List of Named Funds
ENDOWMENT FUNDS
| Fund Name | Fund Description |
| Anonymous Fund | This fund supports a wide range of community needs. |
| The Cancer Center Fund* |
Provides and promotes health services and educational, diagnostic and treatment resources to victims of cancer and related conditions in the Martinsville Community. |
| Bennett S. Chaney Fund | Established and advised by Bennett, this fund supports a wide range of important community needs. |
| Gael and Smith Chaney Fund |
Established and advised by Gael and Smith, this fund supports a wide range of important community needs. |
| The Jerry Smith Chaney Memorial Fund* | Provides assistance to needy cancer patients who are residents of the Martinsville Community and who are receiving treatment at any licensed cancer treatment facility from any qualified healthcare professional, and such assistance may be provided directly to such needy residents and/or by grants to organizations exempt from federal income tax. |
| David "Crockett" Chatham Memorial Fund | Established by Hugh Chatham and family members, this fund will provide assistance and services to needy residents of the Martinsville Community with end-of-life medical needs and expenses. |
| Joel C. Hall and Elizabeth L. Hall Educational Fund | Provides scholarships to qualified and needy young men and women who will enroll in, or are enrolled in, an accredited four year college or university that is associated with the United Methodist Church. While applicants may pursue any course of study, preference will be given to students studying to become a Methodist minister. Further, preference will be given to students from the City of Martinsville, and the counties of Henry, Patrick, Franklin and Pittsylvania. |
| The Hermes Family Fund* |
Generally to provide and promote breast health services and encourage development of diagnostic and treatment options for residents of the Martinsville Community and to support other charitable activities and projects that improve the quality of life in the Martinsville Community. |
| The Hospice Fund* |
Provides assistance and services to any needy resident of the Martinsville Community with end-of-life medical needs and expenses, and such assistance may be provided directly to such needy residents and/or by grants to organizations exempt from federal income tax. |
| Bill and Irene Kennedy Fund |
Established by Bill and Irene, this fund supports Piedmont Arts, Inc. and the Patrick Henry Community College Educational Foundation. |
| LaPrade Educational Fund |
Provides scholarships to further the education of young men and women who appear to be able, deserving, and in real need of financial assistance in their post high school education in the fields of either technical, vocational, academic or professional education, with preference given to students from the City of Martinsville, Henry County, Franklin County and Pittsylvania County. |
| Lester Educational Fund |
Provides scholarships to help students obtain an education in a profession or vocation, with preference given to students from Martinsville, Henry County and Franklin County. |
| The Martinsville Area Endowment Fund* | Provide health services to needy residents of the Martinsville Community, to support health-related teaching, educational and research programs and generally to provide for the medical care of the Martinsville Community. |
| Martinsville Area Unrestricted Fund |
This fund supports a wide range of community needs. |
| Martinsville City Public Schools Endowment Fund | Established by the Martinsville City Public Schools. |
| The Medical Education Fund* |
Supports continuing medical education for students in the Martinsville Community and healthcare professionals who practice in the Martinsville Community, regardless of those professionals' employment relationship or affiliation. |
| Martinsville Kiwanis Club - J. Lawson Dyer Key Club Scholarship Fund |
Established by the Martinsville Kiwanis Club to provide educational scholarships. |
| Nelson and Christina Teague Fund | Established and advised by Nelson and Christina Teague, this fund supports a wide range of important community needs. |
| The N.R. Burroughs Educational Fund | Provides scholarships to further the education of qualified and deserving men and women who live within a 200 mile radius of the Henry County Circuit Court. |
| Rangeley Educational Fund |
Provides scholarships to further the education of young men and women pursuing study in technical, vocational, academic or professional fields, with preference given to students from Martinsville and Henry County. |
| Ravenel Oncology Center Fund | Established by Dr. Nigel Goodchild, this fund provides a broad range of support and care to needy patients who have been treated at the Ravenel Oncology Center. |
| Ivey C. Stone Fund | Established by Ivey Stone, this fund supports a wide range of community needs. |
| The Peggy Johnson Hope for Children Fund | Established by the Johnson family, this fund honors their charitable interests with a focus on needy children. |
| Martinsville Henry County Family YMCA Endowment Fund | Established by the YMCA to benefit its purposes. |
* These six funds were generously transferred to
Martinsville Area Community Foundation by The Harvest Foundation.
