By Chris Taylor
Paducah, KY – The Community Foundation of West Kentucky plans to award almost $400,000 in grant funding to several local nonprofits tomorrow at an event in Paducah. The event is scheduled for 3:00pm at Paducah's Market House Theatre. Community Foundation is the area's leading philanthropic organization with over $15 million in assets. The grants are annual distributions from permanent endowment funds.
Grant Awards:
Marilyn and Edward Tilford Endowment Fund: $111,140
$38,899 Southland Baptist Temple
$22,228 Paducah Cooperative Ministry
$22,228 Child Watch
$16,671 Heath High School Scholarship Fund
$11,114 Hope for the World Missions
Fred and Peggy Paxton Endowment Fund: $200,000
$100,000 Paducah Junior College Foundation
$100,000 Fund Run Matching Funds
McCracken County Community Career Endowment Fund: $36,630
Jane Peck Memorial Endowment Fund: $8,367
$5,753 Community Christian Academy Kindergarten Program
$2,614 Garden Clubs of Noble Park - Jane Peck Memorial Maintenance
Mary Helen Wegmann Endowment Fund: $2,556
$2,556 Paducah Symphony Orchestra
Lanelle Phelps Boyles Endowment: $4,072
$2,036 Paducah Tilghman High School Library
$1,018 Paducah Middle School Library
$509 McNabb Elementary School Library
$509 Morgan Elementary School Library
Geraldine Montgomery CFWK Endowment: $853
$ 853 Community Foundation of West Kentucky Operating Fund
Market House Theatre Endowment Fund: $2,036
Hope Unlimited Endowment Fund: $725
River Discovery Center Endowment Fund: $4,784
Project Aids Orphan Endowment Fund: $768
Paducah Cooperative Ministries Endowment Fund: $10,888