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Collierville Community Fund |
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The Collierville Community Fund was established in 1997 with an initial gift from Schilling Farms. It was Harry Smith's intent to endow a perpetual fund that would benefit the Collierville community by giving grants to charitable causes His hope was that the seed he planted would grow each year to become a substantial fund, inviting new generosity as it encouraged philanthropy and opened doors to even greater opportunity in Collierville.
The Collierville Community Fund is supported by the community. Tax deductible contributions may be made to the Fund at any time. All funds granted by the Collierville Community Fund remain in the community of Collierville.
For more information, contact Donor Grants Officer at Vicki Grimes or (901) 722-0038. Visit the Collierville Community Fund online.
To apply for a grant or for more information about Fund grants, click here. | |
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2008 Collierville Community Fund Grants Awarded
Between Jan. 1, 1999, and Oct. 31, 2007, the Collierville Community Fund has made 37 grants totaling $58,505. Each grant helped a Collierville nonprofit or supported citizen services for town residents.
Biblical Resource Center and Museum - three grants totaling $3,800 for a field study dig and a traveling exhibit of artifacts
Collierville Animal Services - $2,000 for animal education workshops and educational supplies
Collierville Art League - $500 for the Visual Arts Scholarship Fund
Collierville Elementary School - $2,500 for sound equipment to enhance performances by the school drama club
Collierville Literacy Council - two grants totaling $2,964 for meetings at local churches to integrate English as a Second Language students into the community and funding for a VISTA volunteer to develop programs
Collierville Police Department – three grants totaling $3,566 for newcomers guides to Collierville and citizen information booklets
Family Violence Council of Collierville – two grants totaling $2,010 for materials and training for teachers and directors in preschools in the Collierville area and other program materials
Girl Scout Council of the Mid-South – two grants totaling $2,630 for funding for the Service Learning Project, financial assistance to allow lower-income girls in Collierville to participate in Scouting, and funding to send girls to camp
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis, Inc. - $2,500 for engineering drawings, site survey and subdivision filing fees for a Habitat subdivision in Collierville
Leadership Collierville – four grants totaling $3,750 to support Teambuilding day and Leadership Collierville Youth Program
Lifeblood - $2,000 for outreach materials, customer satisfactions surveys and recognition of volunteer blood donors at the Collierville donor center
Burch Library – eight grants totaling $14,243 for large print and English as a Second Language books and tapes, bilingual picture books and Spanish language chapter books, a professional sound system and wireless headset, classic books on CD, library medical resources
Main Street Collierville – two grants totaling $3,000 for support of the Sunset on the Square concert series |
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