Knoxville Foundation - Rotary Foundation

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The Rotary Foundation of Knoxville was established in 1929 to provide financial assistance to worthy college students.  Initially, it provided repayable loans to these students.  The earlier loan program has now been phased out and today the foundation is a 501(c)3 organization that receives tax deductible contributions and provides funding for two primay missions of the Rotary Club of Knoxville: college scholarships and special projects.

Century Campaign - In 2005, on the 90th anniversary of the founding of The Rotary Club of Knoxville, the Foundation announced the Century Campaign.  The goal of the Century Campaign is to build our Foundation's endowment to $1 million to provide sustainable funding for educational and humanitarian outreach projects and programs.

Three levels of giving were established for the Century Campaign:

Mt. Chaman Society ($50.000 and above)

Qualifying Gift: Single, cumulative or bequest of $50,000 or more.  Pledges may be paid over a ten year period.
Recognition: Name on a permanent plaque, listing in club directory, lapel pin, special annual dinner, and an opportunity to name your designated endowment.

Founders Club ($10,000-$49,000)

Qualifying Gift: Single, cumulative or bequest of $10,000-$49,000.  Pledges may be paid over a five year period.
Recognition: Name on a permanent plaque, listing in club directory, lapel pin, special annual dinner.

Chapman Circle ($1,000-$9,999)

Qualifying Gift: Single, cumulative or bequest of $1,000-$9,999,
Recognition: Name on a permanent plaque, listing in club directory, lapel pin, special annual dinner.

Century Campaign Contributors

Mt. Chapman Society
Joseph L. Johnson
Townes Lavidge Osborn
Kathleen S. Parks
Robert F. Samples
Samual C. Weaver

Founders Club
Frank M. Addicks
Edward S. Albers, Jr.
John W. Bailey, Jr.
James A. Bierkamp
Suzanne R. Carriere
Robert R. Croley
Ben M. Davidson
Mack A. Gentry
Robert L. Johnson
Donna Johnson
Robert C. McCallie
Douglas J. & Jeannine C. McKamey
Norman C. McRae
Robert C. Parrott
Stephen E. Roth
Frank H. Rothermel
W. Harry Sherrod
Harry W. Stowers, Sr.
Wright Tisdale, Jr.
David Torbett

Chapman Circle
F. Whitfield Addicks
Sam J. Albritton III
Edwin A. Anderson
Stephen G. Anderson
W. W. Armistead
Susan S. Arp
Myrwood C. Besozzi
H. Edward Black
Jake J. Breazeale
Robert J. Breazeale
James S. Bush
Robert M. Carter
Jefferson Chapman
Arthur V. Clancy Jr.
N. Brooks Clark
Barry L. Cleveland
Samuel L. Coulter
Charles P. Crawford
James R. Cundall
Linda S. Davidson
James L. Decker
John A. Decker
Michael D. Defur
M. Lloyd Downen
Robert Scott Elmore
J. William Felton III
Ellen B. Fowler
Amy Kay Gibson
John Goins
F. Lucille Griffo
Jason K. Hamilton
Charles R. Harr
Donald C. Hasson
Lisa T. Hurst
Terence B. Igoe
Richard G. Isaac
G. Russell Jensen
Steven F. Jerman
Joseph E. Johnson
Michael R. Johnson
Dale A. Keasling
Paul J. Kedrow
Katherine E. & Roy M. Kennedy
Mark W. King
Kenneth J. Knight
Allan F. Lee
James Lester Lunceford
William T. MacGrath
Randolf Mansfield
Robert S. Marquis
Sandra T. Martin
Bradley T. Maynard
Dennis R. McClane
Kathleen G. Metts
Ramzy N. Mikhail
Charles J. Morris
George H. Morris
John D. Morris
Julian G. Morton, Jr.
David G. Moser
P. Edwin Nolen
James M. Overbey
John J. Pace III
T. Allen Pannell
John C. Parks
Thomas N. Parlon
Edward G. Phillips
David A. Pope
William D. Powell
Wesley N. Price
Walter T. Pulliam
James P. Roddy III
Louis G. Roepke
Boyd Romines
J. Wayne Roquemore
Jerry Rysticken
James Jay Secor, III
A. Dean Skadberg
R. Foster Slack, Jr.
Judi D. Starliper
Richard Stooksbury
H. Wesley Stowers, Jr.
Lawrence B. Suchomski
Stephen J. Suggs
Joseph E. Sutter
Steven M. Thomas
H. Blair Trimble
W. Scott Trimble, Jr.
Donna J. Walker
Stephen C. Walling
H. Brown Wright