OUR COMMUNITIES
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PURPOSE
The foundation’s purpose is to elevate the quality of life for each resident by investing in:
● Youth through educational scholarships and school facility enhancements
● Communities through parks, recreation areas and monuments
● Residents through grants for school and community organizations and initiatives
Collinsville Area Community Foundation
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Give Local.
“The Collinsville Area Community Foundation has disbursed $90,000+ in merit-based scholarships to Collinsville residents since its inception,” said Redmon. “As the years have passed, we’ve started to see additional opportunities to make a difference in our community through scholarships to benefit a wider range of students and other projects to improve the quality of life.”
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Kai Redmon Board President
Support Collinsville Area Community Foundation's Mission
The Collinsville Area Community Foundation (CACF) works to enhance the quality of life for the communities of Collinsville, Maryville, Caseyville, Fairmont City and surrounding areas by promoting impartial, unbiased and ethical philanthropy, with a commitment to inclusiveness and diversity, by bringing together people
4 AREAS TO GIVE
Education
Education
Education
Give to educational scholarships or initiatives (facility or program improvements) that benefit students in the Unit 10 School District.
Community
Education
Education
Give to community-oriented initiatives that benefit the Collinsville Community.
Grants
Create Your Own Legacy
Create Your Own Legacy
Give to specific Education Clubs, Activities, etc.. as well as Non Profits and Community Organizations.
Create Your Own Legacy
Create Your Own Legacy
Create Your Own Legacy
Individuals and couples who have named the Collinsville Community Foundation as the beneficiary of any type of planned or deferred gift.
Collinsville Area Vocational Center
CAVC is a cooperative program which includes students from Collinsville High School, Civic Memorial High School, Dupo High School, East Alton-Wood River High School, Edwardsville High School, Highland High School, Lebanon High School, Mascoutah High School and Triad High School.
Webster Elementary Inclusive Playground INITIATIVE SPotlight
WEbster Elementarty School
Webster Elementary School is raising funds to create an inclusive playground. Webster houses a multi-faceted special education instructional program, pre-kindergarten through 4th grade, that accommodates students from Collinsville CUSD 10. The school provides autism support and life skills programs, as well as multiple PreK & early childhood special education classrooms. The inclusive playground will be universally-designed to meet the needs of all students, including those with disabilities.
RECent Activity
Collinsville area soccer Assoiation
SPONSOR
INTernational HORseradiSh FEstival
SPONSOR
Collinsville CUSD 10 4th GraDe Jamboree
Collinsville CUSD 10 4th GraDe Jamboree
SPONSOR
EDUCATION - SCHOLARSHIP Spotlight
Kahoks Teaching Kahoks Scholarship
Kahoks Teaching Kahoks Scholarship
Kahoks Teaching Kahoks Scholarship
Collinsville Community Unit School District #10 launched a “Grow Our Own” Future Teacher Program in 2021 to encourage current high school students to become educators in the district.
“Our goal is to encourage, recruit and foster future Kahoks to not only pursue education as a career, but return to Collinsville to work and raise their families,” said CUSD 10 Superintendent Dr. Mark B. Skertich.
When the districtwide Kahok Diversity & Equity Committee was formed in 2019, their initial task was to discuss ways to recruit more minority teachers. This led to the district’s concerted effort to “grow” teachers by encouraging current students to pursue careers in education.
The aptly named “Kahoks Teaching Kahoks” program includes specialized courses available to students in grades 9-12, and college scholarships for selected Collinsville High School graduating seniors who will be education majors. There are plans to provide additional money for loan repayment if a program participant becomes a teacher within CUSD 10 once acquiring their appropriate teaching licensure.
Funding for the scholarship program comes from personal and corporate donations, as well as a payroll deduction program for CUSD 10 employees. Donations are tax deductible and eligible for corporate matching. Contributions in honor or memory of individuals – especially current and former educators – are welcomed and encouraged.
The Kahoks Teaching Kahoks Future Teachers Scholarship is open to CHS seniors. Upon selection, scholarship recipients will be awarded $1,000 per year toward their college expenses for four years. Applications are available through the Collinsville High School Counseling Department.
Stan Schaeffer Scholarship
Kahoks Teaching Kahoks Scholarship
Kahoks Teaching Kahoks Scholarship
In the early 2000s, then Collinsville Mayor Stan Schaeffer, a retired educator, was inspired by “Promise” organizations in other communities that provided scholarships for local graduates. Following Schaeffer’s sudden death in 2008, City leaders made the Collinsville scholarship program a reality and set the course for its community-based focus.
The CollinsvilleEducation Scholarship Foundation (CESF) was established in 2010 for the purpose of “…raising funds and accepting and disbursing contributions, gifts, and bequests from individuals, groups, or businesses to support education scholarship opportunities and experiences for high school students who reside in the corporate limits of the City of Collinsville.”
CESF was the seed that grew into today’s community-wide Collinsville Area Community Foundation which offers a broad range of scholarship opportunities. The original CESF scholarship was renamed the “Stan Schaeffer Scholarship” in 2021 to pay tribute to the man who had the vision to support the dreams of youngCollinsville residents as they head off to college or technical school.
“Stan believed an investment in Collinsville youth through educational scholarships would elevate the quality of life for everyone,” said current Collinsville Mayor John Miller.
The Stan Schaeffer Scholarship is a $1,000 non-renewable award for Collinsville High School graduating seniors who live within the corporate limits of Collinsville, Illinois. Applications are available through the CHS Counseling Department.
BOARD MEMBERS
Kai Redmon
President - Redmon Insurance Agency .
Brad Keene
Board Member – Secretary & Investment Advisor
Dan Moad
Board Member - New American Funding
Derek Jackson
Board Member - City of Collinsville
Dr. Brad Skertich
Board Member - Superintendent Collinsville CUSD 10
Joe McGinnis
Board Member - Director, Collinsville Area Vocational Center
Clay Smith
Board Member - Athletic Director, Collinsville High School
Richard Mark
Board Member
Kimberly Collins
Board Member - Athletic Director, Collinsville High School
Matt Burcham
Board Member - Digital Media
Contact Us
Collinsville Area Community Foundation
P.O. Box 506, Maryville, IL 62062 | collinsvillefoundation@gmail.com
