Johnson County Community Foundation
An Affiliate of the Arkansas Community Foundation

Individuals, families, and corporations can establish charitable funds with the Community Foundation to support the causes they care about.  The following endowments have been established to make an impact in Johnson County: 

ENDOWMENTS:

Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship Endowment	JCCF Grant-makers Endowment
Clarksville Education Foundation Endowment	JCCF Operating Endowment
Clarksville Kiwanis Club Endowment	JCCF Youth Endowment
Clarksville Lions Club Legacy Endowment	J.C. Public Library Endowment
Clarksville Rotary Club Endowment	Lamar Cemetery Endowment
Concerned Citizens (Marvin Vinson Cntr.) Endowment	Harold & Jimmie Lewis Family Endowment
The Armil and Lura Curran Family Scholarship Endowment	The Lone Pine Cemetery Endowment
The Frank and Georgia DeMuro/Qualls Family	Oakland Cemetery Endowment
Endowment for the Clarksville Police and Fire Departments	Collin A. Pyron Memorial Endowment
The E. Mt. Zion Trinity Baptist Church Endowment for the E. Mt. Zion Cemetery	Jim & Melody Reasoner Charitable Endowment
The First United Methodist Church Endowment	Harriett Harris Reece Memorial Endowment for city beautification
The Robert L and Christene Fisher Family Endowment for First Baptist Church and Johnson Regional Medical Center	Joe Tennyson Reece Memorial Endowment for city beautification
The Douthit-Harris-Patterson Family Endowment for First United Methodist Church, Hendrix University, the U of O, Oakland Cemetery, Woodland Cemetery and West Mt. Zion Cemetery	Don and Joan Sevier Family Scholarship Endowment for Ark. Tech University
Forrester Davis Development Cntr. Endowment	Phil W. Taylor Family Memorial Scholarship End.
The Raymond C. and Barbara R. Fry Charitable Endowment	Ryan Walton Memorial Scholarship Endowment
The Greenlaw Environmental Education Endowment	The Woodland Baptist Church Endowment for the Woodland Cemetery
Elizabeth Boggs Howell Memorial Scholarship Endowment	Jim Wright Memorial Scholarship Family Endowment
Humane Society of Johnson County Endowment for Needy Paws Animal Shelter	Carol and Archie Yandell Family Scholarship Endowment

To find out more about establishing a fund and the types of funds click here.  If you would like to establish a fund, please contact Executive Director Melody Reasoner at JCCFACF@Centurytel.net.  It's easy and there is no charge. 

To raise funds for the Peerless Beeman fund, Youth Advisory Council (YAC) members Donny St. Martin, Chelsea Lurker, Renea Murry and Johnessa Belcher decorated hundreds of carnations with school colored ribbons and shamrocks at a work party at Lamar High School.  Paralyzed by an illness, five-year old Peerless needs surgery which can possibly restore his ability to walk. The decorated carnations were available for donations at Clarksville and Lamar High Schools, and $409 was developed in the fund-raisers.  During the April 27, 2006, YAC Grant Awards Ceremony, a check was presented to Vice President Kevin Wish, First Arkansas Valley Bank, for the Peerless Beeman fund. 

Open to 8^th through 12 grade students, YAC is sponsored by the Johnson County Community Foundation so that our youth can learn about philanthropy and make grants to youth and children’s causes in Johnson County.  Membership is free; and if you are interested in joining, contact YAC Advisors Bryan Robinson or Melody Reasoner at 754-5842.

L-R Donny St. Martin, Chelsea Lurker, Renea Murry and Johnessa Belcher