Welcome to the Fayette County Foundation. Founded in 1986, the Fayette County Foundation is the community's resource for charitable giving. The Foundation is proud to be a vehicle for people from all walks of life to improve our community through charitable giving.

The mission of the Fayette County Foundation is to inspire a spirit of philanthropy in Fayette County by enhancing the quality of life through impactful grantmaking, strategic endowment building, and community leadership.

In 1986, the Greater Connersville Progressive Committee put in motion the development of the Fayette County Foundation. The tri - chairpersons: Robert E. Price, Harold Reihman and Jerry Wilson saw a need to develop a community foundation to help seed important community initiatives. From its humble beginnings with $20,000, to today's endowments of over $8 million, the Fayette County Foundation's success has been a result of the generosity of the people of our community.

Our staff's, personalized services have helped individuals, families, and businesses create more than 100 permanent funds with gifts and bequests. These unique funds are as varied as the donors who create them. The funds range in value from $5,000 to millions of dollars, and support a variety of community needs.

A fifteen member Board of Directors govern the Fayette County Foundation. Directors determine policy, endowment development, and provide oversight of the Foundation's operations. The Foundation serves the entire county by assisting donors and meeting community needs.

Through estate planning, Wilda Pearson stated in her will for a portion of her estate to be gifted to the Fayette County Foundation to establish a scholarship for someone striving towards a degree in the nursing field. A scholarship will be awarded annually in memory of Albert and Wilda Pearson.