Mount Vernon Area Community Foundation
Contact Information:
P.O. Box 228
Mt. Vernon, MO 65712
Established March 16, 2005
Board of Governors:
Steve Fairchild, President • Charlotte Cole • Steve Daugherty • Dave Eden • Jenny Force • Sherry Rouner • Nancy Smith-Leach • Carolyn Stellwagen • Tom Wilks
For additional information please contact, Steve Fairchild, President, at (417) 466-2185.
Total Assets (as of 12/31/11): $885,881
News and Updates
Awareness, Involvement Grows in Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Area Community Foundation volunteer and local rancher Steve Jones seasons thin ribeyes for the MVACF’s annual dinner.
In 2011, the Mount Vernon Area Community Foundation awarded $5,000 in grants to five local organizations. The money will help feed hungry residents, buy computers for the library, help build a new pavilion in the main city park, provide a Nintendo Wii and a television to promote exercise among senior citizens, and pay for supplies for the county disaster response team.
In addition to the grantmaking process, the year’s highlights include the annual Grilled Ribeye Steak Sandwich Dinner, which attracted more than 80 people for the mouth-watering steaks prepared by local ranchers.
Click here to read more about the Mount Vernon Area Community Foundation.
Fund and Grantmaking
Existing Funds:
First Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon Fund
First Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon Endowment Fund
Mt. Vernon Area Community Foundation Administrative Fund
Mt. Vernon Area Community Foundation Grant Making Endowment Fund
Mt. Vernon Booster Club Track Fund
# Olivia, Betty and J.R. Moody Fund*
Pavilion Project Fund
Lorraine A. Sutkus and Nancy Weisacosky Scholarship and Teacher Award Fund*
Ann and Doug Sickles Memorial Scholarship Fund
St. Susanne’s Catholic Church Hunger Challenge Fund
*Established as an at-large fund of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.
# Denotes that this is a Legacy Fund, established by bequest.
Legacy Society
John L. Hayes & Susanne M. Sickles
Winter Skelton
Community Grants Fiscal Year 2010
John Taylor Senior Center, $1,192
Lawrence County Emergency Management, training materials, $375
Barry Lawrence Regional Library, computers, $1,000
St. Susanne’s Catholic Church, food pantry, $695