20 Years in 2020 for Town of Yorktown Endowment Fund

June 2020: 20 Years in 2020 for Town of Yorktown Endowment Fund

In its 20th year, the Town of Yorktown Endowment Fund celebrated more than $30,000 in grantmaking to support programs and projects in the Yorktown community.

Yorktown Fire Department provides fire safety education across the Yorktown community.

Howard Gregory, a longtime Yorktown resident and community leader, established the Town of Yorktown Endowment Fund in 2000 to benefit his hometown. He took great pride in his community and wanted to make sure that Yorktown continued to thrive and grow long after he was gone.

In 2008, marketing and promotion efforts from the Yorktown Lions Club helped relaunch this important fund. Since then, 60 caring community members have stepped forward to support this fund bringing its balance to $62,000, which results in more than $3,000 in grants to the Yorktown community each year. Since the first grant was awarded in 2009 from the Town of Yorktown Endowment Fund, 24 unique projects have been funded totaling $31,884 in grants. This year, grants were awarded to the Town of Yorktown for outdoor seating at the new civic green, and to the Yorktown Fire Department for the creation of coloring books and a program designed to teach Pleasant View and Yorktown Elementary School students about fire safety.

Yorktown Fire Department provides fire safety education across the Yorktown community.

Through the town endowment program, The Community Foundation manages funds to support grantmaking in Yorktown, Gaston, and Selma. Grant applications are accepted in the spring and reviewed by a committee of town/township residents. These funds can focus on the unique needs of the specific community they support.

Little League baseball, Selma

Liberty Perry Selma Town Endowment Fund

AWARDED 1 GRANT TO SELMA ATHLETIC LEAGUE TOTALING $890

Cardinal Greenway trailhead, Gaston

Gaston Town Endowment Fund

AWARDED 1 GRANT TO CARDINAL GREENWAY TOTALING $1,700