Class of '84 Scholarship
  
• Joseph V. Cline Scholarship
  
• Thomas D. Craft, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
  
• Christie Crafton Memorial Scholarship
  
• Norma A. Cull Memorial Scholarship
  
• Deputy Alumni Scholarship
  
• Dupont Alumni Scholarship
  
• Mabel Green Memorial Scholarship
  
• Hall Family Scholarship
  
• The Hanover College/Paul Ogle Fund
  
• Dennis Holt Memorial Scholarship
  
• Glenn G. & Dorothy Ebel Huntington Memorial Scholarship
  
• Jefferson County 4-H Scholarship
  
• Ralph & Robyn Jones Family Memorial Scholarship
  
• Charles H. & C. Chris Keller Scholarship
  
• George & June Kirk Scholarship
  
• Dorothy B. Lotz Scholarship
  
• Lynn A. Maricle Music Scholarship
  
• James A. & Dixie J. McDonough Art Education Fund
  
• Dale McNeely Scholarship Fund
  
• Father Hilary G. Meny Scholarship
  
• Marcia S. Morrill Scholarship
  
• Terri Nighbert Memorial Scholarship
  
• Bill Oldaker Scholarship Fund of the Madison Rotary Club
  
• Brad O’Leary Scholarship
  
• Troy Allen Pyles Memorial Scholarship
  
• Joyce E. Rawson Scholarship
  
• J. Michael Sample Memorial Scholarship for Music
  
• Brian W. Stites Memorial Scholarship
  
• Erin Turner Memorial Scholarship
  
• Dana Vail Scholarship
  
• Nathan Wilson Memorial Mathematics Scholarship
  
• The Wood Memorial Scholarship
  
• Curtis Wright Memorial Scholarship

Nonpermanent Funds

These advised funds, whose entire principal is granted out, are becoming popular with donors across the country. For example some of the Foundation's donors annually decide how much they want to give charities, make a lump sum gift into their fund - usually of appreciated stock - and then from time to time advise the Foundation how they would like a grant from their fund to be used.

• Madison Consolidated Schools Educational Foundation
• Bill & June Nighbert Charitable Fund